Psychobitches | |
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Genre | Sketch show, comedy, drama |
Written by |
Jeremy Dyson Bert Tyler-Moore George Jeffrie Ben Cavey Pippa Brown Ali Crockatt Lucy Montgomery David Scott Seb Cardinal Dustin Demri-Burns |
Directed by | Jeremy Dyson |
Starring | Various |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 11+Pilot ( list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Saskia Schuster Ben Cavey Lucy Lumsden Sophie Clarke-Jervoise |
Producer | Pippa Brown |
Editor | Peter Hallworth |
Production company | Tiger Aspect Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Sky Arts |
Release | 21 June 2012 23 December 2014 | –
Psychobitches is a Sky Arts British sketch comedy show directed by Jeremy Dyson, in which famous women from history and fiction [1] seek help from a psychologist (played by Rebecca Front). [2]
Psychobitches was originally aired as a one-off pilot in 2012, as part of the Sky Arts Playhouse Presents self-contained TV plays. The pilot was originally aired on 21 June 2012 as episode 11 of series one of Playhouse Presents and lasted 30 minutes. [3]
After the successful pilot, a five-part series was released in 2013 during series two of Playhouse Presents (episodes 7, 9, 11, 13 and 14). [4]
Following the success of the first series, a full six-episode series was commissioned by Sky Arts as its own entity and was aired from 25 November 2014 with a double bill. [5]
Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
Pilot | 1 | 21 June 2012 | ||
1 | 5 | 30 May 2013 | 27 June 2013 | |
2 | 6 | 25 November 2014 | 23 December 2014 |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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"Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson, Laurence Rickard, Simon Carlyle, Morwenna Banks, Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie | 21 June 2012 | |
Cast:
Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Catherine Tate as
Eva Braun and
Édith Piaf, Sharon Horgan as
Jane Austen and
Frida Kahlo, Katy Brand as
Joan of Arc and
George Eliot, Sheila Reid as
Mother Teresa, Sam Spiro as
Mary Whitehouse and
Judy Garland, Selina Griffiths as
Beatrix Potter, Andy Nyman as
Sarah, Abraham's wife and Kathy Burke as The Mona Lisa
[3] |
No. overall |
No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | "Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches Part One" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson, Simon Carlyle, Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie, Ali Crockatt, Pelham Levy, Lucy Montgomery, David Scott, Freddy Syborn, Holly Walsh | 30 May 2013 | |
Cast: Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Mark Gatiss as
Joan Crawford, Frances Barber as
Bette Davis, Llewella Gideon as
Rosa Parks, Samantha Spiro as
Audrey Hepburn, Julia Davis as
Sylvia Plath, Sharon D. Clarke as
Nina Simone, Katy Brand as
Emily Brontë, Selina Griffiths as
Charlotte Brontë, Sarah Solemani as
Anne Brontë, Sharon Horgan as
Eva Peron, Katy Brand as
Jacqueline du Pre, Sheila Reid as
Margot Fonteyn
[6] | ||||||
2 | 2 | "Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches Part Two" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson, Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie, Ali Crockatt, Lucy Montgomery, David Scott, Jessie Cave | 6 June 2013 | |
Cast: Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Selina Griffiths as
Beatrix Potter, Katy Brand as
Diana Dors, Samantha Spiro as
Marilyn Monroe, Frances Barber as
Doris Stokes, Samantha Spiro as
Mary, Mother of Jesus, Mathew Baynton as
Jesus, Sharon Horgan as
Virginia Woolf and
Cleopatra, Sharon D Clarke as
Bessie Smith, Steve Pemberton as
Dian Fossey and Julia Davis as
Enid Blyton
[7] | ||||||
3 | 3 | "Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches Part Three" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson, Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie, Ali Crockatt, Lucy Montgomery, David Scott, Holly Walsh, Julia Davis, Jamie Lennox, Louis Waymouth | 13 June 2013 | |
Cast: Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Samantha Spiro as
Liz Taylor, Selina Griffiths as
Amalia Freud, Joanna Scanlan as
Barbara Woodhouse, Reece Shearsmith as
Old Mother Shipton, Julia Davis as
Joy Adamson, Jack Whitehall as
Diana Spencer, Sharon Horgan as
Leni Riefenstahl, Selina Griffiths as
Marie Curie, Sharon Horgan as
Madame de Pompadour and Samantha Spiro as
Golda Meir
[8] | ||||||
4 | 4 | "Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches Part Four" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson, Ali Crockatt, David Scott, Freddy Syborn, Derren Litten | 20 June 2013 | |
Cast: Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Ted Robbins as
Emmeline Pankhurst, Samantha Spiro as
Barbara Castle, Julia Davis as
Helen of Troy, Michelle Gomez as
Mary, Queen of Scots, Tamsin Egerton as
Nancy Spungen, Sharon Horgan as
Eve, Julia Davis as
Helen Keller and Katy Brand as
Mary Shelley
[9] | ||||||
5 | 5 | "Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches Part Five" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson, Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie, Ali Crockatt, Lucy Montgomery, David Scott, Derren Litten, Kathy Burke | 27 June 2013 | |
Cast: Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Sharon Horgan as
Boudica, Samantha Spiro as
Jackie Kennedy, Julia Davis as
Mary Pickford,
Zawe Ashton as
Eartha Kitt, Kathy Burke as Mona Lisa, Sarah Solemani as
Anne Frank, Frances Barber as
Catherine the Great, Sheila Reid as
Betty Ford, Harry Enfield as
"Mrs." Alfred Hitchcock, Samantha Spiro as
Queen Victoria and Tom Stuart as
Prince Albert
[10] |
No. overall |
No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | 1 | "Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson, Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie, Ali Crockatt, David Scott, Holly Walsh, Kathy Burke, Seb Cardinal, Dustin Demri-Burns, Dafydd James, Ben Lewis, Dan Swimer | 25 November 2014 | |
Cast: Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Michelle Gomez as Mary Queen of Scots, Sharon Horgan as
Unity Mitford, Samantha Spiro as
Jessica Mitford,
Sophie Ellis-Bextor as
Nancy Mitford, Morgana Robinson as
Anna Nicole Smith, Selina Griffiths as
Marie Antoinette, Doon Mackichan as
Catherine Howard, Samantha Spiro as
Betty Knox, Seb Cardinal as
Jack Wilson, Dustin Demri-Burns as Joe Keppel, Seb Cardinal as
Janis Joplin, Kathy Burke as
The Queen Mother, Reece Shearsmith as
Princess Margaret, Frances Barber as
Elizabeth I, Sharon Horgan as
Tammy Wynette, Katy Brand as
Medusa, Michelle Gomez as
Margaret Thatcher and Morgana Robinson as Venus
[11] | ||||||
7 | 2 | "Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson, Ali Crockatt, Lucy Montgomery, David Scott, Seb Cardinal, Dustin Demri-Burns, Toby Davies | 25 November 2014 | |
Cast: Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Katy Brand as Emily Brontë, Selina Griffiths as Charlotte Brontë, Sarah Solemani as Anne Brontë, Morgana Robinson as Bo Peep, Sharon Horgan as
Anna Sewell, Seb Cardinal as
Anne Boleyn, Andy Nyman as
Henry VIII, Jeremy Dyson as
Branwell Brontë, Sharon Horgan as
Carmen Miranda, Samantha Spiro as
Katharine Hepburn, Liza Tarbuck as Miss Muffet, Jack Whitehall as Prince Charming, Sheridan Smith as Sleeping Beauty, Morgana Robinson as
Linda McCartney and Frances Barber as
St Catherine
[12] | ||||||
8 | 3 | "Psychobitches" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson, Ali Crockatt, Lucy Montgomery, David Scott, Toby Davies | 2 December 2014 | |
Cast: Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Mark Benton as Mrs Noah, Sharon Horgan as
Bonnie Parker, Pippa Brown as
Coco Chanel, Samantha Spiro as
Amelia Earhart, Selina Griffiths as
Amy Johnson, Sharon Horgan as
Grace Kelly, Michelle Gomez as
Ingrid Bergman, Samantha Spiro as
Janet Leigh and
Lucille Ball, Morgana Robinson as
Mary Magdalene, Frances Barber as Whistler's Mother, Tom Stuart as
Bob Hope and Martha Howe-Douglas as
Pocahontas
[13] | ||||||
9 | 4 | "Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson, Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie, Ali Crockatt, David Scott, Seb Cardinal, Dustin Demri-Burns, Toby Davies | 9 December 2014 | |
Cast: Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Selina Griffiths as Marie Antoinette, Samantha Spiro as
Barbara Stanwyck, Katy Brand as Gertrude Jekyll, Dustin Demri-Burns as Lady Godiva, Sharon Horgan as
Lucrezia Borgia, Zawe Ashton as
Nefertiti, Dustin Demri-Burns as Pandora, Sharon Horgan as PL Travers, Johnny Vegas as Salome, Frances Barber as
Thora Hird, Michelle Gomez as
Wallis Simpson
[14] | ||||||
10 | 5 | "Psychobitches" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson, Ali Crockatt, David Scott, Dafydd James, Ben Lewis, Jeremy Front, John Kearns | 16 December 2014 | |
Cast: Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Sheila Reid as Mother Teresa, Katy Brand as Medusa, Doon Mackichan as Delilah, Miranda Richardson as Enid Blyton, Michelle Gomez as
Florence Nightingale, Katy Brand as
Georgia O'Keeffe and
Isadora Duncan, Frances Barber as Josephine Joseph, Jack Whitehall as
Maria von Trapp, Selina Griffiths as Marie Stopes and Dustin Demri-Burns as
Nora Ephron
[15] | ||||||
11 | 6 | "Psychobitches" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson | 23 December 2014 | |
Cast: Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Kevin Eldon as Witch of Endor, Morgana Robinson as
Daphne du Maurier, Frances Barber as
Barbara Cartland, Seb Cardinal as
Fanny Cradock, Samantha Spiro as
Gracie Fields, Meera Syal as
Hera, Michelle Gomez as
Hildegard von Bingen, Sharon Horgan as
Simone de Beauvoir, Doon Mackichan as the
Statue of Liberty, Dustin Demri-Burns as Stygian witch Alarm, Liza Tarbuck as Stygian witch Dread, Seb Cardinal as Stygian witch Horror, Marc Wootton as the goddess Kali, Mathew Baynton as
the Witch of Wookey Hole and Richard E. Grant as Witchfinder General
Matthew Hopkins
[16] |
Psychobitches | |
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Genre | Sketch show, comedy, drama |
Written by |
Jeremy Dyson Bert Tyler-Moore George Jeffrie Ben Cavey Pippa Brown Ali Crockatt Lucy Montgomery David Scott Seb Cardinal Dustin Demri-Burns |
Directed by | Jeremy Dyson |
Starring | Various |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 11+Pilot ( list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Saskia Schuster Ben Cavey Lucy Lumsden Sophie Clarke-Jervoise |
Producer | Pippa Brown |
Editor | Peter Hallworth |
Production company | Tiger Aspect Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Sky Arts |
Release | 21 June 2012 23 December 2014 | –
Psychobitches is a Sky Arts British sketch comedy show directed by Jeremy Dyson, in which famous women from history and fiction [1] seek help from a psychologist (played by Rebecca Front). [2]
Psychobitches was originally aired as a one-off pilot in 2012, as part of the Sky Arts Playhouse Presents self-contained TV plays. The pilot was originally aired on 21 June 2012 as episode 11 of series one of Playhouse Presents and lasted 30 minutes. [3]
After the successful pilot, a five-part series was released in 2013 during series two of Playhouse Presents (episodes 7, 9, 11, 13 and 14). [4]
Following the success of the first series, a full six-episode series was commissioned by Sky Arts as its own entity and was aired from 25 November 2014 with a double bill. [5]
Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
First aired | Last aired | |||
Pilot | 1 | 21 June 2012 | ||
1 | 5 | 30 May 2013 | 27 June 2013 | |
2 | 6 | 25 November 2014 | 23 December 2014 |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|
"Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson, Laurence Rickard, Simon Carlyle, Morwenna Banks, Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie | 21 June 2012 | |
Cast:
Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Catherine Tate as
Eva Braun and
Édith Piaf, Sharon Horgan as
Jane Austen and
Frida Kahlo, Katy Brand as
Joan of Arc and
George Eliot, Sheila Reid as
Mother Teresa, Sam Spiro as
Mary Whitehouse and
Judy Garland, Selina Griffiths as
Beatrix Potter, Andy Nyman as
Sarah, Abraham's wife and Kathy Burke as The Mona Lisa
[3] |
No. overall |
No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | "Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches Part One" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson, Simon Carlyle, Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie, Ali Crockatt, Pelham Levy, Lucy Montgomery, David Scott, Freddy Syborn, Holly Walsh | 30 May 2013 | |
Cast: Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Mark Gatiss as
Joan Crawford, Frances Barber as
Bette Davis, Llewella Gideon as
Rosa Parks, Samantha Spiro as
Audrey Hepburn, Julia Davis as
Sylvia Plath, Sharon D. Clarke as
Nina Simone, Katy Brand as
Emily Brontë, Selina Griffiths as
Charlotte Brontë, Sarah Solemani as
Anne Brontë, Sharon Horgan as
Eva Peron, Katy Brand as
Jacqueline du Pre, Sheila Reid as
Margot Fonteyn
[6] | ||||||
2 | 2 | "Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches Part Two" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson, Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie, Ali Crockatt, Lucy Montgomery, David Scott, Jessie Cave | 6 June 2013 | |
Cast: Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Selina Griffiths as
Beatrix Potter, Katy Brand as
Diana Dors, Samantha Spiro as
Marilyn Monroe, Frances Barber as
Doris Stokes, Samantha Spiro as
Mary, Mother of Jesus, Mathew Baynton as
Jesus, Sharon Horgan as
Virginia Woolf and
Cleopatra, Sharon D Clarke as
Bessie Smith, Steve Pemberton as
Dian Fossey and Julia Davis as
Enid Blyton
[7] | ||||||
3 | 3 | "Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches Part Three" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson, Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie, Ali Crockatt, Lucy Montgomery, David Scott, Holly Walsh, Julia Davis, Jamie Lennox, Louis Waymouth | 13 June 2013 | |
Cast: Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Samantha Spiro as
Liz Taylor, Selina Griffiths as
Amalia Freud, Joanna Scanlan as
Barbara Woodhouse, Reece Shearsmith as
Old Mother Shipton, Julia Davis as
Joy Adamson, Jack Whitehall as
Diana Spencer, Sharon Horgan as
Leni Riefenstahl, Selina Griffiths as
Marie Curie, Sharon Horgan as
Madame de Pompadour and Samantha Spiro as
Golda Meir
[8] | ||||||
4 | 4 | "Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches Part Four" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson, Ali Crockatt, David Scott, Freddy Syborn, Derren Litten | 20 June 2013 | |
Cast: Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Ted Robbins as
Emmeline Pankhurst, Samantha Spiro as
Barbara Castle, Julia Davis as
Helen of Troy, Michelle Gomez as
Mary, Queen of Scots, Tamsin Egerton as
Nancy Spungen, Sharon Horgan as
Eve, Julia Davis as
Helen Keller and Katy Brand as
Mary Shelley
[9] | ||||||
5 | 5 | "Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches Part Five" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson, Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie, Ali Crockatt, Lucy Montgomery, David Scott, Derren Litten, Kathy Burke | 27 June 2013 | |
Cast: Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Sharon Horgan as
Boudica, Samantha Spiro as
Jackie Kennedy, Julia Davis as
Mary Pickford,
Zawe Ashton as
Eartha Kitt, Kathy Burke as Mona Lisa, Sarah Solemani as
Anne Frank, Frances Barber as
Catherine the Great, Sheila Reid as
Betty Ford, Harry Enfield as
"Mrs." Alfred Hitchcock, Samantha Spiro as
Queen Victoria and Tom Stuart as
Prince Albert
[10] |
No. overall |
No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | 1 | "Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson, Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie, Ali Crockatt, David Scott, Holly Walsh, Kathy Burke, Seb Cardinal, Dustin Demri-Burns, Dafydd James, Ben Lewis, Dan Swimer | 25 November 2014 | |
Cast: Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Michelle Gomez as Mary Queen of Scots, Sharon Horgan as
Unity Mitford, Samantha Spiro as
Jessica Mitford,
Sophie Ellis-Bextor as
Nancy Mitford, Morgana Robinson as
Anna Nicole Smith, Selina Griffiths as
Marie Antoinette, Doon Mackichan as
Catherine Howard, Samantha Spiro as
Betty Knox, Seb Cardinal as
Jack Wilson, Dustin Demri-Burns as Joe Keppel, Seb Cardinal as
Janis Joplin, Kathy Burke as
The Queen Mother, Reece Shearsmith as
Princess Margaret, Frances Barber as
Elizabeth I, Sharon Horgan as
Tammy Wynette, Katy Brand as
Medusa, Michelle Gomez as
Margaret Thatcher and Morgana Robinson as Venus
[11] | ||||||
7 | 2 | "Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson, Ali Crockatt, Lucy Montgomery, David Scott, Seb Cardinal, Dustin Demri-Burns, Toby Davies | 25 November 2014 | |
Cast: Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Katy Brand as Emily Brontë, Selina Griffiths as Charlotte Brontë, Sarah Solemani as Anne Brontë, Morgana Robinson as Bo Peep, Sharon Horgan as
Anna Sewell, Seb Cardinal as
Anne Boleyn, Andy Nyman as
Henry VIII, Jeremy Dyson as
Branwell Brontë, Sharon Horgan as
Carmen Miranda, Samantha Spiro as
Katharine Hepburn, Liza Tarbuck as Miss Muffet, Jack Whitehall as Prince Charming, Sheridan Smith as Sleeping Beauty, Morgana Robinson as
Linda McCartney and Frances Barber as
St Catherine
[12] | ||||||
8 | 3 | "Psychobitches" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson, Ali Crockatt, Lucy Montgomery, David Scott, Toby Davies | 2 December 2014 | |
Cast: Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Mark Benton as Mrs Noah, Sharon Horgan as
Bonnie Parker, Pippa Brown as
Coco Chanel, Samantha Spiro as
Amelia Earhart, Selina Griffiths as
Amy Johnson, Sharon Horgan as
Grace Kelly, Michelle Gomez as
Ingrid Bergman, Samantha Spiro as
Janet Leigh and
Lucille Ball, Morgana Robinson as
Mary Magdalene, Frances Barber as Whistler's Mother, Tom Stuart as
Bob Hope and Martha Howe-Douglas as
Pocahontas
[13] | ||||||
9 | 4 | "Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson, Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie, Ali Crockatt, David Scott, Seb Cardinal, Dustin Demri-Burns, Toby Davies | 9 December 2014 | |
Cast: Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Selina Griffiths as Marie Antoinette, Samantha Spiro as
Barbara Stanwyck, Katy Brand as Gertrude Jekyll, Dustin Demri-Burns as Lady Godiva, Sharon Horgan as
Lucrezia Borgia, Zawe Ashton as
Nefertiti, Dustin Demri-Burns as Pandora, Sharon Horgan as PL Travers, Johnny Vegas as Salome, Frances Barber as
Thora Hird, Michelle Gomez as
Wallis Simpson
[14] | ||||||
10 | 5 | "Psychobitches" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson, Ali Crockatt, David Scott, Dafydd James, Ben Lewis, Jeremy Front, John Kearns | 16 December 2014 | |
Cast: Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Sheila Reid as Mother Teresa, Katy Brand as Medusa, Doon Mackichan as Delilah, Miranda Richardson as Enid Blyton, Michelle Gomez as
Florence Nightingale, Katy Brand as
Georgia O'Keeffe and
Isadora Duncan, Frances Barber as Josephine Joseph, Jack Whitehall as
Maria von Trapp, Selina Griffiths as Marie Stopes and Dustin Demri-Burns as
Nora Ephron
[15] | ||||||
11 | 6 | "Psychobitches" | Jeremy Dyson | Jeremy Dyson | 23 December 2014 | |
Cast: Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Kevin Eldon as Witch of Endor, Morgana Robinson as
Daphne du Maurier, Frances Barber as
Barbara Cartland, Seb Cardinal as
Fanny Cradock, Samantha Spiro as
Gracie Fields, Meera Syal as
Hera, Michelle Gomez as
Hildegard von Bingen, Sharon Horgan as
Simone de Beauvoir, Doon Mackichan as the
Statue of Liberty, Dustin Demri-Burns as Stygian witch Alarm, Liza Tarbuck as Stygian witch Dread, Seb Cardinal as Stygian witch Horror, Marc Wootton as the goddess Kali, Mathew Baynton as
the Witch of Wookey Hole and Richard E. Grant as Witchfinder General
Matthew Hopkins
[16] |