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Sam Campbell Turns Public Ideas Into Films on Channel 4

5/24/2026

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Sam Campbell Launches

Australian comedian Sam Campbell launches Channel 4 series “Make That Movie” in the United Kingdom.
The show turns bizarre public movie ideas into feature films that premiere at each episode’s end.
Channel 4 head of comedy Charlie Perkins gave Campbell creative freedom and cast Lara Ricote, Aaron Chen, Helen Bauer and David Hargreaves.
Director Joe Pelling says producers forced Campbell to use his own name for the character, not “Coin”.

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Pelling Parody

The anthology casts comedians Amy Gledhill, Lenny Rush, Mark Silcox, John Kearns and Freddie Meredith as cost-saving actors.
Pelling modeled the parody on TV, Michael Palin’s Ripping Yarns and the Lost Soul documentary about Island of Dr Moreau, and recalled a youth play about Garry Kasparov and Deep Blue that shaped his dumb style.
Episodes feature an AI Super-Breast—a naked woman with an oversized breast—and span drama, sci-fi and feet-centric animation.

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Sam Campbell Premieres

Make That Movie premieres on Channel 4 in the UK on 28 May at 10 pm and streams on HBO Max in Australia from 29 May.
Sam Campbell expects low audience engagement, joking that people watch on phones while being attacked, but hopes viewers find the eccentric show interesting.
Outlandish ideas like a spaceship with a thousand babies and a character who reverts to infancy when touched were dropped because filming infants is impractical.

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Sam Campbell Launches

Australian comedian Sam Campbell launches Channel 4 series “Make That Movie” in the United Kingdom.
The show turns bizarre public movie ideas into feature films that premiere at each episode’s end.
Channel 4 head of comedy Charlie Perkins gave Campbell creative freedom and cast Lara Ricote, Aaron Chen, Helen Bauer and David Hargreaves.
Director Joe Pelling says producers forced Campbell to use his own name for the character, not “Coin”.

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