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5.2/10 TV Directed by Sylvie Boden Original language(s) English Final episode date 29 December 1993 Number of episodes 14 | 8.2/10 IMDb Created by Sean Hughes Country of origin United Kingdom First episode date 15 April 1992 Network Channel 4 Program creator Sean Hughes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Sean Hughes
Nick Whitby Starring Sean Hughes
Victor McGuire
Jeff Shankley
Michael Troughton
John Barrard
Eileen Way Cast Sean Hughes, Victor McGuire, Michael Troughton, Eileen Way, Owen O'Neill Similar The Last Detective, Murder Most Horrid, Gormenghast, Rubbadubbers, Never Mind the Buzzcocks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sean's Show is a British television situation comedy, 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.
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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 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 egg 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.
Series 1
Series one is based around Sean's life on a set much like his home in Muswell Hill, while he pursues his love Susan while avoiding Angela "who I did not lead on". At the end of the season 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), with his killed off co-stars resurrected as identical twins of their characters. Running jokes include a spider that is the reincarnation of Elvis, 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.