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The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson
Genre	Comedy, satire
Format	Sketch show
Directed by	Angie de Chastelai Smith
Starring	Jon Culshaw Debra Stephenson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	8
Production
Producer(s)	Richard Webb
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One
Original run	31 October 2009 (2009-10-31) – present
External links
Official website

The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson is a British comedy sketch show which stars impressionists Jon Culshaw and Debra Stephenson, as well as Thomas Nelstrop. The series has 23 impressions, including Anne Robinson, Ricky Gervais and Gene Hunt.^{[citation needed]}

Characters

This is not the complete list but a list of the most common celebrities parodied in the show.

Major characters

• The One Show – Culshaw as Adrian Chiles and Stephenson as Christine Bleakley. The duo usually open the show and state many bizarre and inhumane events of the week in the format of the real show. The scene usually ends with Adrian saying "But first this..." which opens up the other sketches. The scene is however repeated two or three times throughout the show

• Ross Kemp on Gangs – A sketch usually featured at the end of the show which begins with Kemp (portrayed by Culshaw), describing a gang he is about to encounter. Unlike the real show, he is usually referring to groups of people with no aggressive tone whatsoever e.g. The Famous Five. He usually scarpers from the groups within thirty seconds of meeting them whilst saying "I could see things were about to kick off; so I got out of there!" however he then returns to these innocent groups a few "days" later and they have the same impact once again.

• Ray Mears' Survival Guide - A show featuring Ray Mears who intensely discovers and describes new foods he can eat whilst surviving in the jungle. He then shows two pieces of food which are similar although one is poisonous and one is not-he often confuses them and ends up eating the poisonous before the cameraman is able to warn him

• Autumnwatch – A parody of a show with the same name. The show features Stephenson as Kate Humble the regular presenter and a brand new one, the unlikely: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall who always seems to ruin Humble's perfect introduction and presentation of the show.

• Davina McCall and Claudia Winkleman – Two British hosts who regularly bump into each other on different occasions and embark in different activities which involves having a choice between two things to do. In the excitement of having a choice both of them pass out in an long series of heavy enthusiastic breathing.

• Michael McIntyre – A British stand up comedian who is portrayed by Culshaw as a very quick talking and witty person who first appeared in his house being visited by a sound inspector after noticing there was a strange noise in his house which turned out to be his own voice. He appears for around ten seconds throughout the show in the format of Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow but instead the backdrop reads "ME" and he drones on about different topics making a joke.

• Bad Jobs for Celebrities – This sketch features various celebrities taking the role of a profession which is the complete opposite of what they should like and plays to their personality e.g. Brian Blessed as a librarian or Anne Robinson as a police negotiator.

• Vernon & Tess' Summer Holiday – When Kay and Daly intend to have a peaceful holiday in Cleethorpes together they are rudely disrupted by Bruce Forsyth who insists on coming with and ruins everything for Vernon, whilst constantly mispronunciating his name.

• Jonathan Ross: Reads the Great Speeches – A sketch where Culshaw portraying Ross reads the great speeches in front of a live audience and constantly interferes the words with events of his own life.

• Where does David Cameron go at Night? – A sketch with Culshaw portraying Cameron who is seen floating around the night sky.

• Antiques Roadshow – A parody of a show with the same name with Stephenson as Fiona Bruce who silently watches around the sale for any particularly expensive items and then attempts at any means to steal it and run.

• The Minogue's House – A sketch in which Dannii and Kylie Minogue are paid a visit by their fictional sister Daggi who insists on staying and demands a part on The X Factor and to share the same lifestyle as her siblings which they politely refuse her.

• DCI Gene Hunt – A sketch which involves Ashes to Ashes character Gene Hunt going to other TV shows in order to solve a crime, and leaving with a female character.

Minor characters

• Don't Get Dom, Get Done – A parody of a show with the complete opposite name. The sketch centres Littlewood who confronts various business deals for ridiculous prices for instance his own business contract which was initially £100,000 which he lowered to £1 and a cheap pen.

Episodes

References

External links

• The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson at BBC Programmes
• The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson at the Internet Movie Database
• The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson at the British Comedy Guide