Man Stroke Woman

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Man Stroke Woman
Starring Nick Frost
Amanda Abbington
Ben Crompton
Daisy Haggard
Meredith MacNeill
Nicholas Burns
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12
Production
Running time30 mins
Original release
Network BBC Three
Release20 November 2005 (2005-11-20) 
1 March 2007 (2007-03-01)

Man Stroke Woman is a British television comedy sketch show directed by Richard Cantor and produced by Ash Atalla and starring Amanda Abbington, Ben Crompton, Daisy Haggard, Meredith MacNeill, Nicholas Burns and Nick Frost. In addition to being broadcast on digital channel BBC Three in the United Kingdom, all the episodes were available for streaming from the BBC website. Series 2 started in January 2007 and is also available for streaming from the BBC website. All episodes are on the streaming network PlutoTV. There is no studio audience or laugh track.

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Series One

Series Two

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