TV Series · 2005

Harry & Paul

30 min · Comedy · Ended

Composite

6.0

IMDb

7.3 / 10

1,029 votes

TMDB

6.6 / 10

9 votes

Local

— / 10

No votes

Synopsis

Harry & Paul is a BAFTA Award-winning British sketch comedy show starring Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 13 April 2007. Prior to broadcast it was trailed as The Harry Enfield Show. The show reunites the pair, who had success with Harry Enfield's Television Programme in the 1990s. The second series of the programme began on BBC One on 5 September 2008. This was the last series from the comedy producer Geoffrey Perkins who died shortly before the programme's second series began. A third series was commissioned and began 28 September 2010 this time on BBC Two to where the show has been moved, because of falling ratings. The fourth series began broadcasting in October 2012.

Cast

Harry Enfield

Paul Whitehouse

Sophie Winkleman

Simon Day

Catherine Shepherd

Laura Solon

Kathy Burke

Simon Greenall

Kevin Eldon

Crew

Production

Geoffrey Perkins Producer
Izzy Mant Producer

Writing

Harry Enfield Writer
Paul Whitehouse Writer

Seasons & episodes

Season 1 (6 ep)

1. Episode 1

Apr 13, 2007 · 30 min

Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse star in a sketch show, joined by Morwenna Banks and Laura Solon. Characters include the Posh Scaffolders and the High Ranking Surgeons.
2. Episode 2

Apr 20, 2007 · 30 min

Characters include footballer Didier Peskovitch and his manager Jose Arrogantio.
3. Episode 3

Apr 27, 2007 · 30 min

New characters including Kenny Leyton the hopeless boxer, man in the kitchen Jasper Hazelnut and Seventies throwback the Barbican Man, as well as established faces Didier Peskovitch, Jose Arrogantio and Nelson Mandela.
4. Episode 4

May 4, 2007 · 30 min

Didier Peskovitch falls foul of his girlfriend in a shopping centre. Nelson Mandela goes shoplifting, a gullible customer visits I Saw You Coming and the Cafe Polski girls get angry behind the counter.
5. Episode 5

May 11, 2007 · 30 min

New characters the Divorcing Couple join established favourites the Posh Scaffolders, the Computer Billionaires and the Ritchies. The Leccy Sponging detectives stumble across a murder in a pub and the I Saw You Coming shopkeeper makes another killing.
6. Episode 6

May 18, 2007 · 30 min

Featuring the Posh Scaffolders, Bono and The Edge, Nelson Mandela, Can't Back Down, Pik, the Surgeons, Madonna and Guy, the Computer Billionaires, the Clean Chavs, the Divorcing Couple and I Saw You Coming.

Season 2 (6 ep)

1. Episode 1

Sep 5, 2008 · 30 min

Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse are back with a whole new range of characters in a new series of their sketch show.
2. Episode 2

Sep 12, 2008 · 30 min

There's a visit to an island owned by Jeremy Clarkson and the genial American tourists meet a British politician.
3. Episode 3

Sep 19, 2008 · 30 min

This episode features a 1930s' version of Basic Instinct and Tony Blair starting a new job in the City.
4. Episode 4

Sep 26, 2008 · 30 min

Pik, the friendly but stupid South African gym instructor, has a new American friend and England play Paquador in an important international football match.
5. Episode 5

Oct 3, 2008 · 30 min

Jimmy Snazzbox MBE, a prolific television writer in the 1970s, waxes lyrical about his hit series Omni-busses; Alan Sugar meets the Dragons; and just where is Dave going?
6. Episode 6

Oct 10, 2008 · 30 min

Gillian and Gerald take us on a tour of The Royal Henley Northerner Show 2008, while Nelson Mandela has an encounter with Margaret Thatcher. Also, Simon continues his efforts to charm Magda in Cafe Polski - will he finally get the girl?

Season 3 (6 ep)

1. Episode 1

Sep 28, 2010 · 30 min

Three generations of the Benefit family disrupt a peaceful library; the elderly Beatles attempt to escape hoards of old lady-boppers; the Dragons' Den considers a pitch for a new British pudding supplement; and the duo revisit the famous diner scene in the Thirties original of When Harry Met Sally.
2. Episode 2

Oct 5, 2010 · 30 min

This week sees a return to the Seventies for On The Tardis; Parking Pataweyo breaks all records in a high-speed ticket-issuing stunt; two former football legends get thoroughly confused by a female sports presenter; and The Beatles record a single for the cancer charity Prost Aid.
3. Episode 3

Oct 12, 2010 · 30 min

Harry and Paul return for more character comedy.
4. Episode 4

Oct 19, 2010 · 30 min

Harry and Paul return for more character comedy.
5. Episode 5

Oct 26, 2010 · 30 min

The Chocolatier and his arch-rival the Cobblertier meet their nemesis, Marcus branches out from his I Saw You Coming shop with a new alternative therapy centre, French comedians Jonny and Bing promote some surprising special edition cars, and Film 2010 previews the new Richard Curtis film I Love You.
6. Episode 6

Nov 2, 2010 · 30 min

The Benefits appear on quiz show Ask the Dysfunctional Family, the Writer helps the landlady deal with her troublesome husband and all the modelling hopefuls spotted by Mike Noughts gather to meet him at his house. The Football Manager is relegated to League One, and the lovelorn customer makes his last ever visit to the Polish cafe.

Season 4 (1 ep)

6. Episode 6

Dec 1, 2012 · 30 min

Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse star in a compilation of some of the best sketches from their BAFTA award winning third series.