Psychobitches
- TV sketch show
- Sky Arts
- 2012 - 2014
- 12 episodes (2 series)
A Sky Arts sketch show that sees some of history's most famous women psychoanalysed. Stars Julia Davis, Rebecca Front, Sharon Horgan, Samantha Spiro, Frances Barber and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 4
Further details
Emmeline Pankhurst (Ted Robbins) tells therapist Rebecca Front all about her working class Manchester roots, her spell in prison and the happiest time of her life on Fleetwood beach.
An excitable Barbara Castle (Sam Spiro) talks vividly about the sexual tension in politics and reveals her wildest fantasies. "When I met with the TUC, I didn't once think about Vic Feather's tight little bum."
A vain Helen of Troy (Julia Davis), complete with a thick brummie accent, discusses being spoiled by men her entire life and laments the difficulties of being so pretty.
Then a troubled Nancy Spungen (Tamsin Egerton) performs a couple of lewd songs, Mary Queen of Scots (Michelle Gomez) proves incomprehensible with her thick Scottish accent, Eve (Sharon Horgan) talks, with great regret, about her sexual relationship with Adam, and Mary Shelley (Katy Brand) proves quite intimidating as she explains the plot of her latest novel, Frankenstein.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 20th June 2013
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Sky Arts
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
---|---|---|
Friday 21st June 2013 | 1:45am | Sky Arts |
Saturday 22nd June 2013 | 10:00pm | Sky Arts |
Monday 24th June 2013 | 11:00pm | Sky Arts |
Thursday 16th January 2014 | 9:00pm | Sky Arts |
Friday 17th January 2014 | 12:30am | Sky Arts |
Thursday 2nd October 2014 | 9:00pm | Sky Arts |
Friday 3rd October 2014 | 3:00am | Sky Arts |
Thursday 5th February 2015 | 10:15pm | Sky Arts |
Friday 6th February 2015 | 3:25am | Sky Arts |
Wednesday 20th May 2015 | 1:20am | Sky Arts |
Thursday 21st January 2016 | 9:00pm | Sky Arts |
Sunday 24th January 2016 | 2:00am | Sky Arts |
Tuesday 26th January 2016 | 11:00pm | Sky Arts |
Thursday 16th February 2017 | 10:30pm | Sky Arts |
Thursday 23rd February 2017 | 3:15am | Sky Arts |
Wednesday 18th April 2018 | 1:55am | Sky Arts |
Wednesday 15th May 2019 | 12:05am | Sky Arts |
Cast & crew
Rebecca Front | Therapist |
Ted Robbins | Emmeline Pankhurst |
Samantha Spiro | Barbara Castle |
Julia Davis | Helen of Troy |
Michelle Gomez | Mary Queen of Scots |
Tamsin Egerton | Nancy Spungen |
Sharon Horgan | Eve |
Julia Davis | Helen Keller |
Katy Brand | Mary Shelley |
Jeremy Dyson | Writer |
Ali Crockatt | Writer |
David Scott | Writer |
Pippa Brown | Writer (Additional Material) |
Dan Swimer | Script Editor |
Freddy Syborn | Writer |
Derren Litten | Writer |
Jeremy Dyson | Director |
Pippa Brown | Producer |
Saskia Schuster | Executive Producer |
Ben Cavey | Executive Producer |
Lucy Lumsden | Executive Producer |
Sophie Clarke-Jervoise | Executive Producer |
Peter Hallworth | Editor |
Mo Holden | Production Designer |
Jeremy Holland-Smith | Composer |
Will Stuart | Composer |