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.
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Breaking down gender barriers and making people laugh
Jenni Murray talks to a comedy duo with a difference - they're women...
Jenni Murray, Radio Times, 20th February 2012New tonight is a sketch show featuring Lorna Watson and Ingrid Oliver, a comedy duo I'm probably meant to have heard of.
Watson & Oliver (BBC2, 10pm) would no doubt love to become the new French & Saunders, but on this early evidence the only thing the duos have in common is they both think they're way funnier than they actually are. Not so much Watson & Oliver, then, as Watson The Other Side.
Mike Ward, Daily Star, 20th February 2012Watson & Oliver: It's hi from me...and hi from her
Veronica Lee meets the double act reared on classic TV comedy whose daft, character-led sketches will be coming to a front room near you.
Veronica Lee, The Independent, 19th February 2012Heralded as heirs to the long-vacant throne of French and Saunders, double act Ingrid Oliver and Lorna Watson don't disappoint in this hugely enjoyable new sketch show. With a comedy style that is, in Oliver's words, "big and silly", this pair make an instant splash with impersonations of everyone from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to Myleene Klass, period drama spoofs, and verbally dexterous sketches reminiscent of The Two Ronnies. It has a rare sense of comic mischief that teases but doesn't offend.
Gerard O'Donovan, The Telegraph, 17th February 2012John Barrowman heads guest stars for Watson and Oliver
Stars from backgrounds as diverse as The Full Monty, Alan Partridge and Torchwood have been lined up to guest in new BBC Two sketch show Watson and Oliver.
Such Small Portions, 10th September 2011