Watson & Oliver
- TV sketch show
- BBC Two
- 2012 - 2013
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Sketch show for BBC Two with female comedy duo Lorna Watson and Ingrid Oliver. Stars Lorna Watson, Ingrid Oliver, Adrian Scarborough, Hugo Speer, Peter Serafinowicz and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Sketch Show
- Broadcast
- 2012 - 2013
- Channels
- BBC Two
- Episodes
- 12 (2 series)
- Stars
- Lorna Watson, Ingrid Oliver, Adrian Scarborough, Hugo Speer, Peter Serafinowicz, Lu Corfield, Rhona Croker, Matthew Earley and more
- Writers
- Lorna Watson, Ingrid Oliver, Kevin Cecil, Alex Lowe, James Cary, Jessica Silcock, Naomi Smith and Cicely Giddings
- Directors
- Richard Boden and Simon Gibney
- Producers
- Simon London, Gareth Edwards, Robert Popper, Mark Freeland and Marina Fonseca
- Companies
Filmed in front of a live studio audience, this is Watson & Oliver - the BBC's latest sketch show, mixing a variety of different characters and styles.
Best friends since school, Lorna Watson and Ingrid Oliver are well known on the live comedy circuit. They have had three consecutive sell-out Edinburgh Festival shows and appeared in a wealth of comedy greats such as the BAFTA-winning Peep Show, The IT Crowd and We Are Klang.
Characters include the Georgian ladies, Jean and Lou in their prison sketch, and Wills and Kate reminiscing about their wedding day.
Guest stars in Series 1 included: John Barrowman, BAFTA winner Daniel Rigby, Adrian Scarborough, Sophie Thompson, Felicity Montagu, Hugo Speer, Colin Salmon and Perry Benson.
Series 2 sketches include how to escape from a boring conversation; some undercover Brownies; and a pessimistic Bassett Hound.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 20th February 2012 at 10pm on BBC Two
- Last new broadcast
- Thursday 30th May 2013 at 10pm on BBC Two
- Most recent repeats
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- Thursday 29th March 2012 at 7:30pm on BBC2 Wales - Series 1, Episode 6
- Wednesday 28th March 2012 at 7:30pm on BBC2 - Series 1, Episode 6
- Tuesday 27th March 2012 at 12:20am on BBC2 Wales - Series 1, Episode 6
Recording details
- BBC Television Centre - Studio recordings.
- RADA Studios - Series 2 run-throughs.
- BBC Radio Theatre - Series 2 screening.
- Wimbledon Studios - Some external locations.