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| creator = Rowland Rivron and Ian Brown
| starring = Rowland Rivron<br /> [[Kathy Burke]] <br /> [[Freddie Garrity]] <br /> [[Michael Winner]] <br /> Terry Booth <br /> [[Lee Cornes]] <br /> Peter Coles <br />
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_series = 1
| num_episodes = 6
| network = [[Channel 4]]
| first_aired = ((start date|1990|6|12|df=yes))
| last_aired = ((end date|1990|7|17|df=yes))
| company = [[Channel X]]
| director = [[Gerald Scarfe]] (episodes 1, 3 and 6) and [[John Stroud (director)|John Stroud]] (episodes 2, 4 and 5)
| music = [[Steve Nieve]]
| related  = The Last Resort 
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'''''Set of Six''''' is a British [[sketch comedy]] show, broadcast in 1990, starring [[Rowland Rivron]] as the Scrote [[sextuplets]]. The series follows each of the brothers in turn. The series was [[narrated]] by [[Tony Bilbow]], and the music created by Steve Nieve. Rivron describes it as 'a spoof [[fly-on-the-wall]] [[sociological]] [[documentary]] looking at the way different environments affect people'.<ref>Rivron, Rowland. ''What the f*** did I do last night?: the memoir of an accidental comedian''. Sidgwick & Jackson, 2011, p152</ref>

The Scrote brothers were born out of a Rivron character, Dr Martin Scrote, who appeared on [[Jonathan Ross]]'s The Last Resort. The idea for a series was drawn up on a napkin by Rivron and Ian Brown in the [[Gay Hussar]], a [[Soho]] restaurant.<ref>Rivron, Rowland. ''What the f*** did I do last night?: the memoir of an accidental comedian''. Sidgwick & Jackson, 2011, pp150-151</ref>

Three episodes were directed by the cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, and three by [[John Stroud (director)|John Stroud]].<ref name="auto">Rivron, Rowland. ''What the f*** did I do last night?: the memoir of an accidental comedian''. Sidgwick & Jackson, 2011</ref>

==Episodes==
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| Title               = Martin Scrote
| OriginalAirDate     = ((Start date|df=yes|1990|6|12))<ref>((cite web |title=A Set of Six (TV Series 1990– ) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098906/episodes?season=1&ref_=tt_eps_sn_1 |website=IMDb |accessdate=11 June 2019))</ref>
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| ShortSummary        = Episode detailing the life of Dr Martin Scrote.<ref name="auto"/>
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((Episode list
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| Title               = David 'Top Shot' Scrote
| OriginalAirDate     = ((Start date|df=yes|1990|6|19))<ref>https://www.transdiffusion.org/content/uploads/2018/06/19900619-45.jpg ((Bare URL image|date=March 2022))</ref>
| ProdCode            = 
| ShortSummary        = Follows the life of photographer David Scrote, staff photographer for the ''Bexhill-on-Sea Observer''. At the end of the episode Scrote reverses his car into that of Michael Winner who subsequently beats him up.<ref name="auto"/>
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((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 3
| Title               = Terry "The Tornado" Scrote
| OriginalAirDate     = ((Start date|df=yes|1990|6|26))
| ProdCode            = 
| ShortSummary        = Episode follows the life of Terry 'The Tornado' Scrote, a would-be [[Boxer (boxing)|boxer]], as he attempts to rise through the ranks of the boxing world. He lodges with 'Uncle Bertram' played by Terry Booth, a 'middle-aged man with a fondness for budgerigars and boys',<ref>Rivron, Rowland. ''What the f*** did I do last night?: the memoir of an accidental comedian''. Sidgwick & Jackson, 2011, p156</ref> and his manager is played by Lee Cornes. Rivron underwent extensive physical workouts with Bryan Lynch, trainer of [[Nigel Benn]], in an effort to look and act like a boxer.<ref>Rivron, Rowland. ''What the f*** did I do last night?: the memoir of an accidental comedian''. Sidgwick & Jackson, 2011, pp153-154</ref>
))
((Episode list
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| Title               = Ronnie Scrote
| OriginalAirDate     = ((Start date|df=yes|1990|7|3))
| ProdCode            = 
| ShortSummary        = Ronnie is a supergrass, and must stay anonymous. In order to do so he meets Peter Coles, head of the Harley Medical Group, and undergoes plastic surgery in an effort to disguise himself. He then enters the [[Witness Protection Program|Witness Protection Scheme]] and is sent, much to his disgust, to Iceland, where his life begins to rapidly unravel.<ref name="auto"/>
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((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 5
| Title               = Giles Scrote
| OriginalAirDate     = ((Start date|df=yes|1990|7|10))
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| ShortSummary        = The episode follows Giles Scrote as he struggles to run an inherited farm.<ref name="auto"/>
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((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 6
| Title               = Tarquin Shirley Stanstead Scrote
| OriginalAirDate     = ((Start date|df=yes|1990|7|17))
| ProdCode            = 
| ShortSummary        = This episode follows Tarquin Scrote, a [[tramp]] and former [[Member of parliament#United Kingdom|MP]], on a journey to find a lost bank account. The episode includes a drunken sing-song with a female tramp, played by [[Kathy Burke]], who serenades Tarquin with renditions of ''[[How Do You Do It?]]'' and ''You Were Made For Me'' by [[Freddie and the Dreamers]]. [[Freddie Garrity]], lead singer of that band, is also in the episode. The episode ends with Tarquin dying in a fire after smoking a cigar at the same time as drinking [[surgical spirit]].<ref name="auto"/>
))
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== Production ==

The make-up was done by [[Dave Myers (presenter)|Dave Myers]], better known as one half of [[The Hairy Bikers]].<ref>Rivron, Rowland. ''What the f*** did I do last night?: the memoir of an accidental comedian''. Sidgwick & Jackson, 2011, p157</ref>

When shooting the David 'Top Shot' Scrote episode, Rivron met his wife-to-be who was working in the Royal Victoria Hotel he was staying at in [[Hastings]].<ref name="auto"/>

== References ==
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[[Category:1990 British television series debuts]]
[[Category:1990 British television series endings]]
[[Category:1990s British television sketch shows]]
[[Category:British English-language television shows]]
[[Category:Channel 4 comedy]]

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