Frost On Sketch Shows
- TV documentary
- BBC Four
- 2013
- 1 episode
Sir David Frost traces the development of the sketch show over the last fifty years, from variety theatre to primetime television. Features David Frost, Ronnie Corbett, Stephen Fry, Michael Palin, Michael Grade and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Documentary
- Broadcast
- 2013
- Channel
- BBC Four
- Episodes
- 1
- Features
- David Frost, Ronnie Corbett, Stephen Fry, Michael Palin, Michael Grade, Richard Curtis, Nicholas Parsons, John Lloyd and more
- Directors
- Andrew Fettis
- Producers
- Andrew Fettis, Gilly Hall and Trevor Poots
- Company
With many of Britain's biggest comedy stars cutting their teeth on sketch shows and many of our most-loved comedy series beginning as sketches, Sir David Frost traces the development of the sketch show over the last fifty years - from the variety theatre to peak-time television, from Arthur Haynes to Morecambe and Wise and The Two Ronnies, from Monty Python to Not The Nine O'Clock News and Catherine Tate.
He is joined by TV comedy greats including Ronnie Corbett, Stephen Fry and Michael Palin as they look back on the highs and lows of their own sketch show experiences. And together with comedy veterans Michael Grade and Richard Curtis they ask if, in an age dominated by stand-up and sitcoms, the sketch show can continue to flourish and survive.
Additional details
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- Studio
- Picture
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Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 13th May 2013 at 9pm on BBC Four
- Episode length
- 1 hour
- Most recent repeats
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- Monday 5th September 2016 at 11:00pm on BBC4
- Wednesday 3rd December 2014 at 10:25pm on BBC4
- Thursday 29th May 2014 at 12:35am on BBC4