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Comedy Showcase

All Episodes 2007 - 2012

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  • 2007-10-04T23:00:00Z
  • 30m
  • 10h (19 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy
Comedy Showcase is a series of one-off comedy specials featuring some of Britain's fledgling comedy talent. Its format is reminiscent of the much earlier Comedy Playhouse.

20 episodes

Series Premiere

2007-10-04T23:00:00Z

1x01 Other People

Series Premiere

1x01 Other People

  • 2007-10-04T23:00:00Z30m

Martin Freeman stars as Greg Wilson, a washed-up child magician whose career was ended in 1986 after being publicly humiliated on a kid's show phone-in. Now in his 30's, Greg is recognised at his sofa-salesman job by a former fan and asked for an autograph, a request that sets a bizarre set of circumstances in motion and sees Greg wind up in a courtroom facing a long sentence.

2007-10-11T23:00:00Z

1x02 Ladies and Gentlemen

1x02 Ladies and Gentlemen

  • 2007-10-11T23:00:00Z30m

The lives and awkward loves of a group of 30-something friends who share a house in London in 1865. Written by Peep Show's Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain.

2007-10-18T23:00:00Z

1x03 Plus One

1x03 Plus One

  • 2007-10-18T23:00:00Z30m

After his girlfriend Linsey (played by Miranda Raison) leaves him to marry Duncan James from Blue, Rob Black (played by Rory Kinnear) decides to take revenge by upstaging the couple on their wedding day. Written by Tim Allsop & Stewart Williams

2007-10-25T23:00:00Z

1x04 The Eejits

1x04 The Eejits

  • 2007-10-25T23:00:00Z30m

An Irish pub band by the name of E-Z Feelin hope to hit the big-time when a former U2 roadie gives them some of the stars' old equipment. But they run into trouble when U2 want their stuff back - and E-Z Feelin's sideline in smuggling mystery packages into Northern Ireland probably wasn't such a smart move either.

2007-11-09T00:00:00Z

1x05 Free Agents

1x05 Free Agents

  • 2007-11-09T00:00:00Z30m

Stephen Mangan stars as Alex, a maudlin theatrical agent, who's been thrown out by his wife. He has a disastrous one-night stand with his colleague Helen (Sharon Horgan) that ends in him sobbing with self-pity. The pair spend the rest of the episode engaged in an unseemly, often embarrassing, psychological tussle.

Season Finale

2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

1x06 The Kevin Bishop Show

Season Finale

1x06 The Kevin Bishop Show

  • 2007-11-23T00:00:00Z30m

The Star Stories impressionist presents a super-fast-paced sketch show, which features a 42 sketches in 23 minutes.

Season Premiere

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

2x01 Campus

Season Premiere

2x01 Campus

  • 2009-11-06T00:00:00Z30m

A semi-improvised sitcom created by the writers of Green Wing set at the fictitious Kirke University, following the lives of some of the staff.

2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

2x02 PhoneShop

2x02 PhoneShop

  • 2009-11-13T00:00:00Z30m

Sitcom set in a mobile phone shop and a new employee working as part of a one-day trial. Featuring Ricky Gervais as script editor.

Sitcom about an American (played by David Cross) who takes a job running the sales team at the London branch of his company, but who has no experience of British culture, knows nothing about sales and has only one employee.

2009-12-04T00:00:00Z

2x04 The Amazing Dermot

2x04 The Amazing Dermot

  • 2009-12-04T00:00:00Z30m

Sitcom pilot starring Rhys Darby as a struggling magician trying to get his career back on track following an incident.

2009-12-11T00:00:00Z

2x05 Guantanamo Phil

2x05 Guantanamo Phil

  • 2009-12-11T00:00:00Z30m

Sitcom about a birdwatcher from Stoke-on-Trent returning home after spending six years as a prisoner in Guantanamo Bay.

2009-12-18T00:00:00Z

2x06 Looser Women

2x06 Looser Women

  • 2009-12-18T00:00:00Z30m

A sketch show feautring an all woman cast, including Josie Long, Kerry Howard, Sara Pascoe, Nat Luurtsema, Kathryn Drysdale and Lu Corfield.

Season Finale

2x07 Pete v Life

Season Finale

2x07 Pete v Life

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Sitcom about a struggling sports writer whose life is commented on by two sports commentators.

Season Premiere

2011-09-01T23:00:00Z

3x01 Chickens

Season Premiere

3x01 Chickens

  • 2011-09-01T23:00:00Z30m

It's World War I: the nation's heroes are in the trenches, apart from three young men in a sleepy English village where all the women hate them.

2011-09-08T23:00:00Z

3x02 Coma Girl

3x02 Coma Girl

  • 2011-09-08T23:00:00Z30m

This upbeat, single-camera comedy follows a group of women who are old school friends and meet every month in an intensive care unit to lend support to one of their number who is in a coma.

2011-09-15T23:00:00Z

3x03 Fun Police

3x03 Fun Police

  • 2011-09-15T23:00:00Z30m

A larger-than-life studio sitcom with Jack Doolan, Rhys Darby and Vic Reeves that follows the trials and tribulations of Brightsea's less than competent Health and Safety Department.

3x04 The Angelos Epithemiou Show

  • 2011-12-30T00:00:00Z30m

A studio based comedy entertainment show written by and starring Dan Skinner as his comic character Angelos Epithemiou.

3x05 Milton Jones's House Of Rooms

  • 2012-01-13T00:00:00Z30m

Comedy Showcase sitcom pilot in which Milton Jones manages a house of tenants with his mother.

2012-08-18T23:00:00Z

3x06 The Function Room

3x06 The Function Room

  • 2012-08-18T23:00:00Z30m

Sitcom set in a pub function room which sees pub regulars who've booked the room for different events joined by new characters each week.

Season Finale

2011-12-28T00:00:00Z

3x07 Felix & Murdo

Season Finale

3x07 Felix & Murdo

  • 2011-12-28T00:00:00Z1h

In 1908 banker and would-be inventor Felix and his idle,aristocratic friend Murdo,unsuccessful suitor for Felix's sister Winnie,read that the Olympic Games are to take place in London at the exorbitant cost of twelve guineas. Murdo decides to enter the javelin contest to impress Winnie though his training - by Felix - involves drinking and smoking.Meanwhile Felix is challenged to a duel by the father of Fanny,his betrothed,after opting to see Little Titch at the music hall,rather than get married. Murdo vows to win the event on behalf of the now injured Felix. Will he pull it off or lose out to clean-cut American rival Rex Masters?

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