At the start of An Evening With The Fast Show, Charlie Higson suggests that catchphrases are not intrinsically funny. But ...

Catchphrases were the show’s stock in trade, along with memorable characters, fast edits and lots of sketches in each episode ...

Suit You, Sir: Mark Williams and Paul Whitehouse in An Evening with The Fast Show - Dave Hogan/Hogan Media/Shutterstock If “Jumpers for goalposts”, “Suit you, sir”, “Brilliant!” and “Nice!” don’t ...

Since the 1960s and 1970s, we Brits have been pretty darn great at sketch comedy. From the brilliance and silliness of Monty Python, to the downright classics from The Two Ronnies, A Bit of Fry and ...

Series charting the history of some of the best of British comedy shows looks at the Fast Show. Students at the University of East Anglia, Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson, wanted to be rock stars, ...