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“My answer was always, ‘Yes, if here’s something worth building’. We idn’t want it to be a token effort. We pent a year on the ground talking to people about what they wanted and what was most appropriate.” They also had to reassure the community that their needs were the priority.
“There was a lot of righteous anger and resentment in the air,” Nick says. “People were rightly wary when they saw our cameras. But we allowed them to guide us the whole way on what they wanted. “We couldn’t build houses as we couldn’t find the land. Then it would’ve been a case of deciding which families that hadn’t been rehoused were going to get those houses first. “So the community decided the two things they wanted were the boxing club and the community centre.” The
The show – starring Jake Canuso, Sherrie Hewson, John Challis and Tim Healy – was voted best comedy by the public after 10 years on air.
Litten told the audience: “This is a bit awkward – the show’s just been cancelled.” Dripping with sarcasm, he added: “I have huge respect for ITV. A show that’s getting 5.5 million and still picking up awards, but they’ve cancelled it. That takes balls.”
It was “like being sacked from your job and then being nominated for employee of the month”. Ouch.
Litten quipped he would make a low-budget version for the BBC, saying: “It’s called Scarborough.”
Litten had earlier tweeted: “P***ed already. Hope we don’t win... I don’t know my own name right now.”