Funny Business (1996) (a Guest Stars & Air Dates Guide)

Funny Business (1996)

(a Guest Stars & Air Dates Guide)

Last updated: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:00

Show Details:

Start date: Jan 1996
End date: Dec 1997
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): ITV (UK)
Run time: 30 min
Episodes: 86 eps
Genre(s): comedy, misc

Credits:

Iain Coyle as Himself (1997)
Jo Jo Smith as Herself (1996-1997)

Down to Latest Season

Episode list & details:

                            Original
  Episode #     Prod #      Air Date   Guests
_____ ______ ___________  ___________ ___________________________________________

1st Series 1996

  1.   1- 1                 6 Jan 96   
  2.   1- 2                13 Jan 96   Craig Charles
  3.   1- 3                20 Jan 96   Jenny Eclair
  4.   1- 4                27 Jan 96   Lee Evans, Ralph Brown
  5.   1- 5                 3 Feb 96   Spitting Image, Leicester Comedy Festival
  6.   1- 6                10 Feb 96   Stewart Lee, Richard Herring, Mark Thomas
  7.   1- 7                17 Feb 96   Paul Whitehouse
  8.   1- 8                24 Feb 96   Edwyn Collins, Charlie Chuck
  9.   1- 9                 2 Mar 96   Charlie Chuck
 10.   1-10                 9 Mar 96   Dennis Pennis, Donna MacPhail
 11.   1-11                16 Mar 96   Nick Hancock
 12.   1-12                23 Mar 96   Jimmy Jones
 13.   1-13                30 Mar 96   Mark Steel
 14.   1-14                 6 Apr 96   Lee Evans
 15.   1-15                13 Apr 96   Alan Davies
 16.   1-16                20 Apr 96   Stan Boardman, Bernard Manning
 17.   1-17                27 Apr 96   Caroline Hook
 18.   1-18                 4 May 96   Jenny Eclair, Jeff Green
 19.   1-19                11 May 96   Craig Charles, John Thomson
 20.   1-20                18 May 96   Victoria Wood
 21.   1-21                25 May 96   Victoria Wood, Bernard Manning, Caroline Hook
 22.   1-22                 1 Jun 96   Rich Hall
 23.   1-23                29 Jun 96   Fenella Fielding, Jack Douglas
 24.   1-24                 6 Jul 96   (compilation)
 25.   1-25                13 Jul 96   (compilation)

2nd Series 1996

 26.   2- 1                31 Aug 96   at Edinburgh
 27.   2- 2                 7 Sep 96   
 28.   2- 3                14 Sep 96   Malcolm Hardee
 29.   2- 4                21 Sep 96   Game On cast, Rhona Cameron
 30.   2- 5                28 Sep 96   Game On cast, Shooting Stars cast
 31.   2- 6                 5 Oct 96   David Baddiel, Jenny Eclair
 32.   2- 7                12 Oct 96   Harry Hill, John Shuttleworth
 33.   2- 8                19 Oct 96   Lee Hurst
 34.   2- 9                26 Oct 96   Ann Bryson, Sara Crowe, Jeff Green
 35.   2-10                 2 Nov 96   Lee Evans, Stewart Lee, Richard Herring
 36.   2-11                 9 Nov 96   Ardal O'Hanlon, Shooting Stars cast
 37.   2-12                16 Nov 96   John Sparks, The Cheese Shop
 38.   2-13                23 Nov 96   Brian Conley, Craig Charles
 39.   2-14                30 Nov 96   Craig Charles
 40.   2-15                 7 Dec 96   Dennis Pennis, Adam Buxton, Joe Cornish
 41.   2-16                14 Dec 96   
 42.   2-17                21 Dec 96   The Fast Show cast, Bob Downe
 43.   2-18                28 Dec 96   Brian Conley, Shooting Stars cast
 44.   2-19                 9 Jan 97   
 45.   2-20                16 Jan 97   The Fast Show cast
 46.   2-21                23 Jan 97   Al Murray, Gerard Foster
 47.   2-22                30 Jan 97   Alexander Armstrong, Ben Miller, Parsons & Naylor
 48.   2-23                 6 Feb 97   Danny John-Jules, Bill Bailey
 49.   2-24                13 Feb 97   Norman Lovett, Christopher Biggins
 50.   2-25                20 Feb 97   John Lenehan, Comic Relief cast
 51.   2-26                27 Feb 97   Sean Cullen, Danny John-Jules
 52.   2-27                 6 Mar 97   Philip Pope, Rory McGrath, Jerry Sadowitz
 53.   2-28                13 Mar 97   Steven Moffat, John Moloney
 54.   2-29                20 Mar 97   Simon Day, Richard Braine
 55.   2-30                27 Mar 97   John Inman, Johnny Vaughan, Mark Heap
 56.   2-31                 3 Apr 97   Vicky Michelle, John Inman
 57.   2-32                10 Apr 97   Richard Morton, Vicky Michelle
 58.   2-33                17 Apr 97   Phil Kaye
 59.   2-34                24 Apr 97   Lee Mack, Phil Kaye
 60.   2-35                 8 May 97   Jack Dee, The League of Gentlemen
 61.   2-36                15 May 97   Mandy Knight, Martin Trenaman, Kevin Gildea
 62.   2-37                22 May 97   Jack Dee, Harry Hill, Andy Fox
 63.   2-38                29 May 97   Lenny Beige, Mandy Knight
 64.   2-39                 5 Jun 97   Jenny Eclair, Hattie Hayridge, Mike Sellers
 65.   2-40                12 Jun 97   Brenda Gilhooly, Billy Pearce
 66.   2-41                19 Jun 97   Bill Oddie, John Shuttleworth, Kevin Gildea
 67.   2-42                26 Jun 97   Frank Carson, John Inman, The Grumbleweeds, Syd Little
 68.   2-43                 3 Jul 97   John Shuttleworth, Lee Mack, Brendan Riley
 69.   2-44                10 Jul 97   Smug Roberts, Bernard Manning, Jonathan Margolis, Trev & Simon, Agraman, Selwyn Abberley, Lucy Porter
 70.   2-45                17 Jul 97   Ted Robbins, Kate Robbins, George Formby, Paul Tonkinson, Peter Kay
 71.   2-46                24 Jul 97   Stan Boardman, Terry Titter, Ken Dodd, Neil Anthony, Kevin Clarke, Mark Backland, R. David
 72.   2-47                31 Jul 97   Jim Bowen, Alex Boadrman, Les Dawson, David Graham, Henry Normal, Ray Marino
 73.   2-48                 7 Aug 97   Jeff Green, Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Fred Macaulay, Rich Hall, Mark Little, Jack Dee, Lenny Beige, Jo Enright, Rodney Bewes, Parsons & Naylor

3rd Series 1997

 74.   3- 1                 4 Oct 97   Reeves & Mortimer, Junior Simpson
 75.   3- 2                11 Oct 97   Lee Hurst, Donna McPhail, Sean Hughes
 76.   3- 3                18 Oct 97   Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Joe Pasquale
 77.   3- 4                25 Oct 97   Candy Guard, James Martin Charlton, Nicola Duffett, Charlie Cheese
 78.   3- 5                 1 Nov 97   Jack Dee, Donna McPhail, Reeves & Mortimer, Rhys Thomas, Arj Barker
 79.   3- 6                 8 Nov 97   Ardal O'Hanlon, Lee Hurst, Christian Knowles, Rebecca Singh, Omid Djalili
 80.   3- 7                15 Nov 97   Arabella Weir, Mark Lamarr
 81.   3- 8                22 Nov 97   Paul Kaye, Alexander Armstrong, Ben Miller, Greg Proops
 82.   3- 9                29 Nov 97   Warren Mitchell, Jean Fergusson
 83.   3-10                 4 Dec 97   Jonathan Katz, Mark Lamarr, Dave Thompson
 84.   3-11                11 Dec 97   Alistair McGowan, Adam Buxton, Joe Cornish
 85.   3-12                18 Dec 97   Simon Day, Julian Barratt
 86.   3-13                23 Dec 97   best of 1997

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