British sketch comedy television series (1999–2003)
Smack the Pony
The Best of Smack the Pony DVD cover, featuring (left to right) Doon Mackichan, Fiona Allen and Sally Phillips.
Genre
Sketch comedy
Created by
Victoria Pile
Starring
Doon Mackichan Fiona Allen Sally Phillips Sarah Alexander Darren Boyd Cavan Clerkin Amanda Holden James Lance
Opening theme
"In the Middle of Nowhere" by Jackie Clune
Country of origin
England
Original language
English
No. of seasons
3 + two specials
No. of episodes
23 (including specials)
Production
Running time
23–24 minutes approx. 80 minutes approx.(The Best of Smack the Pony)
Original release
Network
Channel 4
Release
19 March 1999 (1999-03-19) – 3 January 2003 (2003-01-03)
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Smack the Pony is a British sketch comedy show that was originally broadcast between 1999 and 2003 on Channel 4. The main performers on the show were Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips. There were also regular appearances from Sarah Alexander, Darren Boyd and Cavan Clerkin. The show's theme tune was a version of the Dusty Springfield song "In the Middle of Nowhere", sung by Jackie Clune. In addition to the three principal cast members, the show was written by many writers, the core of whom went on to write Green Wing and Campus.
Among the show's regular themes were unsuccessful relationships, competition in the workplace and latent lesbianism, but sketches would also dip into the surreal. Two regular strands involved a series of different women making dating agency videos about their general likes and dislikes, and a musical parody that would close the show.
appeared in British series including Armstrong and Miller, SmackthePony, Coupling, The Worst Week of My Life, Green Wing, Marley's Ghosts and Jonathan...
comedian and writer. She co-created, wrote and performed in the double-Emmy-award-winning SmackthePony. She frequently collaborates with Armando Iannucci and...
4's SmackthePony between 1999 and 2003. Allen has appeared in many sketch shows, including We Know Where You Live (Channel 5), SmackthePony (Channel...
television presenter. She co-created and was one of the writers of the sketch comedy show SmackthePony. She is also known for her roles in Jam & Jerusalem...
the creator of two Channel 4 comedy programmes, the sketch show SmackthePony and the sitcom Green Wing. Pile began her career writing for Not the Nine...
in SmackthePony (1999). In 2001, he worked with Victoria Pile on a new series Los Dos Bros, an off-beat sitcom exploring physical comedy and the relationship...
Tonioli, and Alesha Dixon. She joined the show in 2007. She has appeared on British series such as SmackthePony, EastEnders, Hearts and Bones, and Cutting...
series People Like Us. Among his television credits are Black Books, SmackthePony, Rescue Me, Wild West, Doc Martin, Bonkers, Love and Marriage and I...
Serafinowicz made guest appearances on television, including the comedy shows SmackthePony and Hippies (both 1999), Black Books (2000), I'm Alan Partridge...
British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital. It was created by the same team behind the sketch show SmackthePony – Channel 4 commissioner...
London. At the beginning of their writing career, Armstrong and Bain wrote for the Channel 4 sketch show SmackthePony and the children's shows The Queen's...
So Graham Norton, SmackthePony, The Armando Iannucci Shows, Harry and Paul, Big Bad World, Come Fly With Me, and Spitting Image. The Radio Four panel...
Night, Absolutely Fabulous, The Vicar of Dibley as a speed-date programmer, Lead Balloon, William and Mary, SmackthePony (for which she wrote and performed...
Armstrong. At the beginning of their writing career, Bain and Armstrong wrote for the Channel 4 sketch show SmackthePony and the children's shows The Queen's...
writer, Moray has contributed to SmackthePony, Alas Smith and Jones, Spitting Image, The Lenny Henry Show, The Clan and the animated series of Meg and Mog;...
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shows such as The Office, The Catherine Tate Show, SmackthePony and for HBO Rome. Movie credits include Life and Death of Peter Sellers, The Duchess and...
deals with the world of young women, relationships, marriage, sex, and career. The show is based on the British sketch comedy show SmackthePony. Zurer appeared...
notably in SmackthePony John Maclean – musician and film director Penny Martin – editor of The Gentlewoman Steve Mason – musician and founder of The Beta...
comedy writer and performer, best known for her work in the sketch show SmackthePony and the sitcom Green Wing. She has had a working partnership with...
company that has produced many of the most significant British comedy shows of the past two decades, including SmackthePony, Da Ali G Show and I'm Alan Partridge...
and radio. Her credits include The Fast Show, SmackthePony, Brass Eye, Jam, South Park and Crackanory, as well as the radio series Bussmann and Quantick...
"The Cleaner". Eldon has also had minor guest starring roles in numerous comedy projects, including SmackthePony, Green Wing, The IT Crowd and The Kennedys...
including SmackthePony, The Inbetweeners and The IT Crowd, and feature films Gangster No. 1, Pierrepoint, and Muscle. He co-wrote and starred in the comedy...
comedy writer and performer, most noted for working in the sketch show SmackthePony and the sitcom Green Wing. He has had a working partnership with...
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