
- Genre
- Sketch Show
- Broadcast
- 2012 - 2013
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Episodes
- 12 (2 series)
- Starring
- Lorna Watson, Ingrid Oliver, Adrian Scarborough, Hugo Speer, Peter Serafinowicz, Lu Corfield, Rhona Croker, Matthew Earley and others
- Writers
- Lorna Watson and Ingrid Oliver
- Directors
- Richard Boden and Simon Gibney
- Producers
- Simon London and Gareth Edwards
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.
- Production companies
- Laugh track
- Live audience
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 20th February 2012 on BBC Two at 10pm
- Last new broadcast
- Thursday 30th May 2013 on BBC Two at 10pm
- Length of episodes
- 30 minutes
- Last repeat
- Thursday 29th March 2012 at 7:30pm on BBC2 Wales
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