Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned (2000)
Baddiel and Skinner unplanned was a free-form talk show hosted by British comedians/personalities David Baddiel and Frank Skinner and produced by Avalon Television. Its concept was developed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and had a run in the West End at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 2001. The show features the two hosts sitting on a couch on-stage and responding to questions from the audience — at times rather seriously, but usually with bizarre digressions into satirical comedy. An audience member is chosen as "Secretary" and has the job of keeping a note of the topics covered on a white board. In practice, the personality of the secretary will also prompt many jokes — usually at his or her expense. At the end of the show, Skinner asks either the secretary or the audience to choose between two song books, and to pick a page number between 1 and 20. This process determines which song is performed by the duo, sung by Skinner with Baddiel accompanying him on piano. Topics of discussion are wholly mandated by the audience and have ranged from discussions of the war against Iraq and other political events to comments on the latest plot twists of popular soap operas and the Atkins diet. Skinner's Catholicism and Baddiel's Jewish faith are also occasional targets of humour.
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Episode 1 - Baggy Trousers
Release Date: 2001-01-14Frank and David sit on the sofa and talk to the audience about various subjects.
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Episode 2 - Memories are Made of This
Release Date: 2001-01-15Frank and David sit on the sofa and talk to the audience about various subjects including 'memories'.
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Episode 3 - Waterloo
Release Date: 2001-01-17Frank and David sit on the sofa and talk to the audience about various subjects including 'waterloo'.
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Episode 4 - Baby One More Time
Release Date: 2001-01-19Frank and David sit on the sofa and talk to the audience about various subjects including 'britney spears song 'hit me baby one more time''.
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Episode 5 - Lost in Music
Release Date: 2001-01-21Frank and David sit on the sofa and talk to the audience about various subjects.
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Episode 6 - I Only Want to Be with You
Release Date: 2001-01-22Frank and David sit on the sofa and talk to the audience about various subjects.
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Episode 7 - Crazy
Release Date: 2001-01-24Frank and David sit on the sofa and talk to the audience about various subjects.
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Episode 8 - A Night to Remember
Release Date: 2001-01-26Frank and David sit on the sofa and talk to the audience about various subjects.
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Episode 9 - What a Wonderful World
Release Date: 2001-01-28Frank and David sit on the sofa and talk to the audience about various subjects including 'baggy trousers'.
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Episode 10 - Killing Me Softly
Release Date: 2001-01-29Frank and David sit on the sofa and talk to the audience about various subjects.
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Episode 11 - The In Crowd
Release Date: 2001-01-31Frank and David sit on the sofa and talk to the audience about various subjects.
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Episode 12 - Baddiel & Skinner Unpaid
Release Date: 2001-03-16Frank and David sit on the sofa and talk to the audience about various subjects.
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Episode 13 - Big Spender
Release Date: 2001-02-02