School of Comedy | |
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Format | Sketch comedy |
Directed by | Alex Hardcastle |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 14 (pilot + 2 series) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Andy Harries |
Producer(s) | Laura Lawson |
Editor(s) | Steve Andrews |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company(s) | Left Bank Pictures |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | Channel 4 (pilot) E4 (series) |
Original run | 2 October 2009 – present |
External links | |
Website |
School of Comedy is a British comedy sketch show written and performed by a cast of teenagers. A television spin-off of a revue performed in London and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, School of Comedy was piloted on Channel 4's Comedy Lab in 2008, before a six-part series ran on E4 from 2 October to 5 November 2009. A behind-the-scenes special entitled School of Comedy: Extra Lessons was broadcast in the same timeslot on 11 November.
The characters vary from an extremely rude landlady (played by Lilly Ainsworth) to an Eastern European plumber (played by Max Brown). Other recurring characters include a garrulous taxi driver (played by Charlie Wernham) and an estate agent (played by Will Poulter). Some clips adapted from the stage production were shown on Comedy Shuffle, which broadcast on BBC Three in 2007 and 2008.
The second series began on E4 from 13 September 2010.[1]