The Sketch Show

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The Sketch Show is a British television comedy series featuring rapid-fire sketches and wordplay, best known for helping launch the career of comedian Lee Mack.

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The Sketch Show canonical 2

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instanceOf British television sketch comedy series
audioFormat Stereo
averageRuntimePerEpisode 30 minutes
awardReceived British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy (Programme or Series) NERFINISHED
Golden Rose of Montreux (Rose d’Or) for Best Comedy NERFINISHED
basedOn Original material by its writing and performing team
broadcastOn ITV1 NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Jim Miller NERFINISHED
Julian Dutton NERFINISHED
Lee Mack NERFINISHED
Ricky Grover NERFINISHED
Tim Vine NERFINISHED
executiveProducer Geoff Atkinson NERFINISHED
filmingLocation United Kingdom
firstAired 2001
format Rapid-fire comedy sketches
genre Sketch comedy
Television comedy
hasMainCastMember Jim Tavare NERFINISHED
Karen Taylor NERFINISHED
Lee Mack NERFINISHED
Ronni Ancona NERFINISHED
Tim Vine NERFINISHED
hasNotableSketchStyle Puns and linguistic wordplay
Short, punchy sketches
Visual gags
hasSpinOff Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show NERFINISHED
influenced Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show NERFINISHED
lastAired 2004
notableFor Fast-paced editing and quick transitions between sketches
Helping launch the television career of Lee Mack
Wordplay-based sketches
numberOfEpisodes 16
numberOfSeries 2
originalLanguage English
originallyBroadcastAs Part of ITV’s comedy lineup
originalNetwork ITV NERFINISHED
pictureFormat PAL
productionCompany Granada Television NERFINISHED
starring Jim Tavare NERFINISHED
Karen Taylor NERFINISHED
Lee Mack NERFINISHED
Ronni Ancona NERFINISHED
Tim Vine NERFINISHED

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Description of subject: The Sketch Show is a British television comedy series featuring rapid-fire sketches and wordplay, best known for helping launch the career of comedian Lee Mack.

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Lee Mack knownFor The Sketch Show
Lee Mack performedIn The Sketch Show