Series synopsis
The Sketch Show is a British comedy television series that premiered on ITV1 on September 10, 2001. It ended on April 24, 2004. It stars Lee Mack, Karen Taylor, Tim Vine and Ronni Ancona.
The Sketch Show is a British television sketch comedy programme, featuring many leading British comedians. It aired on ITV between 2001 and 2004. Despite the first series winning a BAFTA award, the second series was cancelled due to poor viewing figures.
Premise
The Sketch Show is a British television sketch comedy programme, featuring many leading British comedians. It aired on ITV between 2001 and 2004. Despite the first series winning a BAFTA award, the second series was cancelled due to poor viewing figures.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
Guest cast
- Kevin Hudson as Passerby (uncredited)
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 17 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | September 12, 2005 | September 12, 2005 |
| Season 1 | 8 | September 10, 2001 | December 30, 2001 |
| Season 2 | 8 | June 29, 2003 | April 24, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Best Of Series 1 The Sketch Show was a British television sketch comedy program, featuring many leading British comedians. It aired on ITV between 2001 and 2003 (Although it was originally pitched & rejected by the BBC) The original lineup of the cast was Lee Mack, Jim Tavare, Tim Vine, Karen Taylor and Ronni Ancona. The gender balance of this lineup enabled considerable variation in the dramatic setups for the sketches, in that all three men could be paired with either of the two women. Additionally, as all the performers traditionally used their own names in sketches, humour was able to be drawn from the attractive female Ronni being referred to with what is a stereotypically male name (Ronni being short for Veronica). This DVD of the first season was released by Visual Entertainment in Australia on 12 September 2005. All 8 episodes on the single-disc release are combined into a 3 hour feature. The opening and closing credits have been removed for all episodes, and a number of sketches have been edited out to fit the series onto a single disc. |
September 12, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | September 10, 2001 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | September 17, 2001 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | September 24, 2001 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | June 29, 2003 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | July 6, 2003 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | July 19, 2003 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ITV1 |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 10, 2001 |
| Last aired | April 24, 2004 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | Canceled |
| Schedule | Saturday at 22:00:00 |