Naked Video
| Naked Video | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sketch show |
| Created by | Colin Gilbert |
| Directed by | Brian Jobson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Colin Gilbert |
| Running time | 25mins |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Scotland |
| Original release | 12 May 1986 – 18 November 1991 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | |
Naked Video was a BBC Scotland comedy series, broadcast between 1986 and 1991 on BBC2, the series was created by Colin Gilbert who also created A Kick Up the Eighties and Naked Radio.
Naked Radio was a radio sketch show which broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland and started its ten-year run on 22 January 1981. The show covered all aspects of Scottish society and contained a lot of topical satire material rather than parody. The series starred Gregor Fisher, Andy Gray, Elaine C. Smith, Tony Roper, Jonathan Watson, Kate Donnelly, Louise Beattie, and Ron Bain. The series was produced by Colin Gilbert and the script editor was Philip Differ.
Naked Radio proved a popular part of the local schedule, and in 1985 the cast mounted the show on stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Gilbert realised it had potential for television and Naked Video was born. It proved popular at a time when alternative comedy was at its peak. The Naked Radio series finished in 1991, when it was axed along with Naked Video.
The show also spawned a radio spinoff; Only An Excuse, which later also made the transition to television.
Writers for Naked Video included Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Nigel Planer, Helen Lederer, Ian Pattison, John Sparkes, Steve Coogan, Jennifer Saunders and Rik Mayall.
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