Paul Whitehouse's Sketch Show Years

Paul Whitehouse's Sketch Show Years (2024- )

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Paul Whitehouse celebrates sketch shows in a new four-part series.

Personally curated and narrated by Paul, the series takes viewers on a journey through his favourite British sketch shows of the past 60 years, with each episode broadly covering a decade in sketch show history, from iconic shows such as The Two Ronnies, to The Catherine Tate Show which have mirrored the story of modern Britain.

Network
Scheduleevery Thursday at 22:00 (40 min)

Last Episode

The 2000's
Season 1Episode 440 min

The 2000's

Paul Whitehouse's epic TV journey concludes with the new millennium – where the arrival of the internet and smartphones did nothing to halt TV comedy's quest to forge new horizons – or push the barriers of taste.

From Catherine Tate's foul-mouthed Nan and ‘Am I bovvered' Lauren, to Little Britain's cast of grotesques, perhaps only outdone by the inhabitants of Royston Vasey, the League of Gentlemen's often disturbing gallery of parochial freaks,TV comedy would never be the same again.

Elsewhere in the 00s, under-rated new talent had barged its way in, courtesy of shows like Little Miss Jocelyn and Tittybangbang, which went a little under the radar, while Oxbridge still provided big hitters like super-smart duos Mitchell & Webb and Armstrong & Miller.

But there was still room for some of the old guard to forge new territory – including our host Paul Whitehouse and long-time, on-off comedy partner Harry Enfield, who enjoyed a renaissance of their own in the new century, with a cast of new, older, but still no wiser comedy caricatures.

Jul 18, 2024

Recent Episodes

EpisodeNameAirdate
S01E04The 2000'sJul 18, 2024
S01E03The 1990'sJul 11, 2024
S01E02The 1980'sJul 4, 2024
S01E01The 1970's:Jun 27, 2024
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Cast

Paul Whitehouse

Paul Whitehouse

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