The Kevin Bishop Show

The Kevin Bishop Show

Infobox Television
show_name = The Kevin Bishop Show


country = UK
caption =
format = Comedy Entertainment
picture_format =
runtime = 23 minutes (including advertising)
creator = Objective Productions
language = English
starring = Kevin Bishop
Jim Howick
Katie Males
Oliver Maltman
channel = Channel 4
first_aired = November 23, 2007 (pilot),
July 25, 2008
last_aired =
Present
num_series = 1
num_episodes = 7 (1 pilot)
producer =
writer = Kevin Bishop
Lee Hupfield
related = Star Stories
imdb_id =

The Kevin Bishop Show is a sketch comedy written by and starring English comedian, Kevin Bishop, formerly part of the "Star Stories" team. The show has been commissioned by Channel 4 for a six part series starting July 25, 2008 at 10pm. A pilot was broadcast on November 23, 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 just 23 minutes.

Overview

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 going out. 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 programe on Channel 4 after Big Brother 9.

ketches

There are many sketches on the show, parodying current tv adverts and shows. Some of these include:
* Video game adverts for the Fony Playbox/slab, advertising Wii-style games that are based on useless or unusual activities, like anal sex and attracting a bartender's attention.
* American remakes of British shows with stereotypical American twists. Such shows have included "Last of the Summer Wine", "Countdown", "'Allo 'Allo" (set in the Vietnam War and called 'Harrow Harrow' and then in a later episode, in the Afghan War as 'aloo aloo') and "Grange Hill".
* Movie trailers such as Dangerously "High School Musical".
* R'n'B music videos which sees Bishop dress up as a stereotypical rapper (Blacked up)
* News 25, a news channel based on BBC News 24.
* Nursery Crime Squad, an apparent ITV drama about police arresting fairytale characters for crimes such as blowing down the houses of three little pigs, and eating Red Riding Hood. * The Charmer - a spoof of so-called 'sexy' ITV dramas. Bishop plays a ladies man whom, while seducing an attractive young woman, finds himself inept at completing a simple task (i.e. putting a condom on), so he shouts 'MUM!' very loudly as a way of calling for the unseen character's help.
*Free DVDs with "The Daily Mail", such as 'Classic Movie Twists Ruined' and 'Classic Times You've Sat On The Remote And Can't Find It'.
*Adverts for perfumes by celebrities, like 'Cheat' by Ashley Cole and 'Recession' by Gordon Brown, 'Bollocks' by Gordon Ramsay and 'Hypocrite' by Cristiano Ronaldo
* The Psychological Profiler which sees Bishop as a detective investigating crime scenes and acting out the incident. This always leads to him injuring and supposedly raping his colleague, ignoring the insistence that there were no sexual crimes and physical abuse involved. He often comments just before he is about to rape his colleague, "Then what happened? Oh, God no. Then you raped her, didn't you? You dirty fucking bastard".
* The Pun Detective who works out the series of events related to the victim. For example, when an Ice Cream man is murdered and his body is covered in various toppings, he says "He's topped himself!".
*Gary, a man who constantly imitates a radio announcer, even inviting 'listeners' to text or email in, which greatly annoys his girlfriend.
*On set with Colin Farrell, who always turns up naked, despite starring in children's films or merely providing a voiceover.

External links

* [http://www.channel4.com/kevinbishop Kevin Bishop Show website] at Channel 4
* [http://www.comedy.org.uk/guide/tv/the_kevin_bishop_show/ British Comedy Guide] (with episode-by-episode sketch breakdown)
* [http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/2008/09/c4s_kevin_bishop_sparks_viewer_criticism.html;jsessionid=70340313FA301E8BA8343EF0ADF48BD7]


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