Sorry, I've Got No Head. Marek Larwood. Copyright: So Television
Sorry, I've Got No Head

Sorry, I've Got No Head

  • TV sketch show
  • CBBC / BBC One / BBC Two
  • 2008 - 2011
  • 39 episodes (3 series)

A hit comedy sketch show for CBBC, written by and starring a host of well-known comedy names. Stars David Armand, James Bachman, Marcus Brigstocke, Anna Crilly, Justin Edwards and more.

Press clippings

The stand-ups who took over children's TV

Is performing for young audiences easier? Far from it say the comedians who do clubs at night and CBBC shows by day.

Ryan Gilbey, The Guardian, 10th September 2020

Hit CBBC sketch show 'Sorry, I've Got No Head' axed by BBC

The BBC have axed Sorry, I've Got No Head, the popular childrens' sketch show featuring a cast of well-known names.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd November 2011

For those unaware, Sorry, I've Got No Head is a sketch show broadcast on the CBBC Channel.

Despite this being a children's show, it's surprising in many ways. For starters, there is quite a lot of good comic talent involved. Amongst those starring in the show include Marek Larwood, Justin Edwards, James Bachman, Marcus Brigstocke, Mel Giedroyc, Nick Mohammed, David Armand and Graham Norton in a voice-over.

The sketches include Jasmine and Prudith, a pair of eccentric posh women who believe everything costs a thousand pounds; Ross the schoolboy from the Outer Hebrides whose school has been badly damaged in a storm and is thus he is the only one who attends; the easily-scared Fearless Vikings; and The Witchfinder General who accuses anyone of being a witch if he doesn't get his own way.

Another interesting thing about Sorry, I've Got No Head is that it has no laughter track. Most TV sketch shows tend to have one, and you would expect a children's sketch show to do so as well, but this doesn't.

In a way the show treats the audience a bit more like adults than many other sketch comedies. The laughter track provokes you into laughing, which might explain why shows such as That Mitchell and Webb Look and The Armstrong and Miller Show have them, to encourage the viewers to laugh along and keep watching. Sorry, I've Got No Head doesn't see the need for one. Perhaps it's because this show is less of a risk as it's on a digital channel for children.

Sorry, I've Got No Head is quite a diverting show, which in its own way is entertaining for people of all ages. And if you're bit a embarrassed about watching it with other people, you can always look at it on the iPlayer as if it were a guilty pleasure.

Ian Wolf, Giggle Beats, 23rd May 2011

Here's Little Britain for kids

A sketch show reminiscent of Big Train or Little Britain, it's so good that it puts many of the BBC's 'adult' comedy shows to shame.

James Wignall, The Guardian, 22nd September 2008

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