
The Armstrong & Miller Show
- TV sketch show
- BBC One
- 2007 - 2010
- 19 episodes (3 series)
Hit sketch show starring Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller. Characters include a pair of immature RAF pilots and a rude music hall duo. Also features David Armand, Karen Hayley, Jim Howick, Katherine Jakeways, Lucy Montgomery and more.
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 6
Further details
Dr Tia in Botswana reveals he isn't looking to change the culture of a continent, but just wants to earn the people's reverence.
We also discover the origins of job interviews when a new caveman wants to join the tribe; the Second World War pilots eye up two 'buff' women in uniform; Dr Dennis Lincoln-Park is in the Dutch university town of Leighton with a rare and precious tulip; Weird Howard joins in on stag-do stories and relays a practical joke he played on a friend involving potassium hydrochloride from a Russian website; and Jilted Jim pops up from the bottom of the Jacuzzi, where he's been for four minutes trying to starve his brain of oxygen in a desperate attempt to forget the memory of his wife's fling.
A group of workers are also about to tap into the terrorist Firewall when their boss comes up with a solution and introduces a masseur for "wellness in the workplace".
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 27th November 2009
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Alexander Armstrong | Various |
Ben Miller | Various |
David Armand | Ensemble Actor |
Jim Howick | Ensemble Actor |
Katherine Jakeways | Ensemble Actor |
Lucy Montgomery | Ensemble Actor |
Dan Skinner | Ensemble Actor |
Martha Howe-Douglas | Ensemble Actor |
Jessica Ransom | Ensemble Actor |
Geoffrey McGivern | Ensemble Actor |
Rhashan Stone | Ensemble Actor |
Simon Blackwell | Writer |
David Cadji-Newby | Writer |
Ali Crockatt | Writer |
David Scott | Writer |
Nico Tatarowicz | Writer |
Laurence Howarth | Writer |
Ben Edwards | Writer |
Simon Ludders | Writer |
Alexander Armstrong | Writer |
Ben Miller | Writer |
Jon Foster | Writer |
Dan Gaster | Writer |
Alistair Griggs | Writer |
James Lamont | Writer |
Jeremy Dyson | Script Editor |
Carl Carter | Writer |
Tony Cooke | Writer |
Dominic Brigstocke | Director |
Caroline Norris | Producer |
Alexander Armstrong | Executive Producer |
Ben Miller | Executive Producer |
Helen Williams | Executive Producer |
Nigel Williams | Editor |
Graeme Story | Production Designer |
Jonathan Whitehead | Composer |
Videos
The Origin of Job Interviews
The first ever job interview.
Featuring: Alexander Armstrong, Jim Howick & Ben Miller.
'When You're Gay' Song
Brabbins and Fyffe have a queer little song to sing.
Featuring: Alexander Armstrong & Ben Miller.
RAF Airmen Chat Up Some Hotties
The RAF pilots spot two 'hotties' and decide to try and chat them up.
Featuring: Alexander Armstrong & Ben Miller.
Press
The Second World War pilots finally meet their match when they eye up a couple of comely lady air force personnel. "You see her, clocking my unit and all this... These girls are class though, isn't it?" But after a ham-fisted approach, the boys are in for a surprise. It's the last episode in the series, so I'll be sorry to say goodbye to the pilots and to archly filthy Brabbins and Fyffe (imagine Flanders and Swann crossed with Russell Brand) who tonight try to prove what swingers they are by singing a song about being gay. As for the new characters... well, some of them work and some of them don't. Hapless, clumsy historian Dr Dennis Lincoln-Park is a small joy, but the patronising Dr Tia is just a twerp. But the Public Information Film spoofs have been fun. Tonight's will strike a chord in anyone whose childhood was tormented by dire warnings about the dangers of abandoned fridges.
Alison Graham, Radio Times, 27th November 2009