I'm glad the casting and BBC3-ishness seemed convincing to you, since I was trying to give that impression largely through the power of blagging it.

I'd briefly wondered about doing a TV Tropes page the last time I did this meme — I wasn't going to pass up the opportunity this time. I'm not sure whether it's down to TV Tropes Will Ruin Your Life or just Tropes Are Tools, but I found it a useful way to give an impression of what the series might have been like.