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Sean's Show

British TV sitcom (1992–1993)

Summary

British TV sitcom (1992–1993)

Field	Value
image	Sean's_Show.png
caption	Title card
runtime	30 minutes
creator	Sean Hughes
writer	Sean Hughes
Nick Whitby
director	Sylvie Boden
starring	Sean Hughes
Victor McGuire
Jeff Shankley
Michael Troughton
John Barrard
Eileen Way
producer	Katie Lander
executive_producer	Mike Bolland
language	English
country	United Kingdom
network	Channel 4
first_aired
last_aired
num_series	2
num_episodes	14

Nick Whitby Victor McGuire Jeff Shankley Michael Troughton John Barrard Eileen Way

Sean's Show is a British television sitcom, first broadcast on Channel 4 between 15 April 1992 and 29 December 1993. Stand-up comedian Sean Hughes co-wrote and starred as a fictionalised version of himself, aware that he is living in a sitcom. The show's style drew heavily on It's Garry Shandling's Show (1986–90).

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

Production

In common with a number of British shows of its era, humour often came from the repetition of catchphrases 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 eggs 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.

Episodes

Series 1

Series one is based around Sean's life on a set much like his home in Muswell Hill. He pursues his love Susan while avoiding Angela "who I did not lead on". In the last episode, all of the cast bar Sean are killed off.

Series 2

In series two Sean owns a house in Chelsea "near the football stadium" (a recurring gag is Sean hitting back footballs, occasionally for Crystal Palace F.C.), with his killed off co-stars resurrected as identical twins of their characters. Running jokes include a spider that is the reincarnation of Elvis Presley, cleaning scrambled eggs off a plate, and Bosnian refugees in his spare room.

Home media

Sean's Show: The Complete First Series was released on DVD in October 2007.

References

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