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A joyful sketch comedy with a "post-Python 'anything goes' spirit" (The Guardian) starring Hugh Laurie, Robbie Coltrane, Emma Thompson, and more.

Comedy
Year 1983 - 1984
2 Seasons

The inventive comedy starring Hugh Laurie, Robbie Coltrane, and Emma Thompson continues with off-the-wall visits to the pretend pub.

Year: 1984

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E1 • Episode 1
1. 23 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
Meet the characters of The Pretend Pub, a faulty car cleaner, a spoiling Librarian.
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E2 • Episode 2
1. 24 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
Landlord Bobzza and barmaid Shizza discuss her wages, French Police, the "Octor."
E3 • Episode 3
1. 23 min
2. TV-14
3. CC
Huzza brings a mysterious sack to The Pretend Pub, a Kitchen disaster, a restaurant with a peculiar dress code.
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E4 • Episode 4
1. 24 min
2. TV-14
3. CC
The Pretend Pub regulars receive upsetting news about the future of the pub, a Salesman tutorial, Sailors debate lingo.
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E5 • Episode 5
1. 24 min
2. TV-14
3. CC
Shizza and Bezza reminisce on the old days of live entertainment, an unsual event at a boy's school.
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E6 • Episode 6
1. 24 min
2. TV-14
3. CC
Lord Stezza drops a bombshell on the regulars of The Pretend Pub, what's great about being Welsh.

Cast
Robbie Coltrane
Ben Elton
Stephen Fry
Hugh Laurie
Siobhan Redmond
Emma Thompson