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The Impressions Show With Culshaw And Stephenson. Image shows from L to R: Debra Stephenson, Jon Culshaw. Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

The Impressions Show With Culshaw And Stephenson
The Impressions Show With Culshaw And Stephenson. Image shows from L to R: Jon Culshaw, Debra Stephenson. Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

The Impressions Show With Culshaw And Stephenson

New impression show starring Jon Culshaw and Debra Stephenson. Their targets include Jonathan Ross, Amy Winehouse and Madonna

AKA:
The New Impressions Show (Working Title); The Culshaw And Stephenson Show (Working Title); Impressions Show (Working Title)
Genre:
Impressionism
Broadcast:
2009  (BBC One)
Episodes:
7 (1 series)
Starring:
Jon Culshaw, Debra Stephenson, Jess Robinson, Simon Greenall, Thomas Nelstrop, Kiki Bagger, Lucy May Barker, Michael Bertenshaw, Jiggy Bhore, Debbie Chazen, Joel Fry
Writers:
Giles Pilbrow, Ben Ward, Laurence Rickard, Jon Holmes, Joel Morris, Jason Hazeley, Tom Jamieson, Nev Fountain, Fay Rusling, Oriane Messina, George Sawyer
Production:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Each week Jon Culshaw, star of Dead Ringers and one of Britain's top impressionists, and Debra Stephenson, best known for her roles in Coronation Street and Bad Girls, but originally an impressionist and stand-up comedian, portray a host of well-known stars as you've never seen them before.

Jon and Debra's targets range across the worlds of popular culture, sport and politics to deliver a good natured poke at contemporary life.

The supporting cast features some exciting new performers, and there's the odd guest cameo from some real stars, though some will be harder to spot than others.

Targets include Madonna, Davina McCall, Noel Edmonds, Paris Hilton, Jonathan Ross, Ross Kemp, Chris Evans, Kate Winslet, Gordon Ramsay, Kirsty Young, Michael McIntyre, Jeremy Clarkson, Justin Lee Collins, Amy Winehouse, Cheryl Cole, Simon Cowell, David Cameron, Britney Spears, Gok Wan, Alan Sugar, Peaches Geldof, Anne Robinson and Terry Wogan.

Our Review: Although the first episode of this show hasn't impressed every comedy fan (many of the jokes are very broad), it has to be said that overall this show has made a great debut. The feedback from the wider public has been very upbeat... and the good news is that we've still yet to see many of the characters, so the show isn't due to fall into the trap of putting all the best sketches in the first episode.

Highlights from Episode 1 included Culshaw's Michael MacIntyre impression, Stephenson's Davina McCall, the insane links on The One Show and Ross Kemp running away from The Famous Five.