Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Last Chancers

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The result was keep‎. (early closure) The snowball clause applies, Only clear Keep !votes by experienced contributors, 2 inviting the nominator to withdraw due to the sources on the page and presented here.(non-admin closure) -My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) 09:25, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Last Chancers

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Lack of notability Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 02:48, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Television and United Kingdom. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 04:50, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: There are multiple reviews from reliable sources, including the Guardian, the Sunday Times and the Evening Standard. What is the problem? Toughpigs (talk) 05:07, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. As Toughpigs points out, the article already includes several reviews from reliable sources, including well-known British newspapers. The nominator should considering withdrawing this AfD. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 06:46, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
1. Potton, Ed (2004-12-18). "Something to bray about - Our pick of the festive TV". The Times. Archived from the original on 2024-07-03. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  The article notes: "The Last Chancers began as a Comedy Lab sketch, directed by Stephen Merchant of The Office and starring Buxton and Steve John Shepherd of This Life. Channel 4 later commissioned it as a two-parter, "obviously with Stephen no longer on board because he was too busy winning awards". The result is more mainstream than his previous stuff, but the pop cultural digs are still sharp. The wry observations on in-band politics and musical tribalism, in particular, make you wonder whether Buxton, like his co-writer MacMurray, has a murky past on the gigging circuit."
2. Smith, Rupert (2004-12-23). "Rock bottom". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2024-07-03. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  The review notes: "A new comedy drama about the ups and downs of life in a rock band rings all the right bells, largely because it raises hopes that we might be in for a 21st-century Rock Follies. The Last Chancers (Channel 4, first shown on E4) was not that longed-for event, but it was an agreeable hour that wasn't short of laughs or insight. Writers Tony MacMurray and Adam Buxton have clearly done their time in the lower depths of the music business ..."
3. Ridgway, Imogen (2004-12-22). "Last chance saloon for pub rock hopefuls". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 2024-07-03. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  The review notes: "The ineptitude and staggering self-belief of Buxton's Johnny is bound to draw comparisons with David Brent, but there's also something a little Alan Partridge-y about his desire for fame. The characters of his fellow male band members, alas, have not been developed as much. However, the two female leads, guitarist Liv (Valerie Edmond) and gobby Aussie Kirby (Emma Pierson) are played with confidence and add an extra dimension to what might have been a bloke-centric drama."
4. Dugdale, John (2004-12-12). "The Last Chancers - Pick of the day". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 2024-07-03. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  The review notes: "Underused on TV since The Crow Road, Edmond is a welcome signing; but the comedy's problem is its hero, who suffers as many humiliations as Brent and Alan Partridge but lacks their compelling and richly imagined awfulness."
5. Sutcliffe, Thomas (2004-12-23). "Last night's television: Yes, I'm beginning to see the light - Light Fantastic BBC4 The Last Chancers C4". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2024-07-03. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  The review notes: "The Last Chancers looks a bit like a six-part sitcom that has suffered a rear-end shunt and ended up as a two-part comedy drama. The tone was certainly more sitcom than drama, since Adam Buxton plays the part of Johnny - a white-bread wannabe rocker - with the same slightly arch, sketch-like performance he used on The Adam and Joe Show. Looking at my notes, I can't find a single line that would withstand quotation in cold print as an example of something funny, but that doesn't do any kind of justice to what was a rather engaging comedy."
6. Starkey, Gabrielle (2004-12-11). "The Last Chancers - Multichannel Choice". The Times. Archived from the original on 2024-07-03. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  The review notes: "There are a lot of influences in here, most notably The Office and Spinal Tap, but it's well observed and written and (all too rare in comedy nowadays) funny. In particular, the characters are all well-defined and instantly recognisable without being total cliches."
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow The Last Chancers to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 07:59, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: There are already reviews from major British newspapers like The Guardian. Maybe the nominator missed them? Waqar💬 18:30, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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