The Fast Show
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Nov 3, 2026
Paul HawksbeeHOST
So what was your favourite? Was it Big Al on Legends on Virgin? Was it Fred Flintstone, Jamie Jackson? Was it Sam Matterface getting booed at Villa City for his gag? That's getting my vote.
Paul HawksbeeHOST
Was it Adrian being disagreed with by the Everton PA announcer? Was it Charlie Pritchard and the Scoward Shatters? Or was it indeed Kate McCann and Stig Abel and that typo? Now, if you were a Fast Show fan, you may remember John Thompson's football character who would rock up at the Arsenal with a hamper and just asking people what was going on.
Paul HawksbeeHOST
Yeah, Arsenal fans will know the drill.
Paul HawksbeeHOST
Everybody who ever watched it will know the drill.
Shara CurlettHOST
He then moved into TV news, current affairs and documentaries.
Shara CurlettHOST
More than 40 years in television followed, working on shows like The Simpsons, Top Gear, The Fast Show and This Is Your Life.
Shara CurlettHOST
As a writer and producer, Ian has worked with the likes of...
Shara CurlettHOST
Now...
Terrence LeahyHOST
Before we get started, although I believe you are a man that needs virtually no introduction, would you mind sharing just a quick autobiographical sketch with the audience?
Charlie HigsonGUEST
Well, I've had a long and varied career.
Charlie HigsonGUEST
Well, it hasn't really been a career.
Charlie HigsonGUEST
It's just one thing after another.
Charlie HigsonGUEST
And I don't plan that far ahead.
SheppyGUEST
So having them as Randall and Hopkirk was like a good idea.
SheppyGUEST
And likewise, the Fast Show was huge.
SheppyGUEST
And that was co-created by Charlie Hickson.
SheppyGUEST
So having those three come together to remake a show that I liked was like exciting.
SheppyGUEST
So I liked all of those people popping up.
SheppyGUEST
I guess it was just the tone.
SheppyGUEST
By the way, I wasn't even that much of a huge Fast Show or Vic and Bob fan back in the day.
SheppyGUEST
It was impossible to not be aware of.
Carl BryanHOST
Like, I'm sure he's in The New Statesman.
Carl BryanHOST
I'm pretty certain he's in The Fast Show.
Carl BryanHOST
Yeah, he would always turn up.
Carl BryanHOST
And when I saw him, it's like, oh, yeah, yeah, it is.
Ben PriceHOST
Good footage.
Jack P. ShepherdHOST
What about like a David Mitchell or something like that from the Fast Show? Yeah.
Jack P. ShepherdHOST
He's good.
Jack P. ShepherdHOST
Hold on, from the Fast Show? He is from the Fast Show, isn't he? No, Peep Show.
Jack P. ShepherdHOST
Peep Show.
Jack P. ShepherdHOST
Yeah, that's what he's from.
Richard KnewGUEST
Is it? Yeah.
Richard KnewGUEST
Reece Evans, Martin Clunes, John Thompson from The Fast Show, Sir Donald Sinden and drumroll, you'll remember him just about, Sir Norman Wisdom.
Richard KnewGUEST
The questions to ask in an interview like you, you know, that bring the spark out of someone.
Richard KnewGUEST
Oh, I'm winging this.
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Richard KnewGUEST
to find
Darren JamiesonHOST
it go gorilla balls to the wall let's get out there with the cameras
Richard KnewGUEST
yeah and we did we as a as a filmmaking group again 20 years ago we did do that by making wrexham's first feature-length movie lab rats which features Reece Evans, Martin Clunes, John Thompson from The Fast Show, Sir Donald Sinden, and drum roll, you'll remember him just about, Sir Norman Wisdom.
Richard KnewGUEST
Norman Wisdom.
Ben PriceHOST
Good footage.
Jack P. ShepherdHOST
What about like a David Mitchell or something like that from the Fast Show? Yeah.
Jack P. ShepherdHOST
He's good.
Jack P. ShepherdHOST
Hold on, from the Fast Show? He is from the Fast Show, isn't he? No, Peep Show.
Jack P. ShepherdHOST
Peep Show.
Jack P. ShepherdHOST
Yeah, that's what he's from.
Daisy ChristodoulouGUEST
Yeah, it was someone who was a senior leader in a school.
Amol RajanHOST
There was a sitcom called The Fast Show, and it sounds like a line you'd come up with in a sitcom.
Daisy ChristodoulouGUEST
There was a lot of stuff like that.
Amol RajanHOST
Myth number six, projects and activities are the best way to learn.
speaker_4UNKNOWN
back in the day, don't
Dani BGUEST
deny it, back in the day, You know, if something was sick on TV, like Little Britain or The Fast Show or whatever, you'd come in the next day and you'd be saying the lines from the thing and someone would throw it back to you and you would have that.
Dani BGUEST
The show is massive.
ShizzioHOST
The Ali G show.
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