Sean's Show
Sean's Show is a British television sitcom, first broadcast on Channel 4 between 15 April 1992 and 29 December 1993. Stand-up comedian Sean Hughes co-wrote and starred as a fictionalised version of himself, aware that he is living in a sitcom. The show's style drew heavily on It's Garry Shandling's Show.
It received a nomination for the 1992 British Comedy Award for Best Channel 4 Sitcom.
Production
In common with a number of British shows of its era, humour often came from the repetition of catchphrases or situations. These included Sean's love of the Smiths and Morrissey; conversations with a spider who was actually Elvis Presley; messages on the answerphone from Samuel Beckett and God; "That sock's still not dry"; phone calls from a girl called Angela who Sean definitely "did not lead on"; refugees in the bedroom who do nothing but comment inanely on television programmes; attempts to get scrambled eggs from a saucepan and many, many more.The first series ended with the entire main cast other than Sean killed off in various ways. When he was granted a second series, he was forced to resurrect them all in the first episode.