Snuff Box

Infobox Television
show_name = Snuff Box


caption = Berry and Fulcher walking down the corridor
genre = Sketch show
picture_format = 16:9
runtime = 30 minutes
creator = Matt Berry
Rich Fulcher
starring = Matt Berry
Rich Fulcher
network = BBC Three
country = UK
first_aired = 2006-02-27
last_aired = 2006-04-03
num_series = 1
num_episodes = 6 (List of episodes)
producer =
related =
imdb_id = 0775400

"Snuff Box" (sometimes referred to as "Berry & Fulcher's Snuff Box") is a BBC Three sketch show starring and written by Matt Berry and Rich Fulcher. It first aired on Monday 27 February 2006.

Both actors use their real names for their main characters. Berry plays a hangman ("High Executioner to the King of England"), and Fulcher his assistant. The majority of the programme is set in a "gentlemen's club for hangmen", [cite web
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/news/2006/02/20/29704.shtml
title = Comedy Blog - Berry and Fulcher's Snuff Box
accessdate = 2006-11-04
publisher = BBC] although the show is also interspersed with sequences of sketches, often featuring different characters.

Berry and Fulcher met whilst working together on another BBC Three comedy, "The Mighty Boosh". [cite web
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/snuffbox/berryandfulcher/interview.shtml
title = Interview
accessdate = 2006-11-04
publisher = BBC
pages = 5]

The series 1 DVD was released on June 16, 2008.

Episodes

# Rich's Mother
# Matt's Diary
# Punchline
# Oh Brothers
# Love Triangle
# Wedding

Recurring Themes

Each episode begins with Berry and Fulcher walking down a white corridor. After walking for some time, they choose a door which often leads into a surreal situation.

Recurring sketches and themes during the programme include:
* Matt playing Rich in a sporting match for Rich's royalty cheque.
* Matt and Rich hanging a man, whilst making light hearted conversation.
* Music composers meeting a famous rock legend (including David Bowie and Jimi Hendrix), with Rich unaware of their identity.
* Matt chatting up an attractive woman, and upon finding out she has a boyfriend, casually yet directly stating "Fuck you" and dropping what he's helping her with (such as a tray of drinks), kicking a dog, or breaking whatever the woman was holding.
* Rich travelling back in time to 1888 and meeting Matt's great-great-uncle Sir Charles Berry, who Berry has stated is intended to be Jack the Ripper, who showers him with prostitutes. Sir Charles Berry seems to provide an odd, seemingly evil solution for what ever Rich's problem be that episode.
* Matt entering a boutique for silver cowboy boots and ending up being beaten by a series of attendants.
* Mentions of eating rabbits
* Matt being heard asking loudly for "whiskey!", a habit apparently of his series-father too.
* Rich often says how he is "a great kisser"
* Rich on occasion stating "I need a piss"
* A particular event in the past taking place in Holborn (which Rich pronounces 'Hole-burn')

Each episode ends with a different rendition of the show's theme. Among the different renditions, the theme is covered in the style of The Mamas & The Papas and Phil Collins.

Music

The Snuff Box theme is used repeatedly throughout the series. Matt Berry composed all music, both themes and incidental, using two chords: D Minor7 and G9. He sang most of the vocal parts and played most of the instruments. He recorded the theme tune in his flat. Legendary hit-maker Tony Hatch advised Berry on the brass sections. [cite web
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/snuffbox/articles/snuffbox_music_qa.shtml
title = Matt Berry on the Music of Snuff Box
accessdate = 2007-06-01
publisher = BBC]

References

External links

*bbc.co.uk|id=snuffbox|title="Snuff Box"
*imdb title|0775400