Copy Cats (TV series)

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Copy Cats
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes20
Production
Running time30 mins
Production company LWT
Original release
Network ITV
Release30 November 1985 (1985-11-30) 
5 December 1987 (1987-12-05)

Copy Cats was a British television comedy impressions sketch programme produced by LWT for ITV from 30 November 1985 to 5 December 1987. It was a revival of the quickfire sketch format of 1970s show Who Do You Do? and featured Aiden J. Harvey and Johnny More who were stars of the earlier show. [1]

Contents

Series 1

Series 2

Series 3

Series overview

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References

  1. Lewisohn, Mark (1998). Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy. BBC Books. p. 816. ISBN   978-0-563-36977-6.