Psychobitches
- TV sketch show
- Sky Arts
- 2012 - 2014
- 12 episodes (2 series)
A Sky Arts sketch show that sees some of history's most famous women psychoanalysed. Stars Julia Davis, Rebecca Front, Sharon Horgan, Samantha Spiro, Frances Barber and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 4
Further details
Emmeline Pankhurst (Ted Robbins) tells therapist Rebecca Front all about her working class Manchester roots, her spell in prison and the happiest time of her life on Fleetwood beach.
An excitable Barbara Castle (Sam Spiro) talks vividly about the sexual tension in politics and reveals her wildest fantasies. "When I met with the TUC, I didn't once think about Vic Feather's tight little bum."
A vain Helen of Troy (Julia Davis), complete with a thick brummie accent, discusses being spoiled by men her entire life and laments the difficulties of being so pretty.
Then a troubled Nancy Spungen (Tamsin Egerton) performs a couple of lewd songs, Mary Queen of Scots (Michelle Gomez) proves incomprehensible with her thick Scottish accent, Eve (Sharon Horgan) talks, with great regret, about her sexual relationship with Adam, and Mary Shelley (Katy Brand) proves quite intimidating as she explains the plot of her latest novel, Frankenstein.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 20th June 2013
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Sky Arts
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Rebecca Front | Therapist |
Ted Robbins | Emmeline Pankhurst |
Samantha Spiro | Barbara Castle |
Julia Davis | Helen of Troy |
Michelle Gomez | Mary Queen of Scots |
Tamsin Egerton | Nancy Spungen |
Sharon Horgan | Eve |
Julia Davis | Helen Keller |
Katy Brand | Mary Shelley |
Jeremy Dyson | Writer |
Ali Crockatt | Writer |
David Scott | Writer |
Pippa Brown | Writer (Additional Material) |
Dan Swimer | Script Editor |
Freddy Syborn | Writer |
Derren Litten | Writer |
Jeremy Dyson | Director |
Pippa Brown | Producer |
Saskia Schuster | Executive Producer |
Ben Cavey | Executive Producer |
Lucy Lumsden | Executive Producer |
Sophie Clarke-Jervoise | Executive Producer |
Peter Hallworth | Editor |
Mo Holden | Production Designer |
Jeremy Holland-Smith | Composer |
Will Stuart | Composer |