Paul Whitehouse's Sketch Show Years
- TV documentary
- U&Gold
- 2024
- 4 episodes (1 series)
A journey through Paul Whitehouse's favourite British sketch shows of the past 60 years.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 3 - The 1990s
Further details
The decade of New Labour and Britpop was something of a re-tread musically and culturally, but comedy, by now being dubbed 'the new rock & roll' (by some fairly lazy journalists, admittedly), was genuinely a huge force, and still really evolving. In the sketch world, stalwarts of the 80s alternative scene French & Saunders really hit their stride as a TV duo, now totally mainstream and pulling in huge audiences, while newcomers like Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer were busily reinventing what on earth a sketch show could be, taking their cult stage show on screen, with a little help from their mates, including Paul and his college chum Charlie Higson.
And amidst the other great newcomers like Victoria Wood, The Real McCoy, Smack The Pony, Big Train and Goodness Gracious Me, The Fast Show would provide the biggest cast of names and characters, it's quickfire hit-rate proving a lasting favourite of UK viewers.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 11th July 2024
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- U&Gold
- Length
- 40 minutes
Catch-up
Cast & crew
Paul Whitehouse | Narrator |
Paul Whitehouse | Writer |
David Cummings | Writer (Additional Material) |
Chris Hill | Series Producer |
Julia Hunter | Producer |
John Quinn | Executive Producer |
Helen Nightingale | Executive Producer |
Nicola Breadin | Line Producer |
Ben Cooper | Development Producer |
Rhys Barter | Editor |
Matt Loughlin | Editor |
Martyn Kilvert | Graphics |