Squeamish About
- TV comedy
- BBC Two
- 2020
- 4 episodes (1 series)
Michael Squeamish returns to BBC Two to investigate a variety of different topics. Stars Matt Berry.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 3 - London
Further details
In the third episode, Squeamish tells the story of London.
From the Great Fire to the Blitz, jellied eels to Howard Westend, after whom the West End is named, he offers some distinctive opinions on Britain's capital and the people who live there.
Squeamish uses a unique selection of archive footage and plays fast and loose with the facts to create a joyously surreal whistle-stop tour through the history of one of the world's great cities.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 20th August 2020
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 15 minutes
Cast & crew
| Matt Berry | Michael Squeamish |
| Arthur Mathews | Writer |
| Matt Berry | Writer |
| Hannah Mackay | Producer |
| Ben Farrell | Executive Producer |
| Kate Daughton | Executive Producer |
| Samuel Halpin | Line Producer |
| Mark Davies | Editor |
| Matt Berry | Composer |
Press
Matt Berry's bumbling historian Michael Squeamish reaches London in this week's episode of his archive-raiding satire. Squeamish rattles through everything from the Great Fire of London - which caused £5 worth of damage - to the royal family's relocation to a terraced house after the Blitz.
Ammar Kalia, The Guardian, 20th August 2020