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Man Stroke Woman: With Amanda Abbington, Ben Crompton, Daisy Haggard, Meredith MacNeill. British comedy sketch show by 6 well known comedy actors/actresses.
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- 2005-11-20
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Each episode of Man Stroke Woman involves several sketches, usually around themes of relationships, dating, or sex. The main cast are all white, and all youngish adults. Five of them are British; MacNeill is Canadian. There is no studio audience or laugh track. Nicholas Burns described the show as "the antithesis of Little Britain", because "we wan...
Chris Riley in The Daily Telegraphsummarized the show as "a somewhat uneven but often funny exploration of the routine delusions and disappointments of thirtysomething life."
Series One
1. A woman (Abbington) who appears in front of her husband (Burns) wearing an ensemble which includes one ludicrous item of clothing (e.g. a hat which floats six inches above her head or a top emblazoned with red lights spelling out the word "WHORE"). She asks her husband how she looks and he tries to tell her—as tactfully as possible—what is wrong with the outfit: "The dress is... just a little... loud?" She then responds, "You can never just say I look nice, can you?" 2. A man (Crompton) wh...
Series Two
1. A woman, Karen (Haggard), who phones a police call centre where her friend and flatmate Natasha (Abbington) works, and pretends to need the police. She then recounts a story — usually a thinly-disguised fairy tale — before collapsing in giggles as Abbington figures it out—"This is Karen, isn't it?". Abbington then goes on to another call. 2. A couple (Frost & MacNeill) participate in some sexual roleplay, with the woman wearing a different kinky uniform in each sketch. Sadly for him, the w...
Man Stroke Woman at BBC OnlineMan Stroke Woman at IMDbMan Stroke Woman at IMDb American versionMan Stroke Woman. 2007. TV-MA. Comedy. Men and Women have been living together for ten million years, mostly either getting annoyed, flirty, upset or even jiggy with each other. This new sketch show takes a look at what's good, bad and ugly in boys and girls of a certain age.
- Ric Cantor
- January 1, 2007
Oct 5, 2010 · Man Stroke Woman is a witty and irreverent British television comedy sketch series from the producer of The Office. It stars some of the UK's hottest comedy ...
Man Stroke Woman is a British television comedy sketch show directed by Richard Cantor and produced by Ash Atalla and starring Amanda Abbington, Ben Crompton, Daisy Haggard, Meredith MacNeill, Nicholas Burns and Nick Frost.
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Comedy sketch show, featuring the talents of Amanda Abbington, Daisy Haggard, Meredith MacNeill, Ben Crompton, Nick Burns and Nick Frost.
