Believe Nothing

Believe Nothing
Created byMaurice Gran
Laurence Marks
Directed byJohn Stroud
StarringRik Mayall
Michael Maloney
Emily Bruni
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes6
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkITV
Release14 July (2002-07-14) –
18 August 2002 (2002-08-18)
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Believe Nothing (2002) is a British sitcom starring Rik Mayall as Quadruple Professor Adonis Cnut,[1] the cleverest man in Britain, and Oxford's leading moral philosopher. He is paid huge amounts of money for his views, consulted by the government, but he is bored and wants adventure, so he joins the shadowy organization The Council which controls everything going on in the world. Starring alongside Mayall is Michael Maloney as Brian Albumen, Cnut's faithful servant, and Emily Bruni as Hannah Awkward who becomes professor of pedantics.

The series was written by Maurice Gran and Laurence Marks. Although much hyped by ITV, who were hoping to repeat the success of Gran and Marks' previous project with Mayall, The New Statesman, the series did not achieve high viewing figures, and was dropped after one series.

  1. ^ Butler, Jackie (13 November 2021). "What the stars of 1980s sitcom The Young Ones did next". BristolLive. Retrieved 13 January 2023.