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School of Comedy is a British character-based comedy sketch show which was turned into a television show after a successful run of review shows at the Edinburgh festival. The cast is entirely made up of children much like in the popular musical Bugsy Malone which creator Laura Lawson often references to in interviews about the show. The show comprises sketches involving a very diverse group of characters; from a lesbian couple in 1940s war-time Britain, to a pair of South-African security guards. The show is unique from other comedy sketch shows because even though the show's content is mature enough to need to be shown after the watershed, the roles are all played by teenage children of ages 11 – 15. The show ran for two series' on E4 from 1 October 2009 to 18 October 2010. The show has been credited with starting the careers of both Will Poulter and Jack Harries. Poulter has gone on to star in films such as Son of Rambow, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and We're the Millers, while Harries has gone on to start a YouTube channel named "JacksGap", which currently has over 2 million subscribers and has made Harries both well-known and popular on the internet.

Date: 10/01/2009
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Will Poulter, Beth Rylance, Jack Harries, Evie Henderson, Max Brown, Ella Ainsworth, Lilly Ainsworth, Phoebe Abbott, Hector McCormick, Charlie Wernham, Olivia Archer-Deakin, Joseph Taylor, Grace Vance

Will Poulter as  in School of Comedy Will Poulter

Beth Rylance as  in School of Comedy Beth Rylance

Jack Harries as  in School of Comedy Jack Harries

Evie Henderson

Max Brown

Ella Ainsworth as  in School of Comedy Ella Ainsworth

Lilly Ainsworth

Phoebe Abbott

Hector McCormick

Charlie Wernham as Taxi Driver in School of Comedy Charlie Wernham

Olivia Archer-Deakin

Joseph Taylor

Grace Vance