The Kevin Bishop Show: Pilot - Comedy Showcase: Kevin Bishop

TV sketch show
Channel 4
2007 - 2009
13 episodes (2 series)

Fast-paced Channel 4 sketch show built around Kevin Bishop. Includes a number of celebrity impressions. Stars Kevin Bishop, Jim Howick, Katie Males, Oliver Maltman, Karen Gillan and Sam Hazeldine

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Pilot - Comedy Showcase: Kevin Bishop

Pilot episode of the sketch show. Characters include: the overly clinical R 'n' B singer Dr Usher whose raunchy yet medically accurate songs are hardly conducive to romance, Bruce Parry who takes on more than he can chew when he meets some over-friendly tribesmen on his latest trip to the jungle and the middle-class Hulk who is far too polite to express his internal rage.

Further details

Full list of sketches:

Pete Docherty and Kate Moss Dance
Griff Rhys Jones - Britain's Favourite Hill
How To Look Naked, With Gordon Ramsey
Ruth Rendell's: The Tackless Twat
Last of the Summer Wine USA
Formula 1
Last of the Summer Wine USA 2
28 Gays Later
Classic Comedy Punchlines Completely Ruined
Fony Playbox Advert
Tribe with Bruce Parry
Ignorance - New Fragrance from Jade Goody Advert
Sadam Hussain At A Party
Tribe 2
Schindler's List II - Electric Boogaloo
OCD Batman
The History of the Spam
Griff Rhys Jones - Britain's Favourite Lake
The Little Amy Winehouse Show
The History of the Spam Part II

== Advert Break ==

Bully - Simon Cowell Fragrance Advert
Usher's Sex Education Song
Classic Overheard Mobile Conversations
Nigella Express
Doorman Convention
Sports Sponsorship
Fony Playbox Advert 2
News 25 - Dyslexia Outbreak
Skiing
Masturbation Convention
Vanessa Felts
Griff Rhys Jones - Britain's Favourite Hedge
The Lying Bitch In The Wardrobe
Fony Playbox Advert 3
Gordon Ramsey's midget kitchen
Desperation - Jody Marsh Fragrance
Robbie and Little Robbie
Break-in TV Live
The Middle Class Hulk
Break-in TV Live
News 25 - Canned Laughter Breakout

Notes

Shown as part of Channel 4's 2007 Comedy Showcase season.

Broadcast details

Date: Friday 23^rd November 2007
Time: 10:30pm
Channel: Channel 4
Length: 30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Kevin Bishop	Various
Jim Howick	Various
Katie Males	Various
Oliver Maltman	Various

Guest cast
Vanessa Feltz	Self

Writing team
Kevin Bishop	Writer
Lee Hupfield	Writer
Nico Tatarowicz	Writer
David Cadji-Newby	Writer
Andrew Dawson (as The Dawson Bros)	Writer
Steve Dawson (as The Dawson Bros)	Writer
Tim Inman (as The Dawson Bros)	Writer
Tim Allsop	Writer (Additional Material)
Stewart Williams	Writer (Additional Material)
Ed Hall	Writer (Additional Material)
Samantha Martin	Writer (Additional Material)
Gary Monaghan	Writer (Additional Material)

Production team
Elliot Hegarty	Director
Lee Hupfield	Producer
Phil Clarke	Executive Producer
Andrew O'Connor	Executive Producer
Mark Davies	Editor
Jonathan Paul Green	Production Designer
Mark Thomas	Composer

Press

Comedy Showcase had been largely disappointing but Kevin Bishop's sketch show made it all seem worthwhile. Having built a following with Star Stories, he could be the next big thing.

Dek Hogan, Digital Spy, 25th November 2007

I'm not a huge fan of Star Stories - it always feels a little too pleased with itself. But that doesn't deny the talents of Kevin Bishop, who gets his own sketch show in the last of the Comedy Showcase pilots. Sadly, it falls a little flat, which is a shame, as it seems a series has already been commissioned.

It'll be interesting to see what Bishop can achieve with a full series to let the material breath, so I'm hoping the failings of the pilot are just a false start.

Mark Wright, The Stage, 23rd November 2007

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