Jon Petrie, Director of Comedy for the BBC, announced the slate during a speech at the BBC’s Comedy Festival in Cardiff. He said: “It’s no exaggeration to say that British Comedy is hugely important to television and the national cultural landscape. It is a public service and needed now more than ever.
Be it due to a lack of talent, risk-averse commissioners or the internet democratising the form, sketch comedy had largely fallen by the wayside of the small screen. But recent successes have proven there is still an appetite for bite-sized comedy on TV, and may have just sparked a resurgence.
To help sate that appetite, we have compiled seven of the funniest sketch shows available to stream in the UK, from timeless classics like Smack the Pony to new kids on the block like Ellie and Natasia.
