TV series
Fist of Fun
1995–1996 · 2 seasons
A chaotic, clever sketch show that feels like a live comedy club with absurd tangents and witty wordplay.
- Created by
- Richard Herring, Stewart Lee
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Stewart Lee, Richard Herring, Kevin Eldon
- Overview
- Fist of Fun was a British comedy television and radio programme, written by and starring Lee and Herring. A lot of the show's comic material was adapted from Lee and Herring's radio programme Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World. Each episode of Fist of Fun featured several disparate sketches and situations. Fist of Fun began as a BBC Radio 1 series in 1993, before becoming commissioned as a television series on BBC Two in early 1995. It was broadcast at 9pm on Tuesday nights, and was successful, but not a major ratings-winner. The second series was aired on Friday nights, and although its ratings were relatively good, the show suffered from a lack of preparation and poor promotion. The show was not given a third series, and Lee and Herring went on to write This Morning with Richard Not Judy, for BBC Two. Many other comedians who appeared in the series went on to fame themselves, including Kevin Eldon, Peter Baynham, Ronni Ancona, Alistair McGowan, Al Murray, John Thomson, Rebecca Front, Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, Ben Moor and Sally Phillips.
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- Created by
- Richard Herring, Stewart Lee
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Stewart Lee, Richard Herring, Kevin Eldon
