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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.
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01Other PeopleOctober 5, 2007—Martin Freeman stars as Greg Wilson, a washed-up child magician whose career was ended in 1986 after being publicly humiliated on a kid's sh
- S01E02Ladies and GentlemenOctober 12, 2007—The lives and awkward loves of a group of 30-something friends who share a house in London in 1865. Written by Peep Show's Jesse Armstrong a
- S01E03Plus OneOctober 19, 2007—After his girlfriend Linsey (played by Miranda Raison) leaves him to marry Duncan James from Blue, Rob Black (played by Rory Kinnear) decide
- S01E04The EejitsOctober 26, 2007—An Irish pub band by the name of E-Z Feelin hope to hit the big-time when a former U2 roadie gives them some of the stars' old equipment. Bu
- S01E05Free AgentsNovember 9, 2007—Stephen Mangan stars as Alex, a maudlin theatrical agent, who's been thrown out by his wife. He has a disastrous one-night stand with his co
- S01E06The Kevin Bishop ShowNovember 23, 2007—The Star Stories impressionist presents a super-fast-paced sketch show, which features a 42 sketches in 23 minutes.
Season02
- S02E01CampusNovember 6, 2009—A semi-improvised sitcom created by the writers of Green Wing set at the fictitious Kirke University, following the lives of some of the sta
- S02E02PhoneShopNovember 13, 2009—Sitcom set in a mobile phone shop and a new employee working as part of a one-day trial. Featuring Ricky Gervais as script editor.
- S02E03The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd MargaretNovember 27, 2009—Sitcom 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
- S02E04The Amazing DermotDecember 4, 2009—Sitcom pilot starring Rhys Darby as a struggling magician trying to get his career back on track following an incident.
- S02E05Guantanamo PhilDecember 11, 2009—Sitcom about a birdwatcher from Stoke-on-Trent returning home after spending six years as a prisoner in Guantanamo Bay.
- S02E06Girl FridayDecember 18, 2009—A sketch show feautring an all woman cast, including Josie Long, Kerry Howard, Sara Pascoe, Nat Luurtsema, Kathryn Drysdale and Lu Corfield.
- S02E07Pete v Life—Sitcom about a struggling sports writer whose life is commented on by two sports commentators.
Season03
- S03E01ChickensSeptember 2, 2011—It's World War I: the nation's heroes are in the trenches, apart from three young men in a sleepy English village where all the women hate t
- S03E02Coma GirlSeptember 9, 2011—This upbeat, single-camera comedy follows a group of women who are old school friends and meet every month in an intensive care unit to lend
- S03E03Fun PoliceSeptember 16, 2011—A larger-than-life studio sitcom with Jack Doolan, Rhys Darby and Vic Reeves that follows the trials and tribulations of Brightsea's less th
- S03E04The Angelos Epithemiou ShowDecember 30, 2011—A studio based comedy entertainment show written by and starring Dan Skinner as his comic character Angelos Epithemiou.
- S03E05Milton Jones's House Of RoomsJanuary 13, 2012—Comedy Showcase sitcom pilot in which Milton Jones manages a house of tenants with his mother.
- S03E06The Function RoomAugust 19, 2012—Sitcom set in a pub function room which sees pub regulars who've booked the room for different events joined by new characters each week.
- S03E07Felix & MurdoDecember 28, 2012—In 1908, banker and would-be inventor Felix and his idle, aristocratic friend Murdo, unsuccessful suitor for Felix's sister Winnie, read tha
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