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Psychobitches. Therapist (Rebecca Front). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions.

Psychobitches

Sky Arts sketch show about women from history. 12 episodes (pilot + 2 series), 2012 - 2014. Stars Julia Davis, Rebecca Front, Sharon Horgan, Samantha Spiro and others.

Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches

Catherine Tate, Rebecca Front and Katy Brand are among the stars exposing the obsessions and psychoses of history's most famous women.

Further details

Psychobitches. Mother Teresa (Sheila Reid). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions.

Featuring an all-star cast of celebrated comedic talent, this one-off 30 minute comedy pilot for the Playhouse Presents strand puts history's most famous women into the psychiatrist's chair and shines a spotlight on their psychoses and obsessions.

From Beatrix Potter who believes the animals really are talking to her; to Judy Garland, copying with her bi-polar mood swings and singing compulsion; to Eva Braun, who needs help for her seriously questionable taste in men.

Notes

This pilot was broadcast as Episode 11 during anthology series Playhouse Presents Series 1.

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 21st June 2012
Time
9pm
Channel
Sky Arts
Length
30 minutes

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    Cast & crew

    Regular cast
    Rebecca Front Therapist
    Guest cast
    Catherine Tate Eva Braun
    Catherine Tate Edith Piaf
    Sharon Horgan Jane Austen
    Katy Brand Joan of Arc
    Katy Brand George Eliot
    Sheila Reid Mother Teresa
    Samantha Spiro Mary Whitehouse
    Samantha Spiro Judy Garland
    Selina Griffiths Beatrix Potter
    Andy Nyman Sarah (The Wife of Abraham)
    Sharon Horgan Frida Kahlo
    Writing team
    Jeremy Dyson Writer
    Laurence Rickard Writer
    Simon Carlyle Writer
    Morwenna Banks Writer
    Bert Tyler-Moore Writer
    George Jeffrie Writer
    Dan Swimer Writer (Additional Material)
    Pippa Brown Writer (Additional Material)
    Production team
    Ben Cavey Creator
    Mo Holden Production Designer
    Charlie Phillips Editor
    Jeremy Dyson Director
    Pippa Brown Producer
    Saskia Schuster Executive Producer
    Ben Cavey Executive Producer
    Lucy Lumsden Executive Producer
    Sophie Clarke-Jervoise Executive Producer
    Philip Pope Composer
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