20 Ways Your Favourite TV Shows Were Almost Completely Different

By James Hunt / June 21, 2018

12. Peep Show - It Was Conceived As A Beavis & Butthead Style Comedy

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Peep Show is one of the U.K's finest sitcoms, with central figures Jez and Mark becoming increasingly demented over the course of nine seasons, but the initial plan would've had them even more deranged from the get-go.

The series was originally conceived as a sort of live-action Beavis and Butthead show, which would've seen Jez and Mark commenting on various TV shows, with the point-of-view angle used to show their view of the television.

It was changed when David Mitchell and Robert Webb wanted to get more from the characters, but the POV style remained. It was obviously for the better, and yet, somehow, this might just have worked too.