Smack The Pony
- TV sketch show
- Channel 4
- 1999 - 2003
- 23 episodes (3 series)
Stylish, original and uninhibited Emmy award-winning sketch show starring Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips. Also features Sarah Alexander, Darren Boyd, Cavan Clerkin, Amanda Holden and Adam Croasdell
Streaming rank this week: 3,617
Press clippings
Smack The Pony is NOT returning
Fiona Allen has told British Comedy Guide that contrary to a newspaper report, Smack The Pony is not returning to television.
British Comedy Guide, 9th March 2023Another chance to watch the entire first season of the cult sketch comedy show starring Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips, running until 2.30am. In this pilot, the trio give their irreverent take on everything from walking the dog to going swimming and attending a spiritual healing.
Ammar Kalia, The Guardian, 29th May 2020Smack The Pony's re-run marks a welcome silly return
Smack The Pony taught a generation of young women how to be goofy. It's message - and comedy - hasn't aged.
Zoe Beaty, i Newspaper, 29th May 2020Doon Mackichan interview
Doon Mackichan on starring in David Mamet's #MeToo play Bitter Wheat: 'People might walk out, disgusted'. The comedy star also talks about roles for women and why a Smack The Pony reunion isn't happening but why a The Day Today one could be on the cards.
i Newspaper, 19th June 2019Show that shaped me: Kirstie Swain on Smack the Pony
The writer of Channel 4's Pure celebrates a comedy that turned female TV archetypes upside down.
Broadcast, 4th April 2019Smack The Pony: Amanda Holden was first choice for show
The groundbreaking female-led sketch show Smack the Pony burst onto screens exactly 20 years ago.
Rachel Foley, BBC, 19th March 2019How Smack the Pony led the way in feminist comedy
An absurdist sketch show paved the way for the likes of Broad City and Chewing Gum.
El Hunt, i-D, 28th January 2019The timeless genius of Smack the Pony
As Smack the Pony announce their comeback, we look at the beloved sketch show's best offerings so far ... and find they haven't aged at all.
Hannah Jane Parkinson, The Guardian, 23rd January 2019Why we need a Smack the Pony reunion
Two decades after the cult sketch show first aired, its creators discuss its inception, near-death experiences and why they were the Spice Girls of turn-of-the-century comedy.
Ellen E. Jones, The Guardian, 21st January 2019Sally Phillips interview
'We're always trying to do Smack The Pony again, but nobody's interested.'
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 2nd October 2018