Walliams & Friend

Walliams & Friend
Genre Comedy show
Created by David Walliams
Starring David Walliams
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1 (+Pilot)
No. of episodes 2
Production
Running time 40 minutes pilot
30 minutes regular series
Production company(s) BBC
Release
Original network BBC One
Original release 24 December 2015 – present

Walliams & Friend is a British sketch show, produced and starring David Walliams, airing on BBC One with a debut pilot special on 24 December 2015.[1] A full-length first series of 6 episodes was commissioned on 20 May 2016, which first aired on 25 November 2016.[2]

Production

Joanna Lumley and Morgana Robinson have appeared in the show. It was previously called The David Walliams Sketch Show until September 2015.

Filming for the pilot episode for Walliams & Friend began on 19 September 2015 at The London Studios. Further filming took place either later in that same year or sometime in 2016.

Episodes

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
Pilot24 December 2015 (2015-12-24)
1625 November 2016 (2016-11-25)30 December 2016 (2016-12-30)

Pilot Episode (2015)

Total
no. 		Series
no. 		Title Director Writer Original air date UK viewers
(in millions)
PilotPilot"Joanna Lumley"Matt LipseyDavid Walliams & Dawson Bros.24 December 20153.83
  1. Head of BBC Announcement
  2. 'Brain Power' Show
  3. The Seven Lumleys
  4. 'James Bond' Parody
  5. Unhappily Married Couple
  6. Liars Anonymous
  7. Cash4Money
  8. Home Crafts
  9. Cheeky Selfie #1
  1. Autocorrect Founder
  2. Tanya's Tans
  3. Bedtime Stories with Banker Dad
  4. Oscar Wilde
  5. Cheeky Selfie #2
  6. Simon Cowell and Uptown Boys
  7. The Great British Bake Off - Mary and Paul's Dirty Talk
  8. Newsreaders - Goodnight
  9. Cheeky Selfie #3

Series 1 (2016)

Total
no. 		Series
no. 		Title Director Writer Original air date UK viewers
(in millions)
11"Jack Whitehall[3]"Matt LipseyDavid Walliams & Dawson Bros.25 November 20162.80

See Jack Whitehall as you've never seen him before. This episode includes Jack and David's inappropriate take on Sherlock and Watson; the world's worst dating show contestant and Jack doing something David has never done before - dressing as a woman. Also includes the launch of Britain's cruellest reality TV show, Celebrity Slammer, in which David finds himself locked up with the likes of The Chuckle Brothers and Bob Carolgees.

22"Harry Enfield[4]"Matt LipseyDavid Walliams & Dawson Bros.2 December 20163.3

David Walliams and Harry Enfield appear together as John Torode and a rather fussy Gregg Wallace in MasterChef; portray a hilarious pair of ageing lotharios and take a look back at some of Harry's comedy characters that never saw the light of day - until a certain David Walliams got his hands on them. Adding a touch of royalty to proceedings, Her Majesty the Queen is surprised by her own family history when she takes part in the genealogy show Who Does One Think One Is?.

33"Sheridan Smith[5]"Matt LipseyDavid Walliams & Dawson Bros.9 December 2016TBD

The multi-talented Sheridan Smith transforms into a real-life Barbie doll, faces an unlikely dilemma whilst filming a swords-and-sorcery epic, and hits all the wrong notes as a cruise ship singer with a chip on her shoulder. David and Sheridan play bickering husband and wife contestants on an ill-fated game show, What's She Cross About?, plus we get to travel back in time to the 1970s to watch the classic politically-correct film, Carry On Up The Sexual Harassment Tribunal.

44" Meera Syal[6]"Matt LipseyDavid Walliams & Dawson Bros.16 December 2016TBD
55"Miranda Richardson [7]"Matt LipseyDavid Walliams & Dawson Bros.23 December 2016TBD
66"Hugh Bonneville [8]"Matt LipseyDavid Walliams & Dawson Bros.30 December 2016TBD

References

  1. ↑ Rachel Babbage (12 September 2015). "Joanna Lumley joins David Walliams' new BBC sketch show". Digital Spy.
  2. ↑ Solutions, Powder Blue Internet Business. "BBC orders Walliams & Friend series : News 2016 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  3. ↑ https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/walliams_and_friend/episodes/1/1/
  4. ↑ https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/walliams_and_friend/episodes/1/2/
  5. ↑ https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/walliams_and_friend/episodes/1/3/
  6. ↑ https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/walliams_and_friend/episodes/1/4/
  7. ↑ https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/walliams_and_friend/episodes/1/5/
  8. ↑ https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/walliams_and_friend/episodes/1/6/
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