The Armstrong & Miller Show. Image shows from L to R: Alexander Armstrong, Ben Miller. Image credit: Hat Trick Productions.

The Armstrong & Miller Show
The Armstrong & Miller Show. Image shows from L to R: Ben Miller, Alexander Armstrong. Image credit: Hat Trick Productions.

Series two will be on BBC1 in October & a third series will follow in 2010

The Armstrong & Miller Show

Series two will be on BBC1 in October & a third series will follow in 2010.

Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller reunite to present a prime-time sketch show for BBC One

Genre:
Sketch Show
Broadcast:
2007  (BBC One)
Episodes:
7 (1 series)
Starring:
Alexander Armstrong, Ben Miller, David Armand, Karen Hayley, Jim Howick, Katherine Jakeways, Lucy Montgomery, Tyger Drew-Honey, Renton Skinner
Writers:
Simon Blackwell, Mark Bussell, David Cadji-Newby, Ali Crockatt, Anil Gupta, Tim Ifield, George Jeffrie, Richard Pinto, Justin Sbresni, David Scott, Nico Tatarowicz
Production:
Hat Trick Productions

Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller are reunited in this contemporary sketch-show series. The show includes a vista of characters and situations - most notably teen-talk speaking Second World War pilots.

New characters for series two (due to start in the spring) include The White Devil, a self-important ex-pat in Africa - roaming the back roads, saving lives and fixing his hair in the wing mirror of his 4x4.

There's also Jilted Jim, dumped at the altar but still on his honeymoon, turning the lives of other newly weds into a living hell; Dennis Lincoln-Park, an accident-prone culture buff, searching for the most valuable art works in the history of civilization; and the Old Clubber, a forty-something, mad-for-it Ibiza veteran/company accountant.

Our Review: We really enjoyed the first series of this comedy - many of the sketches, and the ideas behind them, were quite a bit above par. It made for a refreshing change, as 2007 was otherwise just a deluge of distinctly average sketch series.

We were not alone in our enjoyment, the show picked up good ratings (our readers named it the best sketch show of 2007 in our end-of-year poll). It's therefore perhaps not surprising to hear it is coming back for a second series this October and the BBC have already ordered a third series for 2010 too.