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Comedy Showcase

Comedy

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.

Oct 5, 20073 seasons20 episodesReturning SeriesEN

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Seasons

Season 1

6 episodes

Premiered Oct 5, 2007

Season 2

7 episodes

Premiered Nov 6, 2009

Season 3

7 episodes

Premiered Sep 2, 2011

Episodes

1–6 of 6

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Ep 1

Other People

Oct 5, 2007

30m

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 show phone-in. Now in his 30's, Greg is recognised at his sofa-salesman job by a former fan and asked for an autograph, a request that sets a bizarre set of circumstances in motion and sees Greg wind up in a courtroom facing a long sentence.

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Ep 2

Ladies and Gentlemen

Oct 12, 2007

30m

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 and Sam Bain.

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Ep 3

Plus One

Oct 19, 2007

30m

After his girlfriend Linsey (played by Miranda Raison) leaves him to marry Duncan James from Blue, Rob Black (played by Rory Kinnear) decides to take revenge by upstaging the couple on their wedding day. Written by Tim Allsop & Stewart Williams

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Ep 4

The Eejits

Oct 26, 2007

30m

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. But they run into trouble when U2 want their stuff back - and E-Z Feelin's sideline in smuggling mystery packages into Northern Ireland probably wasn't such a smart move either.

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Ep 5

Free Agents

Nov 9, 2007

30m

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 colleague Helen (Sharon Horgan) that ends in him sobbing with self-pity. The pair spend the rest of the episode engaged in an unseemly, often embarrassing, psychological tussle.

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Ep 6