regarded as "more explicit" than that normally shown on British TV, and were often foreign-language films. ) The parody showed clips from a supposed Eskimo pornographic film featuring "explicit nose rubbing" and "nose masturbation"; A guest appearance by comedian Frankie Howerd playing a man who has never been on stage or TV, but just happens to look exactly like... Frankie Howerd ( "The resemblance is uncanny, isn't it ?" ); A controversial sketch that parodied contemporary airline adverts by explicitly stating the air-hostesses were sexually available. Unfortunately, the name chosen for the fictional airline turned out to be the name of a real, lesser-known airline; A sketch before the opening credits, filmed in the style of a soft-core pornographic film, featuring a young couple simulating sexual intercourse... which turns out to be a "language course" - they are conjugating the French verb venir (to come); Earlier series of the show were produced by Holmes Associates for Channel 4 Television, and later ones by Who Dares Wins Productions, with Mulville and McGrath going on to create Chelmsford 123. References External links The Story of Limehouse Television Studios - Martin Hawkins 1983 British television series debuts 1988 British television series endings Channel 4 sketch shows