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- CreatorGraham ChapmanEric IdleTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseTerry GilliamThe original surreal sketch comedy showcase for the Monty Python troupe.
- StarsRowan AtkinsonMel SmithPamela StephensonBritish sketch comedy starring the likes of Rowan Atkinson and Mel Smith.
- StarsFord KiernanGreg HemphillKaren DunbarScottish sketch show which first appeared on radio. Featuring such characters as dodgy decorators Bish and Bosh, Ballistic Bob, The Lonely Shopkeeper, The Foulmouthed Fishermen and The Man From Kilmacolm. Mostly filmed in Glasgow.
- StarsRon BainGregor FisherAndy GrayInfluential sketch show spun off from a long running Scottish radio show. It introduced the world to Glaswegian street philosopher Rab C. Nesbitt and The Baldy Man. Harry Enfield, Steve Coogan and Rik Mayall all wrote for the show.
- StarsDick EmeryPat CoombsVictor MaddernComedy skits featuring the talents of Mr Dick Emery.
- StarsStephen FryHugh LaurieDeborah NortonComedians Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie perform a variety of comedy skits and the occasional musical number.
- StarsDave AllenMichael Sharvell-MartinJacqueline ClarkeComedy show by Irish comedian
- DirectorPaul SmithStarsJasper CarrottJasper Carrott's live comedy special, recorded in the spring of 1990 at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
- StarsLenny HenryTracey UllmanDavid CopperfieldAn award winning comedy sketch show that was the platform that launched the careers of Lenny Henry and Tracey Ullman from up and coming comics to household names.
- StarsLenny HenryRobert BathurstCarla MendonçaA sketch show featuring many different characters and spoofs.
- StarsLes DawsonRoy BarracloughThe Roly PolysA variety show hosted by Les Dawson featuring sketch comedy, as well as stand-up comedy, guest appearances, dance numbers, and musical performances.
- StarsSanjeev BhaskarMeera SyalKulvinder GhirA British sketch-comedy that explores the integration of Indian and British cultures through a series of satires, musicals, and skits.
- StarsVictoria WoodJulie WaltersCelia ImrieSketch-based show starring Victoria Wood, Dame Julie Walters, and many others. Included regular items such as "Acorn Antiques" with Julie as Mrs. Overall and a regular advice slot from Agony Aunt Kitty (Patricia Routledge).
- StarsPeter BaikieMorwenna BanksJack DochertyComedy sketch show.
- CreatorMatt LucasDavid WalliamsStarsMatt LucasDavid WalliamsTom BakerMatt Lucas and David Walliams, the creators of this character-comedy sketch show, delight in all that is mad, bad, quirky and generally bonkers about the people and places of Britain.
- StarsPeter CookDudley MooreChris KaranNot Only...But Also, most famously showcased Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in there so-called 'Dagenham dialogues' in which Pete (a nasal know-all who has utter confidence in his surreal and ill-informed philosophies on life) and Dud (credulous, dim-witted and scruffy) discuss all manner of subjects, bedecked in cloth caps and Macs.
- StarsHarry EnfieldPaul WhitehouseKathy BurkePopular BBC sketch show that introduced a whole host of memorable characters such as Tim-Nice-But-Dim, the Slobs, Smashie and Nicey, The Old Gits and teenagers Kevin and Perry. The show spawned a slew of spin-off series and films.
- StarsPaul WhitehouseCharlie HigsonArabella WeirUK comedy sketch show depicting most forms of stereotypical British society.
- StarsLee MackTim VineJim TavaréSketch comedy series featuring a range of different humour styles.
- DirectorRoger GraefStarsPaul AbrahamsRowan AtkinsonChris BeetlesA series of benefit concerts to raise money for Amnesty International. Performances include comedy skits and musical numbers by a varied cast of mostly British performers. Featuring several Monty Python members, Rowan Atkinson, and Peter Cook.
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsRowan AtkinsonJeff BeckAlan BennettThe film of an on-stage charity benefit for Amnesty International. The show includes comedy skits by the members of Monty Python, as well as noted comedians Peter Cook, Rowan Atkinson, and others. The show also includes musical numbers by Eric Clapton, Sting, Donovan and Bob Geldof.
- DirectorKen O'NeillStarsJoan ArmatradingChet AtkinsJackson BrowneVictims of their own success in recruiting stars to appear at fund-raisers, Amnesty took a six-year sabbatical from producing benefit shows in the mid-1980s as a multitude of other good causes staged charity concerts that took the limelight. Amnesty returned in 1987 with refreshed zeal. A new generation of British comedians took up the Amnesty mantle, including Robbie Coltrane, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and the Spitting Image puppets. On the musical side, Amnesty show veteran Bob Geldof was joined by several newcomers including Kate Bush, David Gilmour, Joan Armatrading and Duran Duran, as well as three musicians who had recently performed for Amnesty in the USA: Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed and Jackson Browne. The two evenings of comedy and two separate nights of music at the London Palladium in March 1987 were subsequently fused into one TV special -- and the Ball continued rolling
- DirectorRoger GraefJonathan MillerStarsAlan BennettJohn BirdEleanor BronPleasure At Her Majesty's (1976) The very first show in what came to be called the "Secret Policeman's Ball" series took place over three late nights in April 1976 at Her Majesty's Theatre in London. The show was instigated by John Cleese, who volunteered to "round up a few pals" to perform for Amnesty International's benefit. These pals transpired to be most of Monty Python, Beyond The Fringe and The Goodies (three of the U.K.'s most successful comedy ensembles) -- together with leading solo performers. It was a gathering of the British comedic tribes. Cleese titled the show "A Poke In The Eye (With A Sharp Stick)." The film documenting this comedy summit was titled Pleasure At Her Majesty's -- a wordplay on the formal British expression for imprisonment in which convicts are "detained at Her Majesty's pleasure."
- StarsJohn CleeseGraham ChapmanTim Brooke-TaylorWritten by and starring The Goodies' Tim Brooke-Taylor, Monty Python's Graham Chapman and John Cleese, and comedy legend Marty Feldman, "At Last the 1948 Show" is a groundbreaking, splendidly silly and surreal sketch comedy series.
- StarsDenise CoffeyEric IdleDavid JasonShort comedy sketches performed by an ensemble cast accompanied by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, an eccentric English group featuring Neil Innes and fronted by Vivian Stanshall.
- DirectorJulia KnowlesStarsRonni AnconaDavid ArmandAlan C. Bennett
- StarsRon BainMiriam MargolyesRoger SlomanSketch show that originally explored a theme each week (work, death, sex).
- StarsDavid FrostMillicent MartinWilliam RushtonSatirical sketch show. The first such show in the UK. It ran for two seasons before being pulled just before the 1964 general election.
- StarsDawn FrenchJennifer SaundersSimon BrintComedy duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders satirically present aspects of British life, films such as Batman Forever and Pulp Fiction.
- StarsRory BremnerFrances BarberJohn BirdAward-winning, satirical comedy sketch show in which Rory Bremner and other leading British impressionists lampoon leading figures from the worlds of politics, sport and popular culture.
- StarsRory BremnerJohn BirdJohn FortuneA satirical British television programme produced by Vera Productions for Channel Four.
- StarsBenny HillHenry McGeeJackie WrightA skit based show with Benny Hill, often containing smutty humour.
- StarsJulian BarrattNoel FieldingMichael FieldingSurreal British comedy in which Vince Noir and Howard Moon have adventures filled with oddball characters while working as Zoo Keepers, before pursuing a musical career and running a second-hand shop.
- StarsCatherine TateMathew HorneNiky WardleyA British sketch comedy series featuring a wide range of characters, each with unique and humorous quirks, created and performed by Catherine Tate.
- StarsMatt LucasDavid WalliamsLindsay DuncanThis is a parody of shows about the inner workings of an airport.
- StarsDavid MitchellRobert WebbJames BachmanA comedy sketch show featuring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
- StarsPeter SerafinowiczBelinda Stewart-WilsonPaul PutnerA series of sketches by British comedian Peter Serafinowicz
- StarsRonnie BarkerRonnie CorbettThe Fred Tomlinson SingersThis long-running BBC comedy show consisted of sketches and humourous musical routines.
- StarsRobbie ColtraneBen EltonStephen FryA comedy variety show with spoofs of 1980s pop culture.
- StarsAlexander ArmstrongBen MillerJim HowickBritish comedy sketch show starring Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller.
- StarsHarry EnfieldKathy BurkePaul WhitehouseThe BBC sketch show that while continuing to show the misadventures of a series of popular characters now introduces a slew of new oddballs and misfits, including Tory Boy and The Lovely Wobbly Randy Old Ladies.
- CreatorPeter FluckRoger LawStarsSteve NallonKate RobbinsChris BarrieA satire show using puppets that are caricatures of major public figures.
- StarsAlexander ArmstrongBen MillerSimon GreenallA comedy sketch show from Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong. Running jokes and one-hit wonders galore.
- CreatorGraham LinehanArthur MathewsStarsKevin EldonMark HeapSimon PeggA British sketch comedy show where people in ordinary situations suddenly find themselves in absurd situations.
- StarsMel SmithGriff Rhys JonesGeoffrey McGivernMel Smith and Griff Rhys-Jones present a series of short (often tasteless, always scathing) sketches about modern life and the stupidity and gullibility of those who believe in it.
- StarsHugh DennisDavid BaddielSteve PuntThe Mary Whitehouse Experience was an rapid-fire observational sketch comedy show, which first aired on radio, and then moved to television, where it ran on the BBC (BBC 2), between 1990-1992. It's title was a tongue-in-cheek jab on the well-known morality crusader, Mary Whitehouse. The show featured a lot of topical humour, based on famous people, films and TV shows of the day, along with original character material, in a format somewhat similar to _"Kids In the Hall (1988)". The series starred 2 comedy duos (who had all graduated from Cambridge University); Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, and David Baddiel and Rob Newman. It was first broadcast on the radio during the late 1980s, before airing to TV.
- StarsAlexei SayleTony MillanAngus DeaytonComedy sketch show which ran on BBC2 for a total of 18 episodes over 3 series from 1988 to 1991.
- StarsKenny EverettCleo RocosSheila SteafelZany antics and sketches by the anarchic camp comic.
- StarsHarry EnfieldPaul WhitehouseSophie WinklemanSketches on the themes of class and gender, with the occasional spoof thrown in.
- StarsTim Brooke-TaylorJohn JunkinBarry CryerA quick-fire comedy sketch show continuing in the style of the BBC radio program of the same name.
- StarsKatherine ParkinsonKaty BrandMargaret Cabourn-SmithKaty Brand's Show is a parallel world of original characters and crazy celebrities with big egos and even bigger flaws that intermingle to create a whole new world of entertainment - like the one we know, but much more fun. With the sword of truth and the shield of chaos at her side, Katy Brand takes on the entire entertainment industry, swills it around in her brain and then spits it out.
- DirectorDuncan WoodStarsAlan BennettPeter CookJonathan MillerA TV version of the stage show originally performed at the Edinburgh Fringe (August 1962) and subsequently in London (Fortune Theatre) and Broadway.
- StarsDavid MitchellRobert WebbOlivia ColmanThe comedy duo's first sketch show, which launched both of their careers.