History Series / BrianPern

--> '''Kathy''': And?
--> '''Pat''': Well, Mike's never had a sexually transmitted disease, and he's not dead!
* {{Cameo}}: There are loads of cameos from musicians and other celebrities, especially in series 1.
** There are also a few cameos of fictional characters, including [[Series/HarryEnfieldAndChums Mike Smash]] (who reads the Top 40 on ''Top of the Pops'' in series 1) and folk musicians [[Series/TheSmellOfReevesAndMortimer Mulligan and O'Hare]].

* NamesTheSame: Invoked and PlayedForLaughs when Roger Taylor of {{Music/Queen}} is interviewed, but is credited as Roger Taylor of Music/DuranDuran.

* NamesTheSame: Invoked and PlayedForLaughs when Roger Taylor of {{Music/Queen}} is interviewed, but is credited as Roger Taylor of [[{{Music/DuranDuran}} Duran Duran]].

** Thotch's musical career very strongly resembles that of [[Music/{{Genesis}} Genesis]], but there are also strong elements of Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd. Brian is very closely based off Peter Gabriel, although Peter Gabriel also exists in the fictional universe of the film, and seems to spend most of his time stalking Brian.

* ItsPronouncedTropay: Tony insists his surname is pronounced Pebb-lay, with an accent on the second e.

* {{Adorkable}}: Pat when he starts talking about his guitars or liquorice.

!This series provides the following tropes:

* {{Earworm}}:
** ‘’My love is a window and yours is a pane...’’
** 'Rock This Nation' is also pretty catchy.

** Brian's [[Literature/TheDayOfTheTriffids ''Day of the Triffids'']] musical is an obvious rip off of [[Theatre/WarOfTheWorlds ''War of the Worlds'']]. In universe, however, Brian thought of it first and ''War of the Worlds'' was ripped off of his idea.

** The whole series is a parody of the life of [[Music/{{Genesis}} Genesis]] front man Peter Gabriel.

On 17th February 2017, it was announced online that Brian had 'died' in a segway accident. A tribute programme is due to be shown later in 2017.

''Brian Pern: The Life of Rock/A Life In Rock/40 Years of Prog and Roll'' is a British {{mockumetary}} written by Simon Day and Rhys Thomas. It follows the life of musician Brian Pern ([[Series/TheFastShow Simon Day]]) and his attempts at making music and raising money for charity, as well as his day to day life. Brian was the lead singer of progressive rock group Thotch in the 1970s, but left the band and has since worked as a solo artist.

''Brian Pern: The Life of Rock/A Life In Rock/40 Years of Prog and Roll'' is a British mockumetary written by Simon Day and Rhys Thomas. It follows the life of musician Brian Pern ([[Series/TheFastShow Simon Day]]) and his attempts at making music and raising money for charity, as well as his day to day life. Brian was the lead singer of progressive rock group Thotch in the 1970s, but left the band and has since worked as a solo artist.

* TakeThat: 'Poundland Polly' is not the nicest parody of [[Music/Oasis Oasis]].

** Brian's [[Literature/TheDayOfTheTriffids'' Day of the Triffids'']] musical is an obvious rip off of [[Theatre/WarOfTheWorlds ''War of the Worlds'']]. In universe, however, Brian thought of it first and ''War of the Worlds'' was ripped off of his idea.
** The whole series is a parody of the life of [[Music/Genesis Genesis]] front man Peter Gabriel.

** The gag of the guest stars getting the wrong name tags appearing on-screen. They either mix them up with another person or band, or give them the wrong name entirely. The best example is whenever Roger Taylor is on-screen, and the caption can't ever decide whether he was in [[Music/Queen Queen]] or [[Music/DuranDuran]] Duran Duran.

** Brian's [[Literature/TheDayOfTheTriffids''Day of the Triffids'']] musical is an obvious rip off of [[Theatre/WarOfTheWorlds ''War of the Worlds'']]. In universe, however, Brian thought of it first and ''War of the Worlds'' was ripped off of his idea.

* {{Malproper}}: Barry, Thotch's first base player, does one of these when discussing why he hates the rest of the band:

** Brian's [[Literature/DayOfTheTriffids''Day of the Triffids'']] musical is an obvious rip off of [[Theatre/WarOfTheWorlds ''War of the Worlds'']]. In universe, however, Brian thought of it first and ''War of the Worlds'' was ripped off of his idea.

* Series 1 (Brian Pern: The Life of Rock) is a documentary, presented by Brian, about the history of rock. In this series, Brian takes the audience through the birth, life and death of rock, we meet Thotch, and a lot of celebrities do very out-of-character cameos.
* Series 2 (Brian Pern: A Life in Rock) follows Brian in his day to day life. In this series, Thotch have their own jukebox musical, Brian stages a musical version of 'Day Of The Triffids', and Brian puts together a Christmas album... And has a heart attack.
* Series 3 (Brian Pern: 40 Years of Prog and Roll) follows Brian's return to the music industry after his heart attack. In this series, Brian meets his fan club, celebrates the fortieth anniversary of his solo album 'Shelf Life' and reunites with Thotch for a one off concert.

* ItPronouncedTropay: Tony insists his surname is pronounced Pebb-lay, with an accent on the second e.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: In universe, Kathy Burke finds the script of the jukebox musical too boring, so she decides to insert some false-but-more-interesting moments into the play. Brian and Pat are not impressed:

** There are also a few cameos of fictional characters, including Mike Smash (who reads the Top 40 on ''Top of the Pops'' in series 1) and folk musicians Mulligan and O'Hare.

--> '''Brian''': [Outraged] John!
--> '''John''': [Mimicking his outraged tone] Brian!

--> '''Pat''': ...Probably murder. (Beat) ...Yeah.

--> '''Barry''': [Confused] Well, whatever, I wouldn't piss on him!

** Brian's 'Day of the Triffids' musical is an obvious rip off of 'War of the Worlds'. In universe, however, Brian thought of it first and 'War of the Worlds' was ripped off of his idea.
** The whole series is a parody of the life of Genesis front man Peter Gabriel.

** The gag of the guest stars getting the wrong name tags appearing on-screen. They either mix them up with another person or band, or give them the wrong name entirely. The best example is whenever Roger Taylor is on-screen, and the caption can't ever decide whether he was in Queen or Duran Duran.

* TakeThat: 'Poundland Polly' is not the nicest parody of Oasis.

''Brian Pern: The Life of Rock/A Life In Rock/40 Years of Prog and Roll'' is a British mockumetary written by Simon Day and Rhys Thomas. It follows the life of musician Brian Pern ([[Simon Day Series/TheFastShow]]) and his attempts at making music and raising money for charity, as well as his day to day life. Brian was the lead singer of progressive rock group Thotch in the 1970s, but left the band and has since worked as a solo artist.

His manager, John Farrow (Michael Kitchen), spends most of his time swearing and rejecting jobs for Brian that come along, much to Brian's irritation. The other members of Thotch - including Pat Quid ([[Paul Whitehouse Series/TheFastShow]]) and Tony Pebble (Nigel Havers) - hate Brian for quitting the band, and Brian hates them too, so they can rarely stand to be in the same room as each other. Other characters include Rhys Thomas OBE (Rhys Thomas), the director and producer in universe, and Pepita Sanchez (Lucy Montgomery), a Mexican singer who works at Brian's studio and later becomes his girlfriend.

''Brian Pern: The Life of Rock/A Life In Rock/40 Years of Prog and Roll'' is a British mockumetary written by Simon Day and Rhys Thomas. It follows the life of musician Brian Pern ([Simon Day Series/TheFastShow]) and his attempts at making music and raising money for charity, as well as his day to day life. Brian was the lead singer of progressive rock group Thotch in the 1970s, but left the band and has since worked as a solo artist.

His manager, John Farrow (Michael Kitchen), spends most of his time swearing and rejecting jobs for Brian that come along, much to Brian's irritation. The other members of Thotch - including Pat Quid ([Paul Whitehouse Series/TheFastShow]) and Tony Pebble (Nigel Havers) - hate Brian for quitting the band, and Brian hates them too, so they can rarely stand to be in the same room as each other. Other characters include Rhys Thomas OBE (Rhys Thomas), the director and producer in universe, and Pepita Sanchez (Lucy Montgomery), a Mexican singer who works at Brian's studio and later becomes his girlfriend.

''Brian Pern: The Life of Rock/A Life In Rock/40 Years of Prog and Roll'' is a British mockumetary written by Simon Day and Rhys Thomas. It follows the life of musician Brian Pern (Simon Day [Series/TheFastShow]) and his attempts at making music and raising money for charity, as well as his day to day life. Brian was the lead singer of progressive rock group Thotch in the 1970s, but left the band and has since worked as a solo artist.

His manager, John Farrow (Michael Kitchen), spends most of his time swearing and rejecting jobs for Brian that come along, much to Brian's irritation. The other members of Thotch - including Pat Quid (Paul Whitehouse) and Tony Pebble (Nigel Havers) - hate Brian for quitting the band, and Brian hates them too, so they can rarely stand to be in the same room as each other. Other characters include Rhys Thomas OBE (Rhys Thomas), the director and producer in universe, and Pepita Sanchez (Lucy Montgomery), a Mexican singer who works at Brian's studio and later becomes his girlfriend.

* ThatSynchingFeeling: To Tony's amusement, there was once an occasion when the four other members of Thotch had to mime to a song on which their instruments weren't even playing (it was the B side to 'Black Christmas', which Tony composed alone on his keyboard). They were unimpressed, and it shows.

''Brian Pern: The Life of Rock/A Life In Rock/40 Years of Prog and Roll'' is a British mockumetary written by Simon Day and Rhys Thomas. It follows the life of musician Brian Pern (Simon Day) and his attempts at making music and raising money for charity, as well as his day to day life. Brian was the lead singer of progressive rock group Thotch in the 1970s, but left the band and has since worked as a solo artist.

* ThePeteBest: Barry Patmoor, the original base player, left the band after two albums and was replaced by John.

* TheFaceOfTheBand: Brian is this to Thotch. Pat and Tony are also much more well known than the other band members. Michael Phillips and John are not remotely well known, to the point that Brian forgets Mike's name on stage and we never learn John's surname.

-> '''Pat''': In act two you've got Mike dying of a sexually transmitted disease.
-> '''Kathy''': And?
-> '''Pat''': Well, Mike's never had a sexually transmitted disease, and he's not dead!

-> '''Brian''': [Outraged] John!
-> '''John''': [Mimicking his outraged tone] Brian!

-> '''Rhys''': Pat, what do you think is the worst thing that could happen at a festival?
-> '''Pat''': ...Probably murder. (Beat) ...Yeah.

-> '''Bary''': They're all horrible people. Especially Pat. I wouldn't piss on him if he was drowning.
-> '''Rhys''': Don't you mean 'if he was on fire'?
-> '''Barry''': [Confused] Well, whatever, I wouldn't piss on him!

--> '''John''': And it would've been number one if it wasn't for Bohemian fucking Rhapsody. Oh well, bad timing.