Smack the Pony (1999)

Genre

sketch show

Country

United Kingdom

Length

3 seasons, 21 episodes

Rated

14+

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a sketch comedy show with three main female performers. The sketches often deal with relationships, workplace rivalry, and sometimes surreal situations. It includes recurring bits like dating agency videos and a closing musical parody.

comedicwittysatiricalsillyfast-pacedplayfulabsurdobservational

What happens

Smack the Pony is a British sketch comedy show that was originally broadcast between 1999 and 2003 on Channel 4. The main performers on the show were Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips. There were also regular appearances from Sarah Alexander, Darren Boyd and Cavan Clerkin. The show's theme tune was a version of the Dusty Springfield song "In the Middle of Nowhere", sung by Jackie Clune. In addition to the three principal cast members, the show was written by many writers, the core of whom went on to write Green Wing and Campus. Among the show's regular themes were unsuccessful relationships, competition in the workplace, and latent lesbianism, but sketches would also dip into the surreal. Two regular strands involved a series of different women making dating agency videos about their general likes and dislikes, and a musical parody that would close the show. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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