Anna & Katy

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Anna & Katy
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Genre Comedy, sketch show, satire
Created by Anna Crilly
Katy Wix
Written byAnna Crilly
Katy Wix
Paul Doolan
Jamie Demetriou
Joe Wilkinson
Laurence Rickard
Fergus Craig
Chris Grady
David McNeill
Natasia Demetriou
Dale Shaw
William Andrews
Tom Golding
Holly Walsh
Phoebe Walsh
Steve Morrison
Directed byEd Bye
StarringAnna Crilly
Katy Wix
With an ensemble of
William Andrews
Laurence Rickard
Tom Bell
Fergus Craig
Sophie Black
Alex Lowe
Jamie Demetriou
Jonny Sweet
Joe Wilkinson
Opening theme"I Love You Ono" by Stereo Total
ComposerRobert Wix
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes7 (pilot + 1 series)
Production
Executive producerAsh Atalla
ProducerJon Petrie
EditorAdam Windmill
Running time23 minutes
Release
Original network Channel 4
Original release2 September 2011 (2011-09-02) (pilot)
6 March 2013 (2013-03-06) 
10 April 2013 (2013-04-10) (series)

Anna & Katy is a British comedy sketch show, beginning on Channel 4 on 6 March 2013 following a pilot edition as part of the Comedy Lab series in 2011. It featured regular comedy partners Anna Crilly and Katy Wix, with regular guests including Lee Mack, whose sitcom Not Going Out Wix also starred in at the time.

Contents

Regular sketches

Reception

Emma Gosnell of The Daily Telegraph described the show as "a lot of fun" and described Wix and Crilly as "undoubtedly brilliant mimics", but added "However, some skits were simply absurd". [1] Julie Raeside of The Guardian dismissed comparisons between the duo and French and Saunders, suggesting that "If Anna and Katy have to be "the new" anything... it really should be Reeves and Mortimer". [2]

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References

  1. Gosnell, Emma (6 March 2013). "The Telegraph, 6th March 2013". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  2. Raeside, Julia (1 March 2013). "The Guardian". London.