Comedy characters and sketches from the highly inventive Limmy. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Andrew Learmonth. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. The cast and crew are mainly Scottish; the principal writers and performers are Moray Hunter, Jack Docherty, Peter Baikie, Gordon Kennedy (all of whom had performed together as The Bodgers for many years), Morwenna Banks (English) and John Sparkes (Welsh). Comedy sketch show. Alan Partridge, a failed television presenter, is now presenting a programme on local radio in Norwich. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. The comedic misadventures of Roy, Moss and their grifting supervisor Jen, a rag-tag team of IT support workers at a large corporation headed by a hotheaded yuppie. Add the first question. Hot on the heels of 80's classics such as 'Naked Video' and 'Rab C Nesbitt', it built up a steady and passionate following over the few years it went to air. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Created by Brian Limond. Check out our most anticipated streaming picks. Comedy panel game show hosted by anarchic surrealist comic duo Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer. This page lists in alphabetical order the top 20 British TV sketch shows, as determined by a combination of the results of previous polls, award wins, and BCG's visitor data. Was this review helpful to you? Featuring such characters as dodgy decorators Bish and Bosh, Ballistic Bob, The Lonely Shopkeeper, The Foulmouthed Fishermen and The Man From Kilmacolm. Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK. [14], In the mid-90s, following the success of TV spin-off Mr. Don & Mr. George, Moray Hunter and Jack Docherty toured together as Hunter and Docherty. Spoof comedy following the first Unified Scottish Police Force. Published from its offices at 200 Renfield Street Glasgow and printed in Scotland by Newsquest (Herald & Times) a division of Newsquest Media Group Ltd, registered in England & Wales with number 01676637 at Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe HP10 9TY – a Gannett company. The show’s writers, Iain Connell and Robert Florence, also play a majority of the town’s residents. LIMMY'S SHOW is a Scottish comedy sketch show written, animated and directed by BRIAN LIMOND. Absolutely With Brian Limond, Alan McHugh, Debbie Welsh, Tom Brogan. This page lists in alphabetical order the top 20 British TV sketch shows, as determined by a combination of the results of previous polls, award wins, and BCG's visitor data. Limmy's Show! [13], In the early 1990s, Pete Baikie and Gordon Kennedy briefly toured as comedy band, The Hairstyles. All available episodes ©Copyright 2001-2020. We'll soon begin ordering this list with data from our new Like buttons, so get clicking the shows you love! The misadventures of club owner Brian Potter who is determined to make The Phoenix Club the best working men's club in Greater Manchester. The original television run of Absolutely ran for four series, with a total of 28 episodes: The characters of Don and George subsequently featured in their own spin-off series Mr. Don and Mr. George, which ran for six episodes. Four episodes of the late night Channel 4 hit from the 90s will be recorded in Glasgow next month for BBC Radio 4. Channel 4 sketch show created mainly by Scottish writers and performers; including Moray Hunter, Jack Docherty, Peter Baikie and Gordon Kennedy, plus Welshmen John Sparkes and Cornish Morwenna Banks. Radio recordings tickets are available at tickets@comedyunit.co.uk, Get involved with the news in your community, This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Editors' Code of Practice. Morwenna Banks will feature in the new series, SCOTTISH cult sketch show Absolutely will be back on air with their first series in 22 years. The first successful television format for Morecambe & Wise, a familiar mixture of sketch and stand-up broadcast from 1961 by ATV. A second four-part series aired on BBC Radio 4 during the summer of 2017,[12] with a third following in July 2019. We'll soon begin ordering this list with data from our new Like buttons, so get clicking the shows you love! View production, box office, & company info, The Week in Spandex – Thor: Ragnarok marketing blitz, Avengers 4 rumours, X-Force and Suicide Squad 2 get directors, Jared Leto confused over Joker plans and more, Is Jared Harris Playing Young Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts 2.