Comedy Showcase (2007)
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.
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Episode 1 - Campus
Release Date: 2009-11-06A 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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Episode 2 - PhoneShop
Release Date: 2009-11-13Sitcom 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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Episode 3 - The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
Release Date: 2009-11-27Sitcom 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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Episode 4 - The Amazing Dermot
Release Date: 2009-12-04Sitcom pilot starring Rhys Darby as a struggling magician trying to get his career back on track following an incident.
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Episode 5 - Guantanamo Phil
Release Date: 2009-12-11Sitcom about a birdwatcher from Stoke-on-Trent returning home after spending six years as a prisoner in Guantanamo Bay.
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Episode 6 - Looser Women
Release Date: 2009-12-18A 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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Episode 7 - Pete v Life
Release Date:Sitcom about a struggling sports writer whose life is commented on by two sports commentators.