British Comedy Guide

KI - GCSE

Woman 1 - "Why some people are prejudiced against jews?" Not the motto on the new John Galliano shirts, but a question on a GCSE religious studies exam. To justify this is exam board representative Robert Berry. Robert what do you think of the public reaction to this?

Robert - It's ridiculous. You should see some of the other questions we've set

Woman 1 - So you're defence is you've done worse? That's like a murder suspect saying "you think that's bad you should have seen my last victim!"

Robert - It's all political

Woman 1 - That's what you think of the response?

Robert - No that was a question on our music exam about the Eurovision song contest

Woman 1 - So what other questions are worse?

Robert - Erm World War 2 a practical joke that got out of hand. Discuss. You can pass our French exams if instead of writing in French you just write in English but in capital letters. For PE exam we have kids the watch an England match and at random points shout stuff like "that could have been me if it weren't for this knee"

Woman 1 - Aren't the point of the exams to prepare the kids for the world?

Robert -That's what we're doing. Since the recession there's not jobs for anyone so these kids will spend they're days in the pub talking shit. That's what we're preparing them for. The government are getting behind us on this one

Woman 1 -That's a great way to get the country out of recession

Robert - You mean by increasing alcohol and crisps sales?

Woman 1 -No the coalition never succeed with initiatives at least this way when they fall the result will be employed t-total youths

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I very much like the idea of the exam in pub skills, especially as they are 'important life skills', so I would cut to that and build/exaggerate that idea with various different questions (drinking, talking shit/lying, pub games, smells of beers).

Dan

Yes I'd focus on one idea in the sketch and the preparing kids for sitting in a pub and talking shit is a strong one.

There may also be potential in talking about other ridiculous questions they've set that shows a hidden agenda. e.g. 'If Jonny has 64 ft of wood and 3 galloons of petrol, how many burning crosses can Jonny make in total?'

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