The Peter Serafinowicz Show is a BBC Two comedy sketch show written by and starring Peter Serafinowicz. The first series started on the 4 October 2007 at 21:30 as part of the newly launched "Thursday Are Funny" brand on BBC2. The show is a mixture of sketches based on parodies of British television, using Peter's and other actors' impressions of notable television personalities. Examples include Heads or Tails, which is a parody of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, using the same mannerisms as Chris Tarrant. The show got its commission after Peter did a sketch called O! News in which he parodied E! News, under the name Kennedy St King, which was posted on YouTube. [edit]Ratings Episode Airdate S01E01 4 October 2007 S01E02 11 October 2007 S01E03 18 October 2007 S01E04 25 October 2007 S01E05 1 November 2007 S01E06 9 November 2007 *Recurring characters and sketches* *O! News:* A parody of E! News, featuring apparent programme teasers and celebrity interviews. *Acting Masterclass:* A famous actor gives acting tips to a group of trainees. Actors featured have been Michael Caine, Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey, Robert De Niro, Ralph Fiennes and Marlon Brando (With the body of Jabba the Hutt). *Brian Butterfield:* A middle-aged businessman who appears in various types of commercials to advertise products or services (which in this case are mostly rubbish), such as a karaoke bar, Dieting, Hotel, Injury Lawyer and private detective services. Another such business is you calling up to get the time, which is usually incorrect. This character is somewhat similar to actor Basil Soper who stars in the Personal Injury Helpline adverts. *A Guide to Modern Life:* A spoof on British self-help TV programmes on the seventies. Advice is given on acts of major life changes ('Let's Get Married', 'Let's Have a Baby'), as well as more unusual acts ('Let's Have an Orgy'). Simon Pegg generally does a voiceover. *Buy It Channel:* A parody of shopping channels in which a different comical aspect occurs in every set of sketches. For example, one episode featured a presenter as a vampire, whilst another showed both presenters trying to rid the studio of an ant infestation. *Michael-6:* A robotic talk show host who attempts to help his troubled guests. Although having advanced technological chat-show host features, such as gender scanning and lie detection systems, he has a tendency to malfunction at the end of every sketch, causing harm to a studio member. His malfunctioning usually involves the secretion of white fluid, similar to that of the robotic lifeforms in Westworld or the Alien series. *BBN News:* A newsreader attempts to improvise reading the news, only to be buzzed every time he says something incorrect. Thus the sketch becomes a battle to read the entire story correctly. It is possibly based on ITV News, with a similar set and the same opening sound. The title of the sketch is also a combination of the abbrevations "BBC" and "ITN". *Ringo Remembers:* A documentary in which Ringo Starr reflects on particular (fictional) points in his career. A multi-part pop culture parody which runs through the entire episode. In one example, Star Wars character Darth Vader falls for Commander Ada Larkin, a female co-worker wearing a pink version of his armour. The sketches cover his ill fated attempts to court her. Various parodies of sex line commercials featuring different types of call workers, such as pirates, cavemen, zombies, drunks and Basil Fawlty impersonators. Parodies of adverts for the current trend of magazines which include free gifts every issue. Detective drama shows have been parodied, such as Columbo and a multi-part parody of putting Poirot and Marple together where they distract their assistants, so they can "have it off" with each other, in the last part, when poirot finds out that he made Marple pregnant, he ran out of the window. There has been a parody of Laurel and Hardy called "Soap and Water", where Stan Laurel was repeatedly saying the F*** word, resulting in him and Oliver Hardy being arrested. Parodies of gameshows such as The Weakest Link and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Parodies of reality shows such as The X Factor and Big Brother. http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/thepeterserafinowiczshow/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Peter_Serafinowicz_Show --- Sample File Information --- File Name: The Peter Serafinowicz Show - s01e01.avi File Size: 208,232,448 bytes --- Video Information --- Video Codec Name: XviD ISO MPEG-4 Duration: 29:11.000 Video Bitrate: 688kb/s Bits / Pixel: 0.096 Resolution: 720x400 Frames Per Second: 25.000 --- Advanced --- B-VOP: B-VOP QPel: GMC: --- Audio Information --- No of Audio Streams: 1 Audio Codec: 0x0050 MPEG-1 Layer 2 Audio Bitrate: 256kb/s CBR 48000 Hz Audio Channel Count: 2 Interleave: 80ms Preload: 504ms Audio alignment: Aligned /Thanks to the original capper and uploader. please help reseed!/