Baddiel and Skinner unplanned was a free-form talk show hosted by British comedians/personalities David Baddiel and Frank Skinner and produced by Avalon Television. Its concept was developed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and had a run in the West End at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 2001.
The show features the two hosts sitting on a couch on-stage and responding to questions from the audience — at times rather seriously, but usually with bizarre digressions into satirical comedy. An audience member is chosen as "Secretary" and has the job of keeping a note of the topics covered on a white board. In practice, the personality of the secretary will also prompt many jokes — usually at his or her expense. At the end of the show, Skinner asks either the secretary or the audience to choose between two song books, and to pick a page number between 1 and 20. This process determines which song is performed by the duo, sung by Skinner with Baddiel accompanying him on piano.
Topics of discussion are wholly mandated by the audience and have ranged from discussions of the war against Iraq and other political events to comments on the latest plot twists of popular soap operas and the Atkins diet. Skinner's Catholicism and Baddiel's Jewish faith are also occasional targets of humour.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | King of the Road | 2000-05-28 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | Oh Pretty Woman | 2000-05-29 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | J'taime | 2000-05-30 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Sugar Sugar | 2000-06-04 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | At the Hop | 2000-06-05 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | Prince Charming | 2000-06-06 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | Daydream Believer | 2000-06-07 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 8 | Kung Fu Fighting | 2000-06-11 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 9 | Something Stupid | 2000-06-12 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 10 | Three Coins in the Fountain | 2000-06-13 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 11 | Oh What a Night/The Final Countdown | 2000-06-14 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 12 | The Lion Sleeps Tonight | 2000-06-15 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 1 | Baggy Trousers | 2001-01-14 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 2 | Memories Are Made of This | 2001-01-15 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 3 | Waterloo | 2001-01-17 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 4 | Baby One More Time | 2001-01-19 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 5 | Lost in Music | 2001-01-21 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 6 | I Only Want to Be with You | 2001-01-22 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 7 | Crazy | 2001-01-24 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 8 | A Night to Remember | 2001-01-26 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 9 | What a Wonderful World | 2001-01-28 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 10 | Killing Me Softly | 2001-01-29 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 11 | The In Crowd | 2001-01-31 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 12 | Big Spender | 2001-02-02 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 1 | American Pie | 2002-03-14 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 2 | Old Man River | 2002-03-21 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 3 | Bachelor Boy | 2002-03-28 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 4 | Shake, Rattle and Roll | 2002-04-04 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 5 | Crying | 2002-04-11 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 6 | Delilah | 2002-04-18 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 7 | Mambo No. 5 | 2002-04-25 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 8 | Seasons in the Sun | 2002-05-02 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 9 | Evergreen | 2002-05-09 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 10 | I Just Can't Get You Out of My Head | 2002-05-16 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 11 | I've Got You Under My Skin | 2002-06-23 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 12 | Three Lions | 2002-06-30 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 1 | I Will Always Love You | 2003-01-29 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 2 | The Impossible Dream | 2003-02-05 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 3 | Pearl's a Singer | 2003-02-12 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 4 | I Say a Little Prayer | 2003-02-19 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 5 | Fever | 2003-02-26 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 6 | Paranoid | 2003-03-05 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 7 | Do You Really Want to Hurt Me | 2003-03-12 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 8 | I Walk the Line | 2003-03-19 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 9 | Feel | 2003-03-26 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 10 | Yellow | 2003-04-02 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 11 | Spirit in the Sky | 2003-04-09 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 12 | Ziggy Stardust | 2003-04-16 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 1 | Beyond the Sea | 2005-06-28 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 2 | Magic Moments | 2005-07-05 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 3 | Love and Marrige | 2005-07-12 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 4 | Love Me for a Reason | 2005-07-19 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 5 | The Tide is High | 2005-07-26 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 6 | Since You've Been Gone | 2005-08-02 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 7 | Two Become One | 2005-08-09 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 8 | Fat Bottom Girls | 2005-08-16 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 9 | Ain't That a Kick in the Head | 2005-08-23 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 10 | Que Sera Sera | 2005-08-30 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 11 | How I Wrote the Elastic Man | 2005-09-06 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 12 | Hocus Pocus | 2005-09-14 | 30 min |