This show used to take place on ITV at around 10pm on week nights, it was fairly risky for live television in that you had comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner sat on a sofa and they would just chat and banter with the studio audience.

The guys took this show on the road to theatres after the tv show ended and it was successful only because of their personalities and ability to think on their feet.

The guys got the show because they were both successful comedians and had a real rapport, their television programme, Fantasy Football proved enormously popular and seemed to involve them sat on a sofa ad-libbing and talking football without ever seeming to work from a script or with any direction.

The show was a huge hit and proved successful before World Cup matches and even spawned the phenomenally successful 'Three Lions' anthem, on the crest of this the guys got the 'unplanned' gig.

There were 5 series and 60 shows in total and they weren't allowed to discuss football to avoid comparison with Fantasy Footy, the show was originally developed at the Edinburgh Festival and proved popular there and on the West End.

The show was basically the audience asking questions with Baddiel and Skinner answering and then somebody randomly picking a song for the chaps to sing.

As it sounds the show was very hit and miss, it could be very funny or utterly miss the mark, but then it was unplanned and live, so thats not a real shocker. Baddiel has since gone on to become a famous writer while Skinner continues comedy and DJ'ing.

I doubt we'll ever see such a show again, it was more miss than hit for me and I felt it lacked the warmth and audience love of Fantasy Football, i'd love to see more of the latter where Skinner and Baddiel were in their element but this show was too gratuitous, left Baddiel looking a lot less sharp next to the very funny Skinner and quite often bombed.

3 Out of 5 for its bravery, but more miss than hit in my book.