Katy Brand's Big Ass Show
- TV sketch show
- ITV2
- 2007 - 2009
- 19 episodes (3 series)
ITV sketch show starring Katy Brand. Sketches include impersonations of famous stars and singers. Also features Katherine Parkinson, David Armand, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Zoe Gardner, Rufus Jones and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Sketch Show
- Broadcast
- 2007 - 2009
- Channel
- ITV2
- Episodes
- 19 (3 series)
- Stars
- Katy Brand, Katherine Parkinson, David Armand, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Zoe Gardner, Rufus Jones, Tom Knight, James Lance and more
- Writers
- Katy Brand, David Armand, Andrew Dawson, Steve Dawson, Tim Inman, Peter Morris, Andy Riley, Kevin Cecil and more
- Director
- Adam Miller
- Producer
- Gregor Cameron
- Company
A sketch show starring Katy Brand that focuses on pop star skits and spoofs of well known actresses and celebrities.
Regular characters include Kate 'Normal' Winslet who is determined to show the public she is just like them; Kate Moss and her BFFs Sadie Frost and Stella McCartney; and 'jack of all trades' Lilly Allen who will turn her hand to anything from acting to hair bleaching.
Meanwhile the original characters creations for the show include Captain 'Be The Best' Rosie who investigates life on the 'civvy streets' for Armed Forces TV; and Caroline Little Treats who tries to make sense of life armed with a billion Heat magazines and a vat full of wine.
New pop star parodies for the second series included Amy Winehouse, The Ting Tings, Kate Nash, Leona Lewis, Mika, Usher, and Take That. Meanwhile new sketches included The Secret Diary of a Victorian Strumpet, hapless Olympic hopeful Cheryl Mirmikidis and East End gangster Her Majesty, The Queen.
New characters for Series 3 included Jennifer Aniston, who would like you all to know 'she's fine, absolutely fine'; and the lost Penelope Cruz audition tapes, from Four Weddings And A Funeral to Brokeback Mountain. There's a double albums worth of musical send-ups too, including; Kanye West, Coldplay, Duffy, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Alexandra Burke, Rihanna, Little Boots, U2, The Saturdays, Rihanna, Blur and The Killers.
Other new characters in Series 3 included: Violet, the unsuspecting wife of a serial killer; Oedipus Bex, every young boy's nightmare nympho stepmum; and Gwyneth Paltrow, who uses the internet to tell you how to live your life...
Additional details
- Also known as
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- Katy Brand's Big Ass Songs
- Production
- Location
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Friday 19th October 2007 at 10pm on ITV2
- Most recent repeats
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- Monday 19th October 2009 at 11:00pm on ITV2 - Series 3, Episode 6
- Monday 19th October 2009 at 12:00am on ITV2 - Series 3, Episode 6
- Sunday 18th October 2009 at 12:30am on ITV2 - Series 3, Episode 6