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The Kevin Bishop Show

The Kevin Bishop Show
Genre Comedy
Directed by Elliot Hegarty (2008)
(2009)
Starring Kevin Bishop
Jim Howick
Katie Males
Oliver Maltman
Karen Gillan
Theme music composer Mark Thomas
Opening theme Wiley - "Wearing My Rolex"
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 12 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Phil Clarke
Andrew O'Connor
Producer(s) Lee Hupfield
Michael Livingstone (2008)
Samantha Martin (2009)
Editor(s) Mark Davies
Running time 30mins (inc. adverts)
Production company(s) Objective Productions
Distributor All3Media
Release
Original network Channel 4
Picture format 16:9
Audio format Stereo
Original release 25 July 2008 (2008-07-25) – 4 September 2009 (2009-09-04)
Chronology
Related shows Star Stories
No Signal
External links
Website

The Kevin Bishop Show was a sketch comedy written by and starring English comedian Kevin Bishop, part of the Star Stories team. The show was commissioned by Channel 4 for a six-part series starting on 25 July 2008 at 10pm. A pilot was broadcast on 23 November 2007 as part of Channel 4's Comedy Showcase and the programme soon earned interest for its incredibly fast pace; 42 sketches were shown in 23 minutes. The show was nominated for Best New Comedy at the 2008 British Comedy Awards. The show started its second series on Friday 31 July 2009 at 10pm on Channel 4.

The sketch show is fast-paced and based on channel flicking through channels on Sky Digital. On screen is a replica of the Sky Search and Scan banner and TV guide. Unlike the pilot, the search and scan banner displays the date which is the same as the date the episode is being broadcast, with roughly the same time as it is being broadcast. There are many other TV presentation references throughout the show, mostly related to the TV channels the "shows" are on.

The show received 194 complaints to Channel 4, making it the second most complained about programme on Channel 4 during August 2008, after Big Brother 9. Several complaints were made regarding a musical parody of the Holocaust drama Sophie's Choice, as well as parodies of children's toys adverts on Channel 5, such as 'The 9/11 Playset', 'The Terrorist Concentration Camp Playset'. A second series of the show was broadcast in July 2009.

The show was written by Bishop, producer Lee Hupfield (creator of Banzai), Paul Hupfield, Lisa Fishwick, Martin Delaney and writer/performer Les Keen.

There are many sketches on the show, parodying current TV adverts and shows. These include:

A DVD containing all six episodes of the first series was released on 7 September 2009. It also contains the pilot episode of the show.


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