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 – 4 September 2009 |
| 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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