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What is Extras' When the Whistle Blows?
When the Whistle Blows is the show-within-a-show sitcom created, co-written by and starring Andy Millman.
What was Extras' When the Whistle Blows about?
When the Whistle Blows is set in a Wigan factory canteen. The humour is broad and lowbrow in the manner of many catchphrase-based sitcoms.
How did the show-within-a-show When the Whistle Blows compare to the show Extras?
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article on the television series, Extras?
Extras is filmed in a more traditional sitcom style than the mockumentary style used by Gervais and Merchant in their previous series The Office.
Does Andy Millman ever stop working on Extras' When the Whistle Blows?
In the series finale of Extra, after taping a Christmas Special for When the Whistle Blows, Millman announces that he is quitting the series effective immediately.
Who does Andy Millman feel interfered with his original ideas on Extras' When the Whistle Blows?
BBC producers are who Andy Millman feels interfered with When the Whistle Blows.
After the compromises made between Andy Millman and the BBC did Extras' When the Whistle Blows get better ratings?
When the Whistle Blows is transformed into lowest common denominator fare to the delight of its 6 million viewers.

Question: How did the rest of the people working on When the Whistle Blows feel about the changes?
Self-contained rewrite: How did the rest of the people working on the show-within-a-show When the Whistle Blows feel about the changes made to it?