Hello
As one of the writers Monday Monday, thankyou for the updated page
about the show. Great stuff. However, there are a couple of errors.
Firstly, it was never our intention to use the Mamas and the Papas
iconic song as the theme tune. It's a great song but it's too downbeat
for our show. We called it Monday Monday as it's a workplace show.
It's just a title like "9 to 5". The Mamas and Papas song is about
something totally different and the idea that we were going to use it
but couldn't afford it comes from an erroneous article in the
telegraph. It is simply wrong.
Secondly, even though Monday Monday was mentioned in the Winter 2007
ITV launch, we haven't been "on ice" since then which was claimed by
Broadcast magazine. The winter 2007 mention was just about the fact
they had recently greenlit the show. We were greenlit in late 2007 and
spent the next year writing, shooting and editing.
We have only been waiting for a slot since December 2008 when the show
was finally finished. only about 8 months which isn't unusual in TV
terms.
Thanks
Ben Edwards