The Kevin Bishop Show
The Kevin Bishop Show is a sketch comedy written by and starring English comedian Kevin Bishop, part of the "Star Stories" team. The show was commissioned by Channel 4 for a six-part series starting on 25 July 2008 at 10 p.m. A pilot was broadcast on 23 November 2007 as part of Channel 4's "Comedy Showcase" and the programme soon earned interest for its incredibly fast pace; 42 sketches were shown in 23 minutes. The show was nominated for Best New Comedy at the 2008 British Comedy Awards. The show started its second series  on Friday 31 July 2009 at 10 p.m. on Channel 4. Overview. The sketch show is fast-paced and based on channel flicking through channels on Sky Digital. On screen is a replica of the Sky Search and Scan banner and TV guide. Unlike the pilot, the search and scan banner displays the date which is the same as the date the episode is being broadcast, with roughly the same time as it is being broadcast. There are many other TV presentation references throughout the show, mostly related to the TV channels the "shows" are on. The show received 194  complaints to Channel 4, making it the second most complained about programme on Channel 4 during August 2008, after "Big Brother" 9. Several complaints were made regarding a musical parody of the Holocaust drama "Sophie's Choice", as well as parodies of children's toys adverts on Channel 5, such as 'The 9/11 Playset' and 'The Terrorist Concentration Camp Playset'. A second series of the show was broadcast in July 2009. The show was written by Bishop, producer Lee Hupfield (creator of Banzai), Paul Hupfield, Lisa Fishwick, Martin Delaney and writer/performer Les Keen. Sketches. There are many sketches on  the show, parodying current TV adverts and shows. These include: DVD releases. A DVD containing all six episodes of the first series was released on 7 September 2009. It also contains the pilot episode of the show.