Paul Whitehouse's Sketch Show Years

U&Gold HD

1:25 AM to 2:00 AM

Monday 10 March

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Paul's retrospective concludes with the new millennium - where the arrival of the internet and smartphones did nothing to halt TV comedy's quest to forge new horizons - or push the barriers of taste. From Catherine Tate's foul-mouthed Nan and 'Am I bovvered' teenager Lauren to Little Britain's cast of grotesques, perhaps only outdone by the inhabitants of Royston Vasey in League of Gentlemen, TV comedy would never be the same again. Elsewhere in the '00s, under-rated new talent barged its way in, courtesy of shows like Little Miss Jocelyn and Tittybangbang, which went a little under the radar. Meanwhile, Oxbridge remained represented by super-smart duos Mitchell & Webb and Armstrong & Miller