| Naked Video | |
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| Genre | Sketch show |
| Created by | Colin Gilbert |
| Directed by | Brian Jobson |
| Country of origin | Scotland |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Colin Gilbert |
| Running time | 30mins |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC Scotland |
| Original run | 12 May 1986 – 18 Nov 1991 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | A Kick Up the Eighties |
Naked Video was a BBC Scotland comedy series, broadcast between 1986 and 1991 on BBC2, the series was created by Colin Gilbert who also created A Kick Up the Eighties and Naked Radio.
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Naked Radio is a radio sketch show which broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland and started its ten year run on 22 January 1981. The show cover all aspect of Scottish society and contain a lot of Topical satire material rather than parody.[1] The Series starred Gregor Fisher, Andy Gray, Elaine C. Smith, Tony Roper, Jonathan Watson, John Sparkes, Kate Donnelly, Louise Beattie, Ron Bain, and Helen Lederer (although Lederer and Sparkes were not part of the radio version). The series was produced by Colin Gilbert and the script editor was Philip Differ.
Naked Radio proved a popular part of the local schedule, and in 1985 the cast mounted the show on stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Gilbert realised it had potential for television and Naked Video was born. It proved popular at a time when alternative comedy was at its peak. Naked Radio series finished in 1991, when it was axed along with Naked Video.
Naked Video featured:
Writers for Naked Video included Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Nigel Planer, Helen Lederer, Ian Pattison, John Sparkes, Steve Coogan, Jennifer Saunders and Rik Mayall.
There were 30 episodes made over its 6 year run. Each was 25 minutes long, all shown on BBC2
To date the first three series of Naked Video have been released on DVD by 2 Entertain.
To Date series 4 and 5 have not been released.
In 2000, the cast were reunited for a theatre show and radio broadcast. [1][2]
In 2005, Gerard Kelly presented a documentary in the Radio Roots season on Radio Scotland about the show. It looked at how it "sprouted a generation of TV writing and performing talent". [3]
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