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...ded and they had agreed to a proposal from the BBC to write a series of 10 comedy shows. The fourth in the series, "The Offer", was born both out of [[writer ...Hancock. However, [[Tom Sloan (broadcaster)|Tom Sloan]], the BBC's head of comedy, told them during rehearsals that "The Offer" was a definite series pilot:

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