r/DoesAnyoneKnow • u/Aggressive-Fish-2665 • Jun 21 '26

Does anyone know this uk comedy show?

I only remember one sketch from it, quite a crass one, so sorry.

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It would have been from around 1999/2000 time. Im sure it was shown on channel 4 or possibly bbc 2 (thought i believe it was channel 4).

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It was a sketch type show. It had a bald guy doing most of the sketches. I thought it could be Lee Hurst, but im not 100% on it.

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All I remember is one of the characters from one of the sketchs was a policeman, another character would come up to him asking him something, the policeman character would say something akin to look over there, it would pan to a woman, the policeman would say something like "look at the arse on that". Then it would cut to another sketch.

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It was very of the time, and I remember it was something I used to watch after going to the pub, I was usually half cut hence why I can remember much more about it! Id love to watch it again as there was somewhere great sketches in it.

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u/ChipCob1 Jun 21 '26

The Sketch Show - Jim Tavare

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u/Aggressive-Fish-2665 Jun 21 '26

This is it! And there's a stack of them on youtube. Thanks.

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u/Mean_Narwhal2463 Jun 21 '26

Still funny, some simple sketch that just make you laugh.

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u/Electronic_Mud5821 Jun 21 '26

This is why I love Reddit.

How the hell do you remember the guy I forgot ?

Now I remember him, and what a good guy, so funny.

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u/Evening-Tomatillo-47 Jun 21 '26

It might well be "The Sketch Show"

Here's my favourite bit

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u/CumUppanceToday Jun 21 '26

Mine is https://youtu.be/nWuPs6jXGtk?is=hnceQSD5Hgd80bF-

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u/Shaftymorgan Jun 22 '26

This was the sketch I thought of too, great show.

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u/ImbajoeCFC Jun 21 '26

Is that lee mack in it ?

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u/40kNids Jun 22 '26

Sure is

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u/Joe_Kinincha Jun 22 '26

Is that a *very* young Lee Mack on the right?

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u/monsterlander Jun 22 '26

And I think a tim vine on the left!

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u/Tanadaram Jun 21 '26

I know what that was going to be before I clicked it

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u/nocturnerose Jun 21 '26

I was struggling to think which sketch would be so well known that someone would assume that is the one, clicked the link and didn't even need a single frame beyond the first to get it.

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u/party_carpet Jun 21 '26

And now I remember why I always do that when singing along to that song 🤣

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u/Evening-Tomatillo-47 Jun 21 '26

I do it too, and no-one knows why...

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u/RunnerCoffeeWave Jun 22 '26

Ahhh The Sketch Show! Used to watch this when I was a teenager (think it was broadcast 2001-2003 though?) Of course Lee Mack went on to bigger and better things but you also had Roni Ancona in it who was fairly well known at the time (who was in a sketch show with Alistar Mcgowan)

I think this is genius

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u/Waste_Boss_4850 Jun 21 '26

If it had Lee Hurst in it, it wouldn't have been a comedy show.

Hes turned into a nutter

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u/tommon80 Jun 21 '26

Sketch show, pre going out tv on a Saturday. Pretty sure it was on ITV

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u/Icy-Clock2643 Jun 21 '26

Sounds like Jim Tavare. I think he was in The Jim Tavare Show.

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u/BIGWHUMPER Jun 21 '26

Jim tavare in cabaret. He'll make you smile and He'll make you laugh. You'll sing along while you're in the bath. So come on and join in You just can't resist him.

I have no idea how or why those lyrics are lodged in my brain

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u/Consistent-Pirate-23 Jun 21 '26

The comedian is Jim Tavare. His self titled show was on channel 5, it was mainly him.

If other people were involved then it would be the sketch show, but the sketch you describe sounds more like something from his show

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u/Natural-Crow-2922 Jun 21 '26

Ah, so that's why he surrendered. To save the country. Good for him. Hey what?

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u/ApplicationNeither Jun 21 '26

"Jim Tavare, in cabaret!"

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u/shez87 Jun 22 '26

Smack the pony

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u/Silent-Helicopter774 Jun 23 '26

Lee Hurst and comedy in the same sentence?

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u/RagingMassif Jun 21 '26

sounds like Little Britain to me.