Punt and Dennis
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Medium | Television, radio |
Nationality | English |
Years active | 1980's-present (intermittent) |
Genres | Sketch comedy Political satire |
Subject(s) | Politics, current events |
Notable works and roles | The Mary Whitehouse Experience The Party Line The Now Show |
Punt and Dennis are a
Works
Radio and television
Punt and Dennis first appeared on television in
The duo continued to collaborate despite each having forged their own separate careers — Dennis as a panellist and presenter and Punt as a screenwriter. Their more prominent works include long-running radio shows It's Been a Bad Week (BBC Radio 2) and BBC Radio 4 shows The Party Line and the currently running The Now Show.[3] They also contribute to the satirical hit panel game Mock the Week. Punt is a programme associate while Dennis is a regular panellist alongside Frankie Boyle and later Chris Addison.
Other
In 1992 they went on the road themselves and toured the UK with a show called 'Punt And Dennis - The Milky Milky Tour'. The name of the show was inspired by a character called Mr Strange that Hugh Dennis played in The Mary Whitehouse Experience. The Milky Milky tour was filmed live on stage at Bristol's Hippodrome Theatre in 1992 and released on VHS Video.
In 2007 they performed a UK tour of their comedy called Stuff and Nonsense. In 2010 they announced November 2010 preview shows and a new tour for 2011 (that was titled 'They Should Get Out More') which ran from January to March. In 2014 they embarked on a new UK comedy tour called 'Ploughing on Regardless'.
References
- ^ "Cambridge Footlights Alumni 1980-1989". Footlights Official Website. Archived from the original on 26 January 2012.
- ^ Blast from the past 29 October 2007 Retrieved 16 March 2010
- ^ "Punt & Dennis, and comedic double acts". guardian.co.uk. 2 May 2003.