Sean's Show

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Sean's Show
Format Sitcom
Created by Sean Hughes
Starring Sean Hughes
Victor McGuire
Michael Troughton
Country of origin UK
No. of episodes 14
Production
Running time 30 Minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Channel 4
Original run April 15, 1992December 23, 1993
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Sean's Show was a UK television situation comedy broadcast on Channel 4. Stand-up comedian Sean Hughes wrote and starred as a fictionalised version of himself, aware of the fact he was living in a sitcom (the show is notably similar to It's Garry Shandling's Show in this respect).

It received a nomination for the 1992 British Comedy Award for Best Channel 4 Sitcom.

In common with a number of British shows of its era, humour often came from repetition of catch phrases or situations. These included Sean's love of The Smiths and Morrissey; conversations with a spider who was actually Elvis Presley; messages on the answerphone from Samuel Beckett and God; "That sock's still not dry"; phone calls from a girl called Angela who Sean definitely "did not lead on"; refugees in the bedroom who do nothing but comment inanely on television programmes; attempts to get scrambled egg from a saucepan and many, many more.

The first series ended with the entire main cast other than Sean killed off in various ways. When he was granted a second series, he was forced to resurrect them all in the first episode.

Sean's Show was released on DVD October 2007.

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