TV Show

Comedy Showcase

Comedy Showcase is a series of one-off comedy specials featuring some of Britain's fledgling comedy talent. Its format is reminiscent of the much earlier Comedy Playhouse. The format was replaced in 2012 by 4Funnies.

TV Show Stats +8%

3 seasons

20 episodes total

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

2007

Rating

TV Show

7.0/10

1 votes • HD

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Cast

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Season 1

6 episodes
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Other People
Episode 1

Other People

Episode 1 • Oct 05, 2007

Martin Freeman stars as Greg Wilson, a washed-up child magician whose career was ended in 1986 after being publicly humiliated on a kid's show phone-in. Now in his 30's, Greg is recognised at his sofa-salesman job by a former fan and asked for an autograph, a request that sets a bizarre set of circumstances in motion and sees Greg wind up in a courtroom facing a long sentence.

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Ladies and Gentlemen
Episode 2

Ladies and Gentlemen

Episode 2 • Oct 12, 2007

The lives and awkward loves of a group of 30-something friends who share a house in London in 1865. Written by Peep Show's Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain.

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Plus One
Episode 3

Plus One

Episode 3 • Oct 19, 2007

After his girlfriend Linsey (played by Miranda Raison) leaves him to marry Duncan James from Blue, Rob Black (played by Rory Kinnear) decides to take revenge by upstaging the couple on their wedding day. Written by Tim Allsop & Stewart Williams

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The Eejits
Episode 4

The Eejits

Episode 4 • Oct 26, 2007

An Irish pub band by the name of E-Z Feelin hope to hit the big-time when a former U2 roadie gives them some of the stars' old equipment. But they run into trouble when U2 want their stuff back - and E-Z Feelin's sideline in smuggling mystery packages into Northern Ireland probably wasn't such a smart move either.

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Free Agents
Episode 5

Free Agents

Episode 5 • Nov 09, 2007

Stephen Mangan stars as Alex, a maudlin theatrical agent, who's been thrown out by his wife. He has a disastrous one-night stand with his colleague Helen (Sharon Horgan) that ends in him sobbing with self-pity. The pair spend the rest of the episode engaged in an unseemly, often embarrassing, psychological tussle.

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The Kevin Bishop Show
Episode 6

The Kevin Bishop Show

Episode 6 • Nov 23, 2007

The Star Stories impressionist presents a super-fast-paced sketch show, which features a 42 sketches in 23 minutes.

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Season 2

7 episodes
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Campus
Episode 1

Campus

Episode 1 • Nov 06, 2009

A semi-improvised sitcom created by the writers of Green Wing set at the fictitious Kirke University, following the lives of some of the staff.

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PhoneShop
Episode 2

PhoneShop

Episode 2 • Nov 13, 2009

Sitcom set in a mobile phone shop and a new employee working as part of a one-day trial. Featuring Ricky Gervais as script editor.

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The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
Episode 3

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

Episode 3 • Nov 27, 2009

Sitcom about an American (played by David Cross) who takes a job running the sales team at the London branch of his company, but who has no experience of British culture, knows nothing about sales and has only one employee.

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The Amazing Dermot
Episode 4

The Amazing Dermot

Episode 4 • Dec 04, 2009

Sitcom pilot starring Rhys Darby as a struggling magician trying to get his career back on track following an incident.

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Guantanamo Phil
Episode 5

Guantanamo Phil

Episode 5 • Dec 11, 2009

Sitcom about a birdwatcher from Stoke-on-Trent returning home after spending six years as a prisoner in Guantanamo Bay.

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Girl Friday
Episode 6

Girl Friday

Episode 6 • Dec 18, 2009

A sketch show feautring an all woman cast, including Josie Long, Kerry Howard, Sara Pascoe, Nat Luurtsema, Kathryn Drysdale and Lu Corfield.

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Season 3

7 episodes
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Chickens
Episode 1

Chickens

Episode 1 • Sep 02, 2011

It's World War I: the nation's heroes are in the trenches, apart from three young men in a sleepy English village where all the women hate them.

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Coma Girl
Episode 2

Coma Girl

Episode 2 • Sep 09, 2011

This upbeat, single-camera comedy follows a group of women who are old school friends and meet every month in an intensive care unit to lend support to one of their number who is in a coma.

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Fun Police
Episode 3

Fun Police

Episode 3 • Sep 16, 2011

A larger-than-life studio sitcom with Jack Doolan, Rhys Darby and Vic Reeves that follows the trials and tribulations of Brightsea's less than competent Health and Safety Department.

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The Angelos Epithemiou Show
Episode 4

The Angelos Epithemiou Show

Episode 4 • Dec 30, 2011

A studio based comedy entertainment show written by and starring Dan Skinner as his comic character Angelos Epithemiou.

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Milton Jones's House Of Rooms
Episode 5

Milton Jones's House Of Rooms

Episode 5 • Jan 13, 2012

Comedy Showcase sitcom pilot in which Milton Jones manages a house of tenants with his mother.

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The Function Room
Episode 6

The Function Room

Episode 6 • Aug 19, 2012

Sitcom set in a pub function room which sees pub regulars who've booked the room for different events joined by new characters each week.

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