Anyone else catch this, couple of days back, as part of the the excellent comedy connections series? I always remember it as fairly mainstream but was reminded how surreal/ silly dare i say subversive (I do) some of the sketches were. Interested to see Graham Lineham mention that this was their (with Mathews) first break.
Also talked about Not The Nine O'Clock News - a sketch show that actually had an open submissions policy. Ah those were the days !
Check out the list of writers for NTNON. Fairly heavyweight, but I imagine quite a few's first break
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/n/notthenineoclock_7774885.shtml