| Smack the Pony | |
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 The Best of Smack the Pony DVD cover, featuring (left to right) Doon Mackichan, Fiona Allen and Sally Phillips. | |
| Genre | Sketch comedy |
| Created by | Victoria Pile |
| Starring | Doon Mackichan Fiona Allen Sally Phillips Sarah Alexander Darren Boyd Cavan Clerkin Amanda Holden James Lance |
| Opening theme | "In the Middle of Nowhere" by Jackie Clune |
| Country of origin | England |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 + two specials |
| No. of episodes | 23 (including specials) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 23–24 minutes approx. 80 minutes approx.(The Best of Smack the Pony) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 4 |
| Release | 19 March 1999 – 3 January 2003 |
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Smack the Pony is a British sketch comedy show that was originally broadcast between 1999 and 2003 on Channel 4. The main performers on the show were Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips. There were also regular appearances from Sarah Alexander, Darren Boyd and Cavan Clerkin. The show's theme tune was a version of the Dusty Springfield song "In the Middle of Nowhere", sung by Jackie Clune. In addition to the three principal cast members, the show was written by many writers, the core of whom went on to write Green Wing and Campus.
Among the show's regular themes were unsuccessful relationships, competition in the workplace, and latent lesbianism, but sketches would also dip into the surreal. Two regular strands involved a series of different women making dating agency videos about their general likes and dislikes, and a musical parody that would close the show.