The Imaginatively Titled Punt & Dennis Show

The Imaginatively Titled Punt & Dennis Show was a British comedy series combining stand-up and sketches, created and performed by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. During its second series, it was simply called Punt and Dennis. The first series consisted of six episodes, airing from 7 July to 11 August 1994. The second series also had six episodes: the first five aired on Fridays between 28 July and 1 September 1995 (the first two at 20:30, the next three at 20:00), and the final episode aired on Thursday 7 September at 22:45, with no episode shown on 11 August 1995.

Punt and Dennis had previously worked together as a double act on The Mary Whitehouse Experience and Canned Carrott. Guest performers included impressionists Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona. The sketches introduced original characters like "The Gullibles," who were easily tricked into scams, and revived earlier characters such as the milk-obsessed "Mr Strange" from The Mary Whitehouse Experience. Spoofs of TV shows like Baywatch and The X-Files also appeared. The second series featured tribute bands in each episode: Björn Again (episode 1), The Bootleg Beatles (episode 2), The Counterfeit Stones (episode 3), The LA Doors (episode 4), The Royal Family (a Queen tribute band, episode 5), and T.Rextasy (a T. Rex tribute band, episode 6).

The show mixed stand-up, television parodies, and character-based sketches. Among the characters were Mr Strange (Hugh Dennis), a man obsessed with milk and disgusting experiments, signing off with "milky-milky"; Norris (Hugh Dennis, series 2), a BBC weatherman who, as part of a home-office rehabilitation scheme for criminals, advised viewers to use weather conditions for burglary; Kurt Wenker (Hugh Dennis), a stereotypical buff, tanned German who intimidated British male tourists and joked about stealing their girlfriends; World of Wine and World of Whisky, presented by Tarquin (Punt) and alcoholic connoisseur Michael (Dennis), where Michael slurred through viewer questions; Update With Tony Shannon and Ian Pye, news anchors (Dennis and Punt) who introduced each other and headlines but never read any news; The Rt. Hon.