Comedians Watching Football With Friends. Copyright: Avalon Television
Comedians Watching Football With Friends

Comedians Watching Football With Friends

  • TV comedy
  • Sky One
  • 2019
  • 8 episodes (1 series)

Comedians including Joe Wilkinson, Lee Mack and Josh Widdicombe provide alternative commentary to football matches. Also features Nish Kumar, Jon Richardson, Emily Dean, Tom Davis, Matt Forde and more.

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Series 1, Episode 1

Comedians Watching Football With Friends. Image shows from L to R: Joe Wilkinson, Dion Dublin, Tom Davis. Copyright: Avalon Television
Comedians and their pals turn on the TV for a laugh over the week's big games. First is Jon Richardson, Joe Wilkinson, Matt Forde, Tom Davis and Claire Sweeney.

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Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 7th March 2019
Time
10pm
Channel
Sky One
Length
30 minutes
Recorded
  • Sunday 3rd March 2019, 12:30 at Sky Studios (Fulham v Chelsea)
  • Sunday 3rd March 2019, 15:30 at Sky Studios (Everton v Liverpoool)

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Thursday 7th March 2019 2:00am Sky2
Friday 8th March 2019 10:00pm Sky2
Saturday 9th March 2019 10:00pm Sky1
Thursday 14th March 2019 2:00am Sky1
Monday 23rd September 2019 11:00pm Dave

Cast & crew

Cast
Jon Richardson Self
Tom Davis Self
Matt Forde Self
Joe Wilkinson Self
Guest cast
Claire Sweeney Self
Dion Dublin Self
Production team
Peter Orton Director
Paul Wheeler Director
Danny Carr Series Producer
Claire Butchard Producer
Sam Gannaway Producer
Rob Aslett Executive Producer
Andy Devonshire Executive Producer
Jon Thoday Executive Producer
Richard Allen-Turner (as Richard Allen Turner) Executive Producer
Bill Hobbins Executive Producer
Natalie Wall Line Producer
Dan Trelfer Edit Producer
Chris Kenyon Editor
Julien Wilcock Editor
Marcus Alcock (as Marcus Alcott) Editor
Jonathan Paul Green Production Designer
Chris Kempton Lighting Designer

Videos

Media training

The comedians discuss how the players hide what they are saying.

Featuring: Tom Davis, Joe Wilkinson & Dion Dublin.

Beckham

A discussion about some of the football stars of yesteryear.

Featuring: Tom Davis, Joe Wilkinson & Dion Dublin.

Robbie Savage's house

A discussion about how Robbie Savage has eyes in his house.

Featuring: Tom Davis, Joe Wilkinson & Dion Dublin.

Liverpool to win?

A discussion about whether Liverpool is going to win...

Featuring: Jon Richardson, Matt Forde & Claire Sweeney.

Move forward now...

Jon Richardson offers up some tactical advice.

Featuring: Jon Richardson, Matt Forde & Claire Sweeney.

Press

New series in which a celebrity "superfan" and a comedian watch one of the weekend's televised Premier League matches and give vent to their thoughts on the game. The laughs could come from the superheated reactions to which even the most level-headed fan is prone.

David Stubbs, The Guardian, 7th March 2019

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