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Hale and Pace

  • TV Series
  • 1986–1998
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
569
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Gareth Hale and Norman Pace in Hale and Pace (1986)
Comedy

Hale and Pace is a sketch-based British comedy show. The terms "Good Taste" and "Politically Correct" are obviously totally unknown to the writers.Hale and Pace is a sketch-based British comedy show. The terms "Good Taste" and "Politically Correct" are obviously totally unknown to the writers.Hale and Pace is a sketch-based British comedy show. The terms "Good Taste" and "Politically Correct" are obviously totally unknown to the writers.

  • Stars
    • Gareth Hale
    • Norman Pace
    • Melanie Kilburn
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    569
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    • Stars
      • Gareth Hale
      • Norman Pace
      • Melanie Kilburn
    • 9User reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Gareth Hale
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    Norman Pace
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    Melanie Kilburn
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    Ron Webster
    Andy Linden
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    Ainsley Harriott
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    Paula Tinker
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    Tracy Brabin
    Sheila Grier
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    Phil Croft
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    • Trivia
      A number of their sketches caused controversy, especially the sketch in which they pretended to have microwaved a cat. This clip got them onto the top 50 on "50 most shocking comedy moments" and they believe that the sketch gave them the notoriety that kept them in work all the successive series.
    • Connections
      Alternate-language version of MM - Mensch Markus (2002)

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    Best comedy sketches I've ever seen!
    These TV shows were shown on TV in Iceland probably around the same time as they were running in the UK. Sadly it was on a channel that I didn't have access to but I managed to record a few of their episodes. Now these recordings are the gems of my VHS collection and when my VCR tore one of them about two years ago, I decided it was time to somehow put them all in digital format. I was not going to lose another tape like that.

    I don't agree with Steve that they only "had their moments". It's true that each season was slightly different. Their humour became slightly darker but they always mixed in enough of their old style jokes. And the way they built up a series of jokes that might span not just one episode but a few, I thought was brilliant.

    About a year ago, I set out on a quest to try and find this material on the internet and was able to get a hold of a few tapes on the Amazon Market. But it was not without disappointments and not cheap! From one vendor (Nick March, Deleted UK Videos) I got two covers containing the same tape! I sent him an e-mail to which he never replied.

    I even tried contacting the BBC but got the information that they didn't have any plans of releasing these shows. I asked if I could possibly get in touch with them personally but never got a reply.

    Anyway, I truly hope these shows will be released, not just as a one "Best of" DVD but in it's entirety. I will be the first one to buy the whole thing!
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    • Release date
      • December 20, 1986 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hale y Pace
    • Production company
      • London Weekend Television (LWT)
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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