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 2, Episode 1
Further details
Co-written and directed by The League of Gentlemen's Jeremy Dyson, this new six-part series features an array of talent, including Kathy Burke, Sam Spiro, Sharon Horgan, Morgana Robinson, Michelle Gomez, Katy Brand, Doon Mackichan, Sophie Ellis-Bexter, Meera Syal, Sheila Reid, Selina Griffiths, Zawe Ashton, Jack Whitehall, Frances Barber, Liza Tarbuck and comedy duo Cardinal Burns.
From Aphrodite and Anne Boleyn to Janis Joplin and Wilson, Keppel and Betty, our therapist lends a sympathetic ear and tries to probe the depths of her patients' unusual minds.
Rooted in history and psychology, this new series offers a brilliantly inventive, silly, dark and irreverent comic insight into history's departed icons, without ever leaving the consulting room.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 25th November 2014
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Sky Arts
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Rebecca Front | Therapist |
Michelle Gomez | Mary Queen of Scots |
Sharon Horgan | Unity Mitford |
Samantha Spiro | Jessica Mitford |
Sophie Ellis-Bextor (as Sophie Ellis-Bexter) | Nancy Mitford |
Morgana Robinson | Anna Nicole Smith |
Selina Griffiths | Marie Antoinette |
Doon Mackichan | Catherine Howard |
Samantha Spiro | Betty Knox |
Seb Cardinal | Jack Wilson |
Dustin Demri-Burns | Joe Keppel |
Seb Cardinal | Janis Joplin |
Kathy Burke | Queen Mother |
Reece Shearsmith | Princess Margaret |
Frances Barber | Elizabeth I |
Sharon Horgan | Tammy Wynette |
Katy Brand | Medusa |
Michelle Gomez | Margaret Thatcher |
Morgana Robinson | Venus |
Jeremy Dyson | Writer |
Bert Tyler-Moore | Writer |
George Jeffrie | Writer |
Ali Crockatt | Writer |
David Scott | Writer |
Seb Cardinal | Writer |
Dustin Demri-Burns | Writer |
Pippa Brown | Writer (Additional Material) |
Dan Swimer | Script Editor |
Holly Walsh | Writer |
Kathy Burke | Writer |
Dafydd James | Writer |
Ben Lewis | Writer |
Dan Swimer | 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 |
Gary Dollner | Editor |
Mo Holden | Production Designer |
Jeremy Holland-Smith | Composer |
Ian Masterson | Composer |
Video
Queen Mother and Princess Margaret
Princess Margaret is in therapy with her mother.
Featuring: Rebecca Front (Therapist), Kathy Burke (Queen Mother) & Reece Shearsmith (Princess Margaret).