Smashie and Nicey are comedy characters who first appeared in the early 1990s TV sketch show Harry Enfield's Television Programme. They were played by the comedians Paul Whitehouse and Harry Enfield respectively.
They are parodies of a certain style of ageing celebrity BBC Radio 1 disc jockey who started out with the station in the 1960s and stayed there until the mid-1990s. The characters incorporated the personalities, character traits and lifestyles of several different real-life DJs. The characters reference such DJs as Tony Blackburn, Dave Lee Travis, Simon Bates, Alan Freeman, Mike Read, Peter Powell, Noel Edmonds and Jimmy Savile amongst others.
Enfield's parody of Radio 1's increasing irrelevance to the youth audience it supposedly catered for was a factor in Matthew Bannister's decision to terminate the employment of many older presenters when he became controller of Radio 1 in 1993.
The characters had their own TV special in 1994, following which Enfield retired them, reflecting the changes at Radio 1. However, they returned for Comic Relief in 1997. Whitehouse and Enfield also reprised their roles to present a special edition of Pick of the Pops in 2007, commemorating the 40th birthday of Radio 2 following the death of Alan Freeman.[1] They have been called "one of the great comic creations of our time".[2]
^Plunkett, John (26 June 2007). "Smashie and Nicey return for Radio 2". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
^Rampton, James (20 September 1994). "The Paul Whitehouse Experience". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
SmashieandNicey are comedy characters who first appeared in the early 1990s TV sketch show Harry Enfield's Television Programme. They were played by...
creation and portrayal of comedy characters such as Kevin the Teenager, Loadsamoney, SmashieandNicey, The Scousers, Tim Nice-But-Dim and Mr "You Don't...
Award for Best Best Light Entertainment (Programme or Series) for SmashieandNicey: The End of an Era (1995) BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Serial for...
and Paul Merton: The Series, then on Harry Enfield's Television Programme, where he developed numerous characters including DJ Mike Smash of Smashie and...
appearances: 2 April 1992 – Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse were guest presenters under the alias of SmashieandNicey 18 June 1992 – Bob Geldof guested as...
nameplates were removed in 1989. The SmashieandNicey 1994 TV special SmashieandNicey: The End of an Era featured doctored and recreated footage of the two...
Family (2000–2002) Shooting Stars (1998–2002) SmashieandNicey: End of an Era (2000–2002) The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer (2001) Stella Street (1999–2002)...
films of the 20th century, and the British acting fraternity; Enfield later provided two other mockumentaries, SmashieandNicey: The End of an Era (which...
produced by Brint and co-written with Charlie Higson and performed by Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse as characters SmashieandNicey. In 1990, the majority...
he cultivated the "SmashieandNicey" image despite appointing more music oriented presenters like Mark Goodier, Nicky Campbell and Simon Mayo. He oversaw...
Active in Wellington, New Zealand) Radio Fab FM – the setting for the SmashieandNicey sketches in Harry Enfield's Television Programme. Radio Norwich, North...
nights until around 5am. The first "Late Licence" is presented by SmashieandNicey with the strand showing repeats of the channel's programmes such as...
Sykes. Kleinman also directed Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse in SmashieandNicey, End of an Era. Kleinman's appointment as title designer for the James...
the pirate days had become tired and old, well before parodies like SmashieandNicey started to bite those pirate DJs who became part of the BBC Radio...
reins fully in October 1993. His aim was to rid the station of its "SmashieandNicey" image in order to appeal to the under-25s. Although originally launched...
Andywalmsley.blogspot.com. Retrieved 10 July 2017. John Plunkett. "SmashieandNicey return for Radio 2 | Media". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 July 2017...
the comedy spoofs – SmashieandNicey, Alan Partridge, or the 1980s Channel 4 sitcom The Kit Curran Radio Show – all bonhomie and smooth on air, but with...
talent shows, music specials and all general entertainment programmes." The category has been through several name and category changes: From 1958 to...
one with the big teeth who did a 'lodda work for cheriddy' - Smashie to Harry Enfield's Nicey. What was his name again? It's a question that won't be asked...
one with the big teeth who did a 'lodda work for cheriddy' – Smashie to Harry Enfield's Nicey. What was his name again? It's a question that won't be asked...
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