British Comedy Guide

Revolver

  • TV sketch show
  • BBC One / BBC Choice
  • 2001 - 2004
  • 12 episodes (2 series)

BBC Scotland sketch show starring some of the biggest names of British comedy from the 1970s to 1990s. Stars John Inman, Leslie Phillips, Julie Goodyear and Gorden Kaye.

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Key details

Genre
Sketch Show
Broadcast
2001 - 2004
Channels
BBC One, BBC Choice
Episodes
12 (2 series)
Stars
John Inman, Leslie Phillips, Julie Goodyear and Gorden Kaye
Director
Eric Haynes
Producer
Gary Chippington
Company

A rapid-fire sketch show mixing veteran performers with relative newcomers.

Recurring characters included 'the woman who looks out of the window' (Julie Goodyear); Dave Davids, the TV presenter who gets everything wrong (Melvyn Hayes); a suave safecracker (Leslie Phillips) always confronted with the unexpected when he opens a safe; a film-obsessed farmer (Gorden Kaye) imagining his animals in the plots of famous films; a scheming grandmother (Honor Blackman) using emotional blackmail on her daughter; an antique-shop owner (John Inman) who gets carried away when explaining the history of objects for sale; and the 'man in a coffin' (Nicholas Smith), mistakenly buried alive but managing to remain chipper.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Thursday 26th July 2001 at 9:30pm on BBC Choice

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