- Genre
- Sketch Show
- Broadcast
- 2007 - 2012
- Channels
- BBC Two, BBC One
- Episodes
- 23 (4 series), plus 1 highlights special
- Starring
- Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse, Laura Solon, Morwenna Banks, Sophie Winkleman, Simon Day, Catherine Shepherd, Kevin Eldon and others
- Writers
- Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse
- Directors
- Tristram Shapeero, Sandy Johnson and Harry Enfield
- Producers
- Phil Bowker, Geoffrey Perkins, Izzy Mant, Sophie Clarke-Jervoise, Simon Lupton, Simon Wilson and Chris Sussman
Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse present a wide range characters in their sketch show series.
Recurring characters include Nelson Mandela; stuck up shop owner 'I Saw You Coming'; posh builders Darren and Kev; consultant surgeons Charles and Sheridan; and Pik The South African.
Series 3 featured plenty of new characters alongside old favourites such as Dragons' Den, Café Polski, The Chocolatier, The Writer and The Landlady and more.
Other characters included The Benefits, a south London dysfunctional family who create havoc wherever they go; Gabbatore, a corrupt Italian politician and his straight-faced translator; Gerald, the Forties drunkard who gets into homicidal scrapes; Mike Noughts, who might or might not be a top modelling agent; and Parking Pataweyo, everyone's favourite parking warden, and the ageing Silver-Haired Beatles.
- Production company
- Also known as
- Ruddy Hell! It's Harry & Paul (Series 1 title.)
- Soundtrack
- The screening of Series 2 (at which the laugh track was recorded) took place at the BBC Radio Theatre on Friday 1st August 2008. Series 4 filmed from mid-June 2012.
- Laugh track
- Yes and no; it varies
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Friday 13th April 2007 on BBC One at 9:30pm
- Last new broadcast
- Sunday 2nd December 2012 on BBC Two at 10pm
- Length of episodes
- 30 minutes
- Last repeat
- Sunday 18th November 2012 at 10:00pm on BBC HD
Website links
- Official Web Page
The official web page for the show on the BBC website. - IMDb
- Wikipedia