The Fast Show: Just A Load Of Blooming Catchphrases
- TV factual
- U&Gold
- 2020
- 2 episodes
A "retrospective with a twist", celebrating the iconic 1990s sketch series The Fast Show. Features Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Arabella Weir, John Thomson, Simon Day and more.
Episode menu
Just A Load Of Blooming Catchphrases
Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Arabella Weir, John Thomson, Simon Day and Mark Williams reunite to remember more than twenty-five years of a true icon of British comedy.
Notes
This programme was dedicated to the memory of Geoffrey Perkins and Caroline Aherne.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 29th August 2020
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- U&Gold
- Length
- 120 minutes
Cast & crew
| Paul Whitehouse | Self |
| Charlie Higson | Self |
| Arabella Weir | Self |
| John Thomson | Self |
| Simon Day | Self |
| Mark Williams | Self |
| Harry Enfield | Self |
| Maria McErlane | Self |
| Tony Way | Self |
| Rhys Thomas | Self |
| Colin McFarlane | Self |
| Bob Mortimer | Self |
| Emily Walker | Self |
| Paul Shearer | Self |
| Caroline Aherne | Self (Archive Material) |
| Paul Whitehouse | Writer |
| Charlie Higson | Writer |
| Simon Day | Writer |
| John Thomson | Writer |
| Arabella Weir | Writer |
| Mark Williams | Writer |
| Brendan O'Casey | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Paul Young | Scripted Director |
| Victoria Thomas | Producer |
| Matt Crook | Executive Producer |
| Adam McLean | Executive Producer |
| Charlie Higson | Executive Producer |
| Paul Whitehouse | Executive Producer |
| Iain Coyle | Executive Producer |
| Angus McIntyre | Producer/Director |
| Chris Heath | Producer/Director |
| Miles Clennell | Editor |
| Adam Bokey | Editor |
| Drew Seymour | Director of Photography |
| Philip Pope | Composer |
| Alex Rook | Graphics |
Press
The Fast Show: Bloomin' Catchphrases review
So much more than a bunch of one-liners.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 29th August 2020The Fast Show Blooming Catchphrases review: brilliant!
So much more than a standard clips show, this wonderful trip down memory lane proved to be as emotional as it was amusing.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 29th August 2020The Fast Show characters on the Covid era
How are Swiss Toni, Ron Manager, Dave Angel, Ken and Kenneth, Brilliant, and a very drunk Rowley Birkin QC handling life in 2020? As The Fast Show returns for a special, its characters talk masks, pronouns and Meghan Markle.
Rich Pelley, Charlie Higson, Paul Whitehouse and Simon Day, The Guardian, 27th August 2020