![The Mary Whitehouse Experience. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, David Baddiel, Steve Punt, Rob Newman. Copyright: BBC The Mary Whitehouse Experience. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, David Baddiel, Steve Punt, Rob Newman. Copyright: BBC](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/comedies/300/m/mary_whitehouse_experience2.jpg)
The Mary Whitehouse Experience
- TV sketch show
- BBC Two
- 1990 - 1992
- 13 episodes (2 series)
Topical TV comedy show based on the radio series of the same name. Starred double acts Punt & Dennis and Newman & Baddiel. Stars David Baddiel, Rob Newman, Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt and Melanie Hudson
Another production also has this name.
![The Mary Whitehouse Experience. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, David Baddiel, Steve Punt, Rob Newman. Copyright: BBC The Mary Whitehouse Experience. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, David Baddiel, Steve Punt, Rob Newman. Copyright: BBC](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/comedies/900x450/m/mary_whitehouse_experience.jpg)
Key details
- Genre
- Sketch Show
- Broadcast
- 1990 - 1992
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Episodes
- 13 (1 pilot + 2 series)
- Creator
- Bill Dare
- Stars
- David Baddiel, Rob Newman, Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt and Melanie Hudson
- Writers
- David Baddiel, Rob Newman, Hugh Dennis and Steve Punt
- Director
- Marcus Mortimer
- Producers
- Marcus Mortimer, William Sargent and Joanna Beresford
- Company
The Mary Whitehouse Experience was a topical comedy show starring David Baddiel, Robert Newman, Hugh Dennis and Steve Punt. It began on radio in 1988, before transitioning to television in 1990. The show mixed stand-up comedy monologues with sketches and impressions.
The most famous sketch from the show is History Today. Newman & Baddiel play two old historians, who discuss an important historical issue in a very childish fashion.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Picture
- Colour
- Soundtrack
- Theme tune: Jack to the Sound of the Underground by Hithouse.
Website links
- The Mary Whitehouse Experience - Fan Site
A fan made website about The Mary Whitehouse Experience. Features a number of audio clips from the radio series. - Jump The Shark
An entry for The Mary Whitehouse Experience on Jump The Shark (a website on which people vote as to whether TV shows and films carried on past their best). At the time of writing, most users on the site have voted that this program has not 'jumped'. - Radio Ha Ha
An article about The Mary Whitehouse Experience mainly focusing on the radio series, but with some extra interesting background. - IMDb
- Wikipedia
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 3rd January 1991 at 9pm on BBC Two