Tracey Ullman's Show
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| Genre | Sketch comedy |
| Starring | Tracey Ullman |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | Caroline Norris |
| Cinematography | Martin Hawkins |
| Editor(s) | Nigel Williams |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Distributor | DRG (Worldwide) |
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| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | 16:9 (1080i HDTV) |
| Original release | 11 January 2016 – present |
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Tracey Ullman's Show is a British sketch comedy television show starring Tracey Ullman. Tracey Ullman's Show premiered on BBC One on 11 January 2016. The programme marks her first project for the broadcaster in over thirty years, and her first original project for British television in twenty-two years.
The BBC announced that the programme had been recommissioned for a second series on 5 March 2016. Following a "best bits" Christmas special in December 2016, the show's second series is scheduled to premiere 3 February 2017.
Each episode offers a glimpse of British life, from dusk till dawn, for many of its inhabitants (the everyday and the very famous). Locals, tourists, even those smuggling themselves into the country are included. A typical episode consists of sketches ranging from one to three minutes with one sketch's storyline acting as the spine of the episode. Each show features an original song penned by Ullman and composer Richard Thomas (Jerry Springer: The Opera).
In late 2014, whilst promoting the film Into the Woods, Tracey Ullman revealed plans to write something new for television in the following year. "Every five years it comes to me to sort of do what I do again and I throw a load of stuff at the wall, and some of it works and some of it obviously doesn't, but that's the nature of television. I love TV." Her American Showtime series, Tracey Ullman's State of the Union ran for three seasons, concluding in 2010. It was a departure and a return of sorts. Instead of playing just original characters (a staple of Ullman's comedy) the show saw her imitating real people (celebrities, politicians, etc.) something she hadn’t done since her early days at the BBC with Three of a Kind, the show that made her a household name in Great Britain.
In 2014, Ullman was invited BBC One controller Charlotte Moore and head of comedy production Myfanwy Moore to discuss the possibility of working on a new project together for the broadcaster. The trio hit it off and came up with a concept: a multi-camera show in which Ullman plays "a multitude of diverse and distinct characters living in, or visiting, the busy global hub that is the UK."
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