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