Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
GenreComedy talk show
Presented byAlan Davies
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series7
No. of episodes66
Production
ProducerDave Skinner
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Original release
NetworkDave
Release16 June 2014 (2014-06-16) –
present

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled is a British television programme that was first broadcast on Dave and hosted by comedian Alan Davies. In each episode Davies holds an unscripted roundtable discussion with four guests. The guests include stand-up comedians, comedy writers and other well-known figures in the entertainment industry. Each episode begins untitled, hence the series name, but a title is chosen at the conclusion of the episode, often a full or paraphrased quote from one of the guest's anecdotes.

As Yet Untitled, recorded in Riverside Studios,[1] began airing with a five-episode series plus a compilation episode in June 2014.[2] The show returned in January 2015, recorded in The Hospital Club,[1] for a ten-part second series with another compilation episode.[3] A third series containing ten episodes began in November 2015, alongside both a compilation episode and Christmas special.[4] The fourth series of ten episodes aired in June 2016. The fifth series, lasting eight episodes, started in February 2017. The sixth series of ten episodes was recorded in The Roundhouse[1][5] and aired from July 2021.[6] After another brief break, a seventh series was recorded late in 2022 in the Grand Hall[7] at the Battersea Arts Centre,[1] and started airing in March 2023.[8]

Episode list

Series 1 (2014)

No. # Original air date Guests Title chosen
1 1 16 June 2014 (2014-06-16) Noel Fielding, Jon Ronson, Andrew Maxwell and Kerry Godliman Cupped By A Shammy (Chamois) Hand
2 2 17 June 2014 (2014-06-17) Jason Byrne, Richard Herring, Phill Jupitus and Jessica Hynes Sex is Fun
3 3 18 June 2014 (2014-06-18) Bob Mortimer, John Robins, Marcus Brigstocke and Katherine Ryan The Bringer of Spiders
4 4 19 June 2014 (2014-06-19) Bill Bailey, Kevin Eldon, Isy Suttie and Craig Campbell Until I'm Married or You're Dead
5 5 20 June 2014 (2014-06-20) Ross Noble, Liza Tarbuck, Colin Lane and Josie Long Jarvis Cocker's Britpop Herd
29 6 15 March 2016 (2016-03-15) Compilation episode – "The Unseen Bits of Series 1"[9] Were you on the South Bank show last night?

Series 2 (2015)

A ten-part second series was filmed and broadcast in 2015 on Dave.[10]

No. # Original air date Guests[10] Title chosen[10]
6 1 6 January 2015 (2015-01-06) Tommy Tiernan, Jimmy Carr, Seann Walsh and Holly Walsh Simple people eating complex carbohydrates
7 2 13 January 2015 (2015-01-13) Ben Miller, Lizzie Roper, Patrick Kielty and Felicity Ward The pig knows you're frightened
8 3 20 January 2015 (2015-01-20) Stephen Mangan, Sarah Millican, Zoe Lyons and Hal Cruttenden Two lesbians pissed on by bats
9 4 27 January 2015 (2015-01-27) David Baddiel, Sharon Horgan, James Brown and Nish Kumar A British Asian comedian can no longer afford to buy a house because of James Brown
10 5 3 February 2015 (2015-02-03) Jo Brand, James Acaster, Sara Pascoe and Ricky Tomlinson Thwarted sex pests
11 6 10 February 2015 (2015-02-10) Angela Barnes, Michael Ball, Ross Noble and Janet Street-Porter Countryfile
12 7 17 February 2015 (2015-02-17) Grace Dent, David O'Doherty, Sean Kelly and Johnny Vegas You Can Face Time or You Can Face This
13 8 24 February 2015 (2015-02-24) Matthew Crosby, Julian Clary, Shappi Khorsandi and Jack Dee My father's would-be assassins
14 9 3 March 2015 (2015-03-03) Ardal O'Hanlon, Roisin Conaty, Rob Delaney and Elis James Hello can I have a bath
15 10 10 March 2015 (2015-03-10) Germaine Greer, Lucy Beaumont, Jonathan Ross and Tom Wrigglesworth The land of happy donkeys
16 11 17 March 2015 (2015-03-17) Compilation episode – "The Unseen Bits of Series 2" The lips and arseholes of Alan Davies

Series 3 (2015–16)

A ten-part third series (plus Christmas special) was broadcast on Dave.[11]

No. # Original air date Guests[11] Title chosen[11]
17 1 3 November 2015 (2015-11-03) Katherine Jakeways, Lee Mack, Nick Helm and Olivia Lee I've Been Fingered By Captain Kirk
18 2 10 November 2015 (2015-11-10) Matt Lucas, John Thomson, Sarah Kendall and Stuart Goldsmith Thirty-Five Quid for This
19 3 17 November 2015 (2015-11-17) Aisling Bea, Jim Moir, Justin Moorhouse and Jo Enright I'm Locked In With A Ham and I'm Not Coming Out
20 4 24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) John Robins, Russell Howard, Reece Shearsmith and Tiffany Stevenson It Must Have Been Big To Serve A Lot of People
21 5 1 December 2015 (2015-12-01) Bill Bailey, Diane Morgan, Steve Pemberton and Romesh Ranganathan THAT IS A LIE
22 - 23 December 2015 (2015-12-23) Christmas special
Richard Coles, Jo Joyner, Joe Lycett and Jason Manford 		Salmon Mousse and Bullshit
23 6 2 February 2016 (2016-02-02) Bob Mortimer, Russell Kane, Lucy Montgomery and Miles Jupp Watch Out, Wanky Bill's About
24 7 9 February 2016 (2016-02-09) Jo Brand, Chris Martin, Tommy Tiernan and Alun Cochrane Loose Men with Chris Martin
25 8 16 February 2016 (2016-02-16) Phill Jupitus, Stuart Maconie, Pippa Evans and Carl Donnelly No Smiling, No Laughing
26 9 23 February 2016 (2016-02-23) Jason Byrne, Denise Van Outen, Josh Widdicombe and Alice Levine And Then He Deftly Grabbed My Cervix
27 10 1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) Charlie Higson, Sally Phillips, Johnny Vaughan and Ellie Taylor Jokes About James Joyce and Ballet
28 11 8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) Compilation episode – "The Unseen Bits of Series 3" Nigel Farage

Series 4 (2016)

A ten-part fourth series was filmed during February–March 2016.[12] and was broadcast on consecutive nights from 11 June 2016.[13]

No. # Original air date Guests Title chosen[14]
30 1 11 June 2016 (2016-06-11) Stephen Fry, Sandi Toksvig, Sara Pascoe and Alex Edelman I Don't Know If It Was the Embarrassment or the Narcotics, But I Have a Nose Bleed
31 2 12 June 2016 (2016-06-12) Catherine Tate, Milton Jones, Bryony Kimmings and Ainsley Harriott A Clacker Free Zone
32 3 13 June 2016 (2016-06-13) Lou Sanders, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson and Harry Shearer A Penis Poking Through the Window
33 4 14 June 2016 (2016-06-14) David Mitchell, Liza Tarbuck, Dane Baptiste and Lolly Adefope Hitler & Jingle
34 5 15 June 2016 (2016-06-15) Jon Richardson, Mark Olver, Jenny Eclair and Alexei Sayle Just Pop a Knife Near Your Penis
35 6 16 June 2016 (2016-06-16) Al Murray, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Luisa Omielan and Rob Beckett Jaffa Cake Nipples
36 7 17 June 2016 (2016-06-17) Stephen K. Amos, Josh Howie, Bridget Christie and Eddie Izzard Just the Moon and My Mum's Tits
37 8 18 June 2016 (2016-06-18) Jessica Hynes, Wes Borg, Deirdre O'Kane and Chris Addison Carnal Happy Fun Times
38 9 19 June 2016 (2016-06-19) Mark Watson, Katy Wix, Karen Taylor and Jim Moir Do I Know Him? I Shagged Him!
39 10 20 June 2016 (2016-06-20) Omid Djalili, Alex Horne, Shaun Ryder and Kathy Burke Cream Cakes and Pernod

Series 5 (2017)

An eight-part fifth series was broadcast from February to April 2017.[15]

No. # Original air date Guests Title chosen[16]
40 1 21 February 2017 (2017-02-21) Jimmy Carr, Reginald D. Hunter, Alice Levine and Davina McCall Captain Kirk and William Shatner Are Two Different People
41 2 28 February 2017 (2017-02-28) Bob Mortimer, Lizzie Roper, Tom Rosenthal and Gemma Whelan They Burnt My Arse with a Chicken
42 3 7 March 2017 (2017-03-07) Patrick Kielty, Joe Lycett, Katherine Ryan and Annie Siddons Free Pussy
43 4 14 March 2017 (2017-03-14) Melanie C, Jessica Knappett, Jamali Maddix and Ardal O'Hanlon Frank Bruno was the Original Bus Driver
44 5 21 March 2017 (2017-03-21) David Baddiel, Beattie Edmondson, Elis James and Sindhu Vee The Poxed Puppies of Leprous Bitches
45 6 28 March 2017 (2017-03-28) Katy Brand, Jack Dee, Ian Stone and Lou Sanders Half of My Special Rose
46 7 4 April 2017 (2017-04-04) Gemma Cairney, Dave Johns, Lucy Porter and Reece Shearsmith My Breasts Are At War
47 8 11 April 2017 (2017-04-11) Sanjeev Bhaskar, Susan Calman, Ivo Graham and Sophie Willan Roll Your Trousers Up and Do A Krankie

Series 6 (2021)

A ten-part sixth series started broadcasting in July 2021.[17]

No. # Original air date Guests Title chosen
48 1 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) Darren Harriott, Sarah Keyworth, Angela Scanlon and Dara Ó Briain Chin Chin Bitches
49 2 3 August 2021 (2021-08-03) Helen Bauer, Rachel Fairburn, Phil Wang and Harry Hill Go Ahead, Motorboat Me
50 3 10 August 2021 (2021-08-10) Laura Smyth, Tez Ilyas, Sara Pascoe and Adrian Edmondson Full Arse in the Bin
51 4 17 August 2021 (2021-08-17) Catherine Bohart, Chris McCausland, Thanyia Moore and Joe Lycett Powerful Exposed Lips
52 5 24 August 2021 (2021-08-24) Lee Mack, Grace Campbell, Sara Barron and Babatunde Aléshé I Scribbled On the Other Breast
53 6 31 August 2021 (2021-08-31) Toussaint Douglass, Desiree Burch, Jason Manford and Suzi Ruffell My Vagina Smells of Sausages
54 7 7 September 2021 (2021-09-07) Joel Dommett, Rosie Jones, John Kearns and Sophie Duker Very Loud and Very Rude
55 8 14 September 2021 (2021-09-14) Nina Conti, Morgana Robinson, Bill Bailey and Munya Chawawa Don't Do A Punchline When I'm Swallowing
56 9 21 September 2021 (2021-09-21) Andy Field, Lou Sanders, Guz Khan and Geoff Lloyd The Accuracy of a Pigeon
57 10 28 September 2021 (2021-09-28) Richard Ayoade, Harriet Kemsley, Joanne McNally and Jonny Pelham A Hundred Quid, Nothing, Nothing, Vibrator

Series 7 (2023)

No. # Original air date Guests Title chosen[18]
58 1 14 March 2023 (2023-03-14) Lara Ricote, Jamali Maddix, Josh Jones, and Sue Perkins Magaluf And A Busy Nose
59 2 21 March 2023 (2023-03-21) Jason Byrne, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Helen Bauer, and Alex Jones You'll Knock the Park Out of the Ball
60 3 28 March 2023 (2023-03-28) Stephen Mangan, Isy Suttie, Jordan Gray, and Seann Walsh Well, Well, Well, We Seem to Have Caught Ourselves a Twat
61 4 4 April 2023 (2023-04-04) Patrick Kielty, Jessica Hynes, Amy Gledhill, and Emmanuel Sonubi Français Champignons
62 5 11 April 2023 (2023-04-11) Russell Kane, London Hughes, Al Murray, and Fern Brady Groped the King
63 6 18 April 2023 (2023-04-18) Jo Brand, Ola Labib, Jack Rooke, and Darren Harriott I Come From Hastings
64 7 25 April 2023 (2023-04-25) Matt Edmondson, Archie Maddocks, Steph McGovern, and Ed Byrne I Like It Dry
65 8 2 May 2023 (2023-05-02) Rachel Parris, Ellie Taylor, Johnny Vegas, and Josh Pugh Your Man, Your Woman, Your Whatever
66 9 9 May 2023 (2023-05-09) Unseen footage from the series Unseen

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled - Dave Chat Show". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled".
  3. ^ "Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled gets extended length second series". British Comedy Guide. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Alan Davies returns with As Yet Untitled Series 3". British Comedy Guide. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  5. ^ Dessau, Bruce (24 February 2023). "Interview: Alan Davies On The New Series Of Alan Davies As Yet Untitled". Beyond The Joke. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  6. ^ "'Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled' to return". British Comedy Guide. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Our History". Battersea Arts Centre. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  8. ^ "'Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled to return for Series 7'". British Comedy Guide. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Series 1 Highlights". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  10. ^ a b c Wolf, Ian. "Series 2 (2015)". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  11. ^ a b c Wolf, Ian. "Series 3 (2015)". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  12. ^ "UKTV Press Office on Twitter". Twitter.
  13. ^ "Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled".
  14. ^ "Series 4 Highlights". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  15. ^ "Alan Davies gets a fifth series of As Yet Untitled". Chortle. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  16. ^ "Series 5". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  17. ^ "Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled Series 6". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled Series 7". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

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