The All New Alexei Sayle Show

The All New Alexei Sayle Show
Genre	Comedy
Written by	Alexei Sayle Graham Linehan Arthur Mathews
Starring	Alexei Sayle Jean Marsh Peter O'Brien Peter Capaldi Felicity Montagu
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	BBC
Original release	6 January 1994 – 1 July 1995
Chronology
Followed by	Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round

The All New Alexei Sayle Show is a comedy sketch show broadcast on BBC2 television for a total of twelve episodes, over two series in 1994 and 1995. The title sequence featured Alexei Sayle as an innocent, newly arrived man in London singing cheerful lyrics and dancing around Trafalgar Square.

It was the successor to Alexei Sayle's Stuff, and predecessor of Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round. A then-unknown outside of Austria and Germany, and dual Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz appeared in a sketch during its run.

The show differed from Alexei Sayle's Stuff mainly in its introduction of recurring characters who include:

Both series of the show included running sketches.

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