Steve Bendelack

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Steve Bendelack

Steve Bendelack is a British film and television director, who has worked primarily on a range of highly-acclaimed comedy programmes. Originally an assistant to Peter Fluck and Roger Law on satirical TV puppet show Spitting Image, he went on to direct the show in later years. He also directed The Mary Whitehouse Experience, The Royle Family, The League of Gentlemen, Dark Ages, Randall and Hopkirk…

Known For

Mr. Bean's HolidayMr. Bean's Holiday · 2007
Mr. Bean's Holiday
6.42007
MovieFamilyComedy
Mr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two reunite. On the way he discovers France, bicycling and true love, among other things.
The Harry Hill MovieThe Harry Hill Movie · 2013
The Harry Hill Movie
4.72013
MovieComedyAdventure
Harry Hill embarks on a road trip to Blackpool with his Nan when he discovers that his hamster only has one week to live.
The League of Gentlemen's ApocalypseThe League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse · 2005
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
6.22005
MovieHorrorComedy
The fictional world of Royston Vasey is facing apocalypse and the only way to avert disaster is for our nightmarish cast of characters to find a way into the real world and confront their creators. From present day Soho to the fictional film world of 17th Century Britain, the residents must overcome countless bizarre obstacles in their bid to return Royston Vasey to safety.
Spitting Image: Election Special '92Spitting Image: Election Special '92 · 1992
Spitting Image: Election Special '92
1992
MovieComedy
The classic election special from 1992. Will the grey man or the windbag be the one to ruin Britain?
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury LaneThe League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane · 2001
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
7.82001
MovieComedy
The award-winning Black Comedy series takes to the stage of London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Lee and Herring LiveLee and Herring Live · 1996
Lee and Herring Live
6.91996
MovieComedy
TV Comedy from radio award-winning writers Stewart Lee and Richard Herring.
We're Doomed! The Dad's Army StoryWe're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story · 2015
We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story
6.52015
MovieComedyTV Movie
Comedy drama about the beginnings of Jimmy Perry and David Croft's writing partnership and their struggles to get Dad's Army on the screen in 1968.
Frank Skinner - LiveFrank Skinner - Live · 1992
Frank Skinner - Live
10.01992
Movie
Frank Skinner made his television debut in 1988. After five minutes of stand-up which had the studio in fits, the station received 131 calls from outraged viewers including a cabinet minister and the head of a major airline. Frank never looked back. Here he is, live and uncensored, performing the act that won him the 1991 Perrier Award for Comedy.

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Comedy LabComedy Lab · 1998
Comedy Lab
7.51998
SeriesComedy
Comedy Lab is a British television series which showcases pilots of experimental comedy shows. Series have been aired irregularly on Channel 4 and E4 since 1998. Several pilots first shown on Comedy Lab have gone on to spawn full series, most notably Trigger Happy TV, Fonejacker, That Peter Kay Thing, Meet the Magoons and FM. It also gave Jimmy Carr his first television appearance in Jimmy Carr's World of…Corporate Videos. The 2001 series features the episodes Knife and Wife, Orcadia, Daydream Believers: Brand New Beamer and Jimmy Carr's World of…Corporate Videos featuring Jimmy Carr. The 2008 series features the episodes Headwreckers, Mr and Mrs Fandango, Olivia Lee's Naughty Bits, Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool, Pappy's Fun Club, School of Comedy and Slaterwood. 2010's shows are iCandy, Happy Finish, Penelope Princess of Pets, Jack Whitehall Secret Census, Filth, Moviemash and Hung Out. The 2011 lineup includes: Anna & Katy, Totally Tom and Rick and Peter.

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Fist of FunFist of Fun · 1995
Fist of Fun
7.01995
SeriesComedy
Fist of Fun was a British comedy television and radio programme, written by and starring Lee and Herring. A lot of the show's comic material was adapted from Lee and Herring's radio programme Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World. Each episode of Fist of Fun featured several disparate sketches and situations. Fist of Fun began as a BBC Radio 1 series in 1993, before becoming commissioned as a television series on BBC Two in early 1995. It was broadcast at 9pm on Tuesday nights, and was successful, but not a major ratings-winner. The second series was aired on Friday nights, and although its ratings were relatively good, the show suffered from a lack of preparation and poor promotion. The show was not given a third series, and Lee and Herring went on to write This Morning with Richard Not Judy, for BBC Two. Many other comedians who appeared in the series went on to fame themselves, including Kevin Eldon, Peter Baynham, Ronni Ancona, Alistair McGowan, Al Murray, John Thomson, Rebecca Front, Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, Ben Moor and Sally Phillips.

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