British Comedy Guide

The Sketch Show Story

  • TV documentary
  • BBC One
  • 2001
  • 2 episodes (1 series)

Victoria Wood presents a short journey through the history of the British sketch show. Also features Bob Monkhouse, Charlie Higson, John Cleese, Ian Hislop, Harry Enfield and more.

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Key details

Genre
Documentary
Broadcast
2001
Channel
BBC One
Episodes
2 (1 series)
Features
Victoria Wood, Bob Monkhouse, Charlie Higson, John Cleese, Ian Hislop, Harry Enfield, Stephen Fry, Ronnie Barker and more
Directors
John Birkin
Producers
Danny Dignan and Beatrice Ballard
Company

Victoria Wood and various talking heads celebrate sketch shows. Plus, there's a new Acorn Antiques sketch made specially for this programme.

Additional details

Also known as
  • Victoria Wood's Sketch Show Story
Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Thursday 25th October 2001 at 9pm on BBC One

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