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Tracey Ullman's Show. Tracey Ullman. Copyright: BBC / Allan McKeown Presents
Tracey Ullman's Show

Tracey Ullman's Show

  • TV sketch show
  • BBC One
  • 2016 - 2017
  • 12 episodes (2 series)

BBC sketch show starring character comedian and actor Tracey Ullman. Also features Tony Gardner, Elizabeth Berrington, Daniel Lawrence Taylor, Katherine Jakeways, Samantha Spiro and more.

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Series 1, Episode 3

Tracey Ullman's Show. Image shows from L to R: Michael Brandon, Tracey Ullman. Copyright: BBC / Allan McKeown Presents
This episode brings a pair of American tourists to London and puts their permanently rose-tinted view of the capital to the test. Sally Preston MP runs her first constituency surgery topless, Dame Judi Dench breaks into a cinema and Dom pitches his latest half-baked idea for a weather app. Plus Rebekah Brooks and Steph the model agent.

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Broadcast details

Date
Monday 25th January 2016
Time
10:45pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Tracey Ullman Various
Daniel Lawrence Taylor Ensemble Actor
Katherine Jakeways Ensemble Actor
Gwen Taylor Ensemble Actor
Aaron Neil Ensemble Actor
Jason Forbes Ensemble Actor
Zahra Ahmadi Ensemble Actor
Jamie Demetriou Ensemble Actor
Lucy Montgomery Ensemble Actor
Joan Linder Ensemble Actor
Sue Elliott-Nicholls Ensemble Actor
Laurence Rickard Ensemble Actor
Guest cast
Dave Lamb Ensemble Actor
Derek Griffiths Ensemble Actor
Michael Brandon Ensemble Actor
Vivien Kent Ensemble Actor
Emily Atack Ensemble Actor
Amy Dunn Ensemble Actor
Laura Dale Ensemble Actor
Amanda Dickinson Ensemble Actor
Edith Slow-Noble Ensemble Actor
Oliver Coopersmith Ensemble Actor
Writing team
Kevin Cecil Writer
Andy Riley Writer
Georgia Pritchett Writer
Laurence Rickard Writer
Jonathan Harvey Writer
Jeremy Dyson Writer
Jeremy Dyson Script Editor
Bert Tyler-Moore Writer
George Jeffrie Writer
Production team
Dominic Brigstocke Director
Caroline Norris Producer
Tracey Ullman Executive Producer
Ben Farrell Executive Producer
Myfanwy Moore Executive Producer
Nigel Williams Editor
Miranda Jones Production Designer
Richard Thomas Composer
Andy Marlow Composer

Video

American tourists in Britain

Jackie and Hal are Americans who just love everything British.

Featuring: Tracey Ullman, Aaron Neil & Michael Brandon.

Press

Third helping of repatriated ribaldry from Ullman's new series, and the recurring characters continue to bed in. Tonight's treats include Dame Maggie Smith's new green screen-ready showreel, events unfolding inside the HQ of a corporation stamping twee slogans on to premium earthenware, Dame Judi Dench's ongoing crime spree, and a raucous rock opera documenting Rebekah Brooks's return to the Chipping Norton set. Ullman's impressive ability to inhabit contrasting personas again outshines a patchy script.

Mark Gibbings-Jones, The Guardian, 25th January 2016

Radio Times review

After two cracking episodes, it's time to see if Tracey Ullman has any other comic gems in her locker apart from her fabulous turns as Angela Merkel and theatrical Dames Maggie Smith and Judi Dench. The doofus American couple who love all things English is easily her weakest sketch of the series so far.

Fortunately, the show is rescued by a triumphant song-and-dance routine in which she plays former Sun editor Rebekah Brooks. If the red-haired Murdoch executive isn't popular with some of the other members of the Chipping Norton set, here she's dealt a pretty rough time - proving that our Trace isn't afraid of tweaking some powerful noses.

Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 19th January 2016

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