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Absolutely

Absolutely

  • TV sketch show
  • Channel 4
  • 1989 - 1993
  • 29 episodes (4 series)

Cult Channel 4 sketch show created by and starring a predominantly Scottish cast. Stars Pete Baikie, Morwenna Banks, Jack Docherty, Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy and John Sparkes

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Scotland's 20 greatest TV shows of all-time

Featuring 1. Still Game; 2. Bob Servant; 3. Chewin' The Fat; 4. Rab C. Nesbitt; 5. Scotch And Wry; 6. Scot Squad; 7. Limmy's Show!; 8. Two Doors Down; 9. Absolutely; 10. Taggart.

Matthew Elder, The Scotsman, 27th July 2020

Absolutely returns to Radio 4

Sketch team Absolutely are due to return to Radio 4 for a second series of The Absolutely Radio Show.

British Comedy Guide, 2nd February 2017

Sketch group Absolutely to return to Radio 4

Absolutely, the comedy sketch group who starred in their own Channel 4 show in the 1990s, are making a new series for Radio 4.

British Comedy Guide, 15th July 2015

Comic Jack Docherty, who appears in referendum mockumentary Scotland in a Day (airing on Thursday as the Scots go to the polls), first broke on to the scene with his sketch series Absolutely - it's aged impressively well.

Catherine Gee, The Telegraph, 20th March 2015

TV return for Absolutely on the cards

The comedy team behind the hit Channel 4 show have caught the acting bug once again after a one-off reunion renewed their memories of the programme.

Paul English, Daily Record, 18th June 2013

Panel of Experts: Still absolutely inspired

Five members of the 1990s sketch show Absolutely - Gordon Kennedy, Pete Baikie, Jack Docherty, Moray Hunter and John Sparkes - look back at their old selves in their second series

Ed Potton, The Times, 3rd May 2008

Absolutely fabulous. Not.

Baikie, Banks, Docherty, Hunter, Kennedy & Sparkes. Who? The comics from Absolutely tell Jim White why they're basking in obscurity.

Jim White, The Independent, 20th January 1993

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