Series synopsis
Harry & Paul is a British comedy television series that premiered on BBC One on September 20, 2005. It ended on December 1, 2012. It was created by Paul Whitehouse, Harry Enfield. It stars Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse, Morwenna Banks and Sophie Winkleman.
Harry & Paul is a BAFTA Award-winning British sketch comedy show starring Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 13 April 2007. Prior to broadcast it was trailed as The Harry Enfield Show.
The show reunites the pair, who had success with Harry Enfield's Television Programme in the 1990s.
The second series of the programme began on BBC One on 5 September 2008. This was the last series from the comedy producer Geoffrey Perkins who died shortly before the programm ...
Premise
Harry & Paul is a BAFTA Award-winning British sketch comedy show starring Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 13 April 2007. Prior to broadcast it was trailed as The Harry Enfield Show.
The show reunites the pair, who had success with Harry Enfield's Television Programme in the 1990s.
The second series of the programme began on BBC One on 5 September 2008. This was the last series from the comedy producer Geoffrey Perkins who died shortly before the programme's second series began. A third series was commissioned and began 28 September 2010 this time on BBC Two to where the show has been moved, because of falling ratings. The fourth series began broadcasting in October 2012.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Harry Enfield
- Paul Whitehouse
- Morwenna Banks
- Sophie Winkleman
- Simon Day
- Catherine Shepherd
- Laura Solon
- Kathy Burke
Supporting cast
Guest cast
- Jack Whitehall
- Phil Cornwell
- Lenny Henry
- Adrian Bower
- Justin Edwards
- Colin McFarlane
- Sophie McShera
- Victoria Wood
- Sinead Michael
- Jason Lewis
- Zina Badran
- Kevin Hudson as Various Characters (uncredited)
Episodes
This series spans 5 seasons with 25 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | May 25, 2014 | May 25, 2014 |
| Season 1 | 6 | April 13, 2007 | May 18, 2007 |
| Season 2 | 6 | September 5, 2008 | October 10, 2008 |
| Season 3 | 6 | September 28, 2010 | November 2, 2010 |
| Season 4 | 6 | October 28, 2012 | December 1, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Harry and Paul's Story of the Twos As part of the 50th anniversary of BBC Two, the channel has commissioned Harry and Paul to celebrate the occasion in their own unique way, and this they are doing - both ruthlessly and Reithlessly. Inspired by Harry Enfield's Emmy Award-winning mythical biography, Norbert Smith, and Harry and Paul Whitehouse's Question Time spoof, the BBC's head of comedy Shane Allen asked them to come up with their own unique biography of BBC Two. In this one-off comedy-drama, Harry and Paul, themselves popular fixtures of the channel for half the 50 years, dance through the story of BBC Two. They start with its painful birth, as 'Auntie Beeb' pushes out the now familiar logo into the arms of the attending BBC execs. |
May 25, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse star in a sketch show, joined by Morwenna Banks and Laura Solon. Characters include the Posh Scaffolders and the High Ranking Surgeons. |
April 13, 2007 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Characters include footballer Didier Peskovitch and his manager Jose Arrogantio. |
April 20, 2007 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 New characters including Kenny Leyton the hopeless boxer, man in the kitchen Jasper Hazelnut and Seventies throwback the Barbican Man, as well as established faces Didier Peskovitch, Jose Arrogantio and Nelson Mandela. |
April 27, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse are back with a whole new range of characters in a new series of their sketch show. |
September 5, 2008 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 There's a visit to an island owned by Jeremy Clarkson and the genial American tourists meet a British politician. |
September 12, 2008 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 This episode features a 1930s' version of Basic Instinct and Tony Blair starting a new job in the City. |
September 19, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Three generations of the Benefit family disrupt a peaceful library; the elderly Beatles attempt to escape hoards of old lady-boppers; the Dragons' Den considers a pitch for a new British pudding supplement; and the duo revisit the famous diner scene in the Thirties original of When Harry Met Sally. |
September 28, 2010 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 This week sees a return to the Seventies for On The Tardis; Parking Pataweyo breaks all records in a high-speed ticket-issuing stunt; two former football legends get thoroughly confused by a female sports presenter; and The Beatles record a single for the cancer charity Prost Aid. |
October 5, 2010 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Harry and Paul return for more character comedy. |
October 12, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse return in their BAFTA award-winning sketch show with new characters and old favourites. Featuring Victoria Wood. |
October 28, 2012 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 The Minor Royals are confused by a homeless man, the Benefits family go shopping, and in 'When Life Was Simpler' the chaps plan a simple trip to the North Pole. |
November 4, 2012 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 The surgeons return to their youth as members of the Cambridge Footlights, the American cops get arrested, and Marcus meets his match in his 'I Saw You Coming' shop. |
November 11, 2012 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | BBC One |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 20, 2005 |
| Last aired | December 1, 2012 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 21:30:00 |