Paul Whitehouse's Sketch Show Years

U&Gold

11:00 PM to 11:40 PM

Friday 7 March

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In the 1990s, stalwarts of the previous decade's alternative scene French & Saunders really hit their stride as a TV duo, now totally mainstream and pulling in huge audiences. Newcomers such as Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer busily reinvented the sketch show format, taking their cult stage show on screen. Alongside Harry Enfield, Victoria Wood, The Real McCoy, Smack the Pony, Big Train and Goodness Gracious Me, The Fast Show provided the biggest cast of names and characters - its quickfire hit-rate proving a lasting favourite of UK viewers