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The mis-spelling of "balloon" on the green folder during the Lead Balloon opening titles was a genuine mistake by director Alex Hardcastle. It was decided to keep the mistake and thus the second "L" that was added as an afterthought has gone on to become the show's official logo.
Lead Balloon Series 1 title card. The misspelling of "balloon" was a genuine mistake by director Alex Hardcastle. [1]
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Alex Hardcastle is a British television director and producer. In series 1 he co-directed with Nick Wood while in series 2 he directed the entire series on his own. Alex Hardcastle on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
He turned to directing in the 2000s with series including BBC2 sitcom Lead Balloon [2] starring Jack Dee, School of Comedy (Channel 4) [1] and BBC1's Not Going Out, [2] the UK's longest running audience sitcom of all time. In 2012 he directed the first series of A Young Doctor's Notebook. [3]
The mis spelling of balloon was a genuine mistake by director Alex Hardcastle. [cite video |people= Hardcastle, Alex|year=2007|title=Lead Balloon: Series One DVD audio en-academic.com
In the UK Alex directed the pilot and first two series of the most successful & longest-running multi-cam sitcom of all time, Not Going Out (BBC1) and over 25 episodes of the critically acclaimed Lead Balloon (BBC2), as well as the pilot for the award-winning School of Comedy (Channel 4).
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