The Imaginatively Titled Punt and Dennis Show

1994
Comedy

Sketch-based comedy from the other half of the 1990s Mary Whitehouse Experience team. Includes spontaneous stand up routines, a sitcom set in a fast food restaurant and a continuing serial about the world's worst assassin.

Production

BBC One

Language

EN

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

July 7, 1994

Last Aired

September 7, 1995

Networks

BBC One

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Episode 1
Air date: 1994-07-07
First episode of the series. The show is a mixture of stand-up, sketches, bits on film, a sitcom set in a fast-food restaurant and a serial about the world's worst assassin.
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 1994-07-14
New series of comedy and sketches from Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. This week, they travel to Mexico, Houston, Paris, the 17th Century, a distant galaxy - and a DIY centre in Crawley.
E3
Episode 3
Air date: 1994-07-21
Blundering spy Martin hits the bottle, the dance floor and a passing barman in the comedy show from Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
E4
Episode 4
Air date: 1994-07-28
This week, Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis take a light-hearted look at the world of devil-worship, funerals, nuclear war and cheesey biscuits.
E5
Episode 5
Air date: 1994-08-04
More stand-up comedy and sketches as Steve and Hugh look at the worrying decline in edukashun standerds.
E6
Episode 6
Air date: 1994-08-11
More stand-up comedy and sketches in the final show of the current series featuring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.

Cast

Steve Punt

Steve Punt

Hugh Dennis

Hugh Dennis

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