The Fast Show - Episode Guide

The first ever episode of the sketch show, introducing Ted and Ralph, Unlucky Alf and many more. 

Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson star in the character-based comedy show. Sketches include The Fat Sweaty Coppers, Unlucky Alf and Bob Fleming the coughing TV sensation. 

Character-based comedy sketch show, featuring the Off Roaders, those crazy Patagonians, and Professor Denzil Dexter's attempt to build a time machine. 

Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson are joined by guests Del Amitri, Mark Williams, John Thomson, Caroline Aherne, Simon Day and Arabella Weir in the fast paced comedy sketch show. 

Ron Manager, Ed Winchester and Roy and Renee, the train passengers from hell, are among the larger-than-life characters aiming to make you laugh. 

There's a look at war films in the sketch 'Scenes from the Movies', not forgetting music-hall entertainer Arthur "Where's Me Washboard?" Atkinson and his chum Chester Drawers.

Comedy sketch show featuring Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Caroline Aherne, Mark Williams, John Thomson, Simon Day and Arabella Weir. All the familiar comic faces feature alongside characters including Competitive Dad and Chris the Crafty Cockney. 

Fast-moving comedy sketch show. Featuring an appearance by snooker star Steve Davis, some hellish neighbours and a newlywed couple whose displays of affection are never-ending. 

This episode includes rare footage of Arthur Atkinson recording his wartime radio show 'How Queer!', the off-roaders trying out paintballing, Professor Denzil Dexter's amazing experiments with water and Ralph's attempt to take Ted out for dinner. There are also more words of wisdom from soccer pundit Ron Manager. 

Fast-moving comedy sketch show. Featuring the world's drunkest family and the world's dullest man. 

Fast-moving comedy sketch show. Featuring Unlucky Alf, who attempts to propose to his loved one and Colin Hunt who holds court in his natural habitat. 

Fast-moving comedy sketch show. Featuring drama with Monkfish, more music from jazz club and the soppy businessmen on an aeroplane. 

The world's crudest salesman visits a fashion show, squire Ralph celebrates Ted's birthday and competitive Dad plays Monopoly. 

Christmas edition of the fast-moving comedy sketch show. Characters including Ron Manager and Ted and Ralph join in the festive fun, while the Jazz Club puts a spin on 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas'. 

Old favourites return, joined by characters like the filthy Duke of Wybourne, Chip Cobb, the deaf stuntman, eco-warrior Dave Angel and oily car salesman Swiss Toni.

More characters join the regulars this week - including Johnny Gosling, the nice artist who hides a dark secret, and Mister Kipling, who reminisces about his glorious schooldays, when random violence and premature death were all part of the curriculum. Plus Competitive Dad helps out at a school play and Inspector Monkfish goes undercover in his own inimitable way.

The Suits You Sir tailors take on a new, young assistant, Unlucky Alf visits a fairground and the Off Roaders go potholing. 

This episode sees the return of Bob Fleming and his chums, enjoying a traditional English drinking pursuit. 

Jazz Club challenges the very not notion of music itself and Arthur Atkinson stars in the smash hit seventies sex-comedy film 'Confessions of a Door-to-Door Cucumber Salesman'. 

Meanwhile, on the bleak Yorkshire Moors, a lonely hiker makes the fatal mistake of stopping to ask for water. 

Channel Nine hosts a TV awards ceremony, the deaf stuntman gets carried away on a motorbike and Competitive Dad challenges his son to a tennis match. Plus the Suits You Sir tailors get their comeuppance when they have to serve a customer who is even more perverse and uninhibited than they are. 
 

Meet spymaster George Wily and go out on the beat with Chris the Crafty Cockney's cousin - Cliff, the Crafty Copper, who "will nick anyone". Plus Unlucky Alf decides it's finally time to get the electricians in when he is held hostage by his home appliances.

Chip Cobb, the deaf stuntman, goes out in a blaze of glory, while Ron Manager is confused by the concept of a female sports anchor person and the Posh Cockneys visit a northern pub. Roger the middle-class football fan attempts to explain the off-side rule and Channel 9's exotic cookery programme tastes the delights of English cuisine. Plus a girl that men can't hear.

The Off Roaders go white-water rafting and Rowley Birkin presents a slide show, while Channel 9 present their version of the children's fairytale classic, 'The Singing, Ringing Tree'. Arthur Atkinson features in a play written specially for him by Samuel Beckett, Dave Angel lets us in on his unusual hobby and Ralph makes a moving speech at a funeral. 
 

Special one off comedy based on the antics of the two Fast Show characters. The future looks bleak when Ralph learns that he must find a wife in order to keep his country estate.

A look at how the Fast Show developed into one of TV's most successful series, with contributions from the creators, writers, cast and some famous fans.

Featuring sketches previously unseen on TV. Including familiar faces such as Ted & Ralph as well as newcomers like Mid-Life Crisis Man. 

A festive farewell to the Fast Show begins with a special guest star appearance as Johnny Depp looks to buy a suit. 

The Fast Show's last hurrah continues with Swiss Toni's explanation of fishing and a nice bit of Cuban Jazz, alongside other comedy favourites. 

The last episode of supposedly the last Fast Show series ever features Competitive Dad's dad, Ron Manager's final piece of punditry and Colin Hunt's ultimate wacky prank. 

Car chases, huge explosions, giant robots beating each other to scrap... you won't find any of these in the new Fast Show 20th anniversary specials. What you will find are some of your favourite characters. Ted and Ralph investigate Twitter. Rowley Birkin QC talks about - who knows what? A veteran crooner with memory problems appears on Jazz Club, and the residents of Downtown Abbey get a new butler.

It has been 20 years since the first series of the Fast Show, but the characters created by the team are still going strong. In the second episode Swiss Toni holds forth on bicycles, foreign TV station Channel 9 attempts to fit three hours of news into 30 seconds, eco-warrior Dave Angel is not happy about the breakfast arrangements on his recent eco summit in Helsinki, and Bob Fleming and Jed Thomas emulate Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon in their version of The Trip.