Smack the Pony
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The Best of Smack the Pony DVD cover, featuring (left to right) Doon Mackichan, Fiona Allen and Sally Phillips.
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| Genre | Sketch comedy |
| Created by | Victoria Pile |
| Starring |
Doon Mackichan Fiona Allen Sally Phillips Sarah Alexander Darren Boyd Cavan Clerkin James Lance |
| Opening theme | "In the Middle of Nowhere" by Jackie Clune |
| Country of origin | England |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 + two specials |
| No. of episodes | 23 (including specials) |
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| Running time | 23-24 minutes approx. 80 minutes approx.(The Best of Smack the Pony) |
| Distributor | Fremantle Media |
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| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Original release | 19 March 1999 – 3 January 2003 |
Smack the Pony is a British sketch comedy show that ran from 1999 until 2003 on Channel 4. The main performers on the show were Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips. There were also regular appearances from Sarah Alexander, Darren Boyd and Cavan Clerkin. The show's popular theme tune was Dusty Springfield's song In the Middle of Nowhere, sung by Jackie Clune. As well as the three principal cast members, the show was written by a large number of writers, the core of which went on to write Green Wing and Campus. In Germany, the first transmission of the show aired on ProSieben, where the theme tune was changed to Texas' 2001 version of I Don't Want a Lover, and featured a different title sequence.
Among the show's regular themes were unsuccessful relationships, competition in the workplace and latent lesbianism, but sketches would also dip into the surreal. Two regular strands involved a series of different women making dating agency videos about their general likes and dislikes, and a musical parody that would close the show.
Most of the characters in the programme are non-recurring.
Dating Agency Videos – A part of almost every episode, we see different women or often sisters/couples looking for a partner/partners. This was at first represented by a title screen featuring a picture of the person, and their name and age. This then was replaced by that of a website page.
Irritating Flatmate – An irritating nurse who shares a flat with two of her colleagues. She emphasises everything, which often leads to her flatmates' doing something behind her back, such as adding soap and cleaning chemicals to her yoghurt.
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