Smack the Pony – Nostalgia Central

1 9 9 9 – 2 0 0 0 (UK)
14 x 30 minute episodes
2 0 0 2 – 2 0 0 3 (UK)
10 x 30 minute episodes

This all-female comedy sketch show from Channel 4 starred Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan, and Sally Phillips.

Always sharp and satirical, frequently surreal and often lewd to the extreme, the women of Smack The Pony downed giant glasses of red wine, sighed their way through gratuitous hand-jobs, and constantly sought out potential boyfriends in the show’s many dating agency videos (“I want a man who has a really high-powered job, maybe in the City. But he shouldn’t be motivated by money at all.”)

They ogled muscly window-cleaners, fainted at the mere thought of a six-pack, ran away flirtatiously in the middle of dates screaming “catch me!” and plastered on disastrously applied make-up in the back of swerving cabs.

A regular supporting cast included Sarah Alexander, Darren Boyd and Cavan Clerkin.

The trio returned for a one-off Comic Relief special in March 2017.

Fiona Allen
Doon Mackichan
Sally Phillips

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