Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder
- TV sketch show
- ITV1
- 2009
- 7 episodes (1 series)
Sketch show in which Al Murray plays a range of characters. Stars Al Murray, Simon Brodkin, Duncan Bannatyne, Jenny Eclair, Laura Solon and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 2
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 6th March 2009
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Al Murray | Various |
| Simon Brodkin | Various |
| Duncan Bannatyne | Self |
| Jenny Eclair | Ensemble Actor |
| Laura Solon | Ensemble Actor |
| Katy Wix | Ensemble Actor |
| Kim Wall | Ensemble Actor |
| Sadie Hasler | Ensemble Actor |
| Colin Hoult | Ensemble Actor |
| Simon Kunz | Ensemble Actor |
| Al Murray | Writer |
| Simon Brodkin | Writer |
| Mark Augustyn | Writer |
| John Camm | Writer |
| Chris England | Writer |
| Paul Hawksbee | Writer |
| Will McLean | Writer |
| Dan Maier (as Daniel Maier) | Writer |
| Matt Simpson | Writer |
| Laura Solon | Writer |
| David Quantick | Script Editor |
| Ben Kellett | Director |
| Richard Grocock | Producer |
| Richard Allen-Turner | Executive Producer |
| Jon Thoday | Executive Producer |
| Jon Blow | Editor |
| James Dillon | Production Designer |
| Mark Vidler | Composer |
Press
Review in The Stage
It is hard not to like Al Murray, but with each episode of Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder it is getting progressively easier.
When it comes to character-based sketch shows, Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse have set the bar high, and Al Murray has chosen to walk underneath it. This is very lazy comedy, both in the performances and in the writing. Is there anyone out there who really thinks the world needs another Dragon's Den pastiche?
Far from showcasing Murray's versatility, it merely serves to expose his very limited abilities as an actor, with most of the sketches chronically dependent upon ridiculous costumes and cod accents to get laughs.
The show is a huge and surprising disappointment, given Murray's comedy pedigree. None of the characters come within a mile of Murray's Pub Landlord for originality or sophistication, and some are so ill conceived as to be borderline offensive. The outrageous gay Nazi on Hitler's chief of staff would have been funny if it had mocked Nazis, or Hitler, or homophobia even. But the sketch's comedy ambitions fell far short of making any satirical point whatsoever, and Hitler came out of it better than Murray did.
Harry Venning, The Stage, 9th March 2009