{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | alt_name = | genre = Sketch show, comedy, drama | creator = | developer = | writer = Jeremy Dyson <br /> Bert Tyler-Moore <br /> George Jeffrie <br /> Ben Cavey <br /> Pippa Brown <br /> Ali Crockatt <br /> Lucy Montgomery <br /> David Scott <br /> Seb Cardinal<br /> Dustin Demri-Burns | director = Jeremy Dyson | starring = Various | composer = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | num_series = 2 | num_episodes = 11+Pilot | list_episodes = | executive_producer = Saskia Schuster <br /> Ben Cavey <br /> Lucy Lumsden <br /> Sophie Clarke-Jervoise | producer = Pippa Brown | editor = Peter Hallworth | location = | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = | company = Tiger Aspect Productions | channel = Sky Arts | first_aired = {{Start date|2012|06|21|df=yes}} | last_aired = {{End date|2014|12|23|df=yes}} }}

'''''Psychobitches''''' is a Sky Arts British sketch comedy show directed by Jeremy Dyson, in which famous women from history and fiction<ref>{{cite news|last1=Collins|first1=Andrew|title=Psychobitches: back on the couch|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/nov/22/psychobitches-returns-sky-arts-1|accessdate=5 January 2015|work=The Guardian|date=22 November 2014}}</ref> seek help from a psychologist (played by Rebecca Front).<ref>{{cite web|title=Psychobitches|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/psychobitches/|website=British Comedy Guide|publisher=|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref>

== Broadcast history == ''Psychobitches'' was originally aired as a one-off pilot in 2012, as part of the Sky Arts ''Playhouse Presents'' self-contained TV plays. The pilot was originally aired on 21 June 2012 as episode 11 of series one of ''Playhouse Presents'' and lasted 30 minutes.<ref name="comedy1">{{cite web|title=Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/psychobitches/episodes/0/1/|website=British Comedy Guide|publisher=|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref>

After the successful pilot, a five-part series was released in 2013 during series two of ''Playhouse Presents'' (episodes 7, 9, 11, 13 and 14).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Daniels|first1=Colin|title=Rebecca Front, Julia Davis for Sky Arts 'Psychobitches' series|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a445812/rebecca-front-julia-davis-for-sky-arts-psychobitches-series.html#~p0uAEpWg82f42q|website=Digital Spy|date=17 December 2012 |accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref>

Following the success of the first series, a full six-episode series was commissioned by Sky Arts as its own entity and was aired from 25 November 2014 with a double bill.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Psychobitches are back|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2014/03/28/19862/the_psychobitches_are_back|website=Chortle|publisher=|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref>

==Regular cast== *Rebecca Front as The Therapist *Sharon Horgan as various roles *Samantha Spiro as various roles *Frances Barber as various roles *Selina Griffiths as various roles *Katy Brand as various roles *Morgana Robinson as various roles *Seb Cardinal as various roles *Dustin Demri-Burns as various roles *Julia Davis as various roles *Michelle Gomez as various roles *Catherine Tate as various roles

== Episodes == {{Series overview | color0S = #554C99 | link0S = #Pilot (2012) as part of Playhouse Presents | linkT0S = Pilot | episodes0S = 1 | released0S = {{Start date|2012|06|21|df=yes}}

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===Pilot (2012) as part of ''Playhouse Presents''=== {{Episode table |background=#554C99|title=17 |director=11 |writer=34 |airdate=12 |episodes= {{Episode list | Title = Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches | DirectedBy = Jeremy Dyson | WrittenBy = Jeremy Dyson, Laurence Rickard, Simon Carlyle, Morwenna Banks, Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|06|21|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = '''Cast:''' Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Catherine Tate as Eva Braun and Édith Piaf, Sharon Horgan as Jane Austen and Frida Kahlo, Katy Brand as Joan of Arc and George Eliot, Sheila Reid as Mother Teresa, Sam Spiro as Mary Whitehouse and Judy Garland, Selina Griffiths as Beatrix Potter, Andy Nyman as Sarah, Abraham's wife and Kathy Burke as The Mona Lisa<ref name="comedy1"/> | LineColor = 554C99 }} }}

===Series 1 (2013) as part of ''Playhouse Presents'' === {{Episode table |background=#53A681|overall=5 |series=5 |title=17 |director=11 |writer=34 |airdate=12 |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches Part One | DirectedBy = Jeremy Dyson | WrittenBy = Jeremy Dyson, Simon Carlyle, Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie, Ali Crockatt, Pelham Levy, Lucy Montgomery, David Scott, Freddy Syborn, Holly Walsh | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|05|30|df=yes}} | ShortSummary ='''Cast:''' Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Mark Gatiss as Joan Crawford, Frances Barber as Bette Davis, Llewella Gideon as Rosa Parks, Samantha Spiro as Audrey Hepburn, Julia Davis as Sylvia Plath, Sharon D. Clarke as Nina Simone, Katy Brand as Emily Brontë, Selina Griffiths as Charlotte Brontë, Sarah Solemani as Anne Brontë, Sharon Horgan as Eva Peron, Katy Brand as Jacqueline du Pre, Sheila Reid as Margot Fonteyn<ref>{{cite web|title=Series 1 Episode 1|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/psychobitches/episodes/1/1/|website=British Comedy Guide|publisher=|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref> | LineColor = 53A681 }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches Part Two | DirectedBy = Jeremy Dyson | WrittenBy = Jeremy Dyson, Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie, Ali Crockatt, Lucy Montgomery, David Scott, Jessie Cave | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|06|06|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = '''Cast:''' Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Selina Griffiths as Beatrix Potter, Katy Brand as Diana Dors, Samantha Spiro as Marilyn Monroe, Frances Barber as Doris Stokes, Samantha Spiro as Mary, Mother of Jesus, Mathew Baynton as Jesus, Sharon Horgan as Virginia Woolf and Cleopatra, Sharon D Clarke as Bessie Smith, Steve Pemberton as Dian Fossey and Julia Davis as Enid Blyton<ref>{{cite web|title=Series 1 Episode 2|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/psychobitches/episodes/1/2/|website=British Comedy Guide|publisher=|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref> | LineColor = 53A681

}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches Part Three | DirectedBy = Jeremy Dyson | WrittenBy = Jeremy Dyson, Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie, Ali Crockatt, Lucy Montgomery, David Scott, Holly Walsh, Julia Davis, Jamie Lennox, Louis Waymouth | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|06|13|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = '''Cast:''' Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Samantha Spiro as Liz Taylor, Selina Griffiths as Amalia Freud, Joanna Scanlan as Barbara Woodhouse, Reece Shearsmith as Old Mother Shipton, Julia Davis as Joy Adamson, Jack Whitehall as Diana Spencer, Sharon Horgan as Leni Riefenstahl, Selina Griffiths as Marie Curie, Sharon Horgan as Madame de Pompadour and Samantha Spiro as Golda Meir<ref>{{cite web|title=Series 1 Episode 3|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/psychobitches/episodes/1/3/|website=British Comedy Guide|publisher=|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref> | LineColor = 53A681 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches Part Four | DirectedBy = Jeremy Dyson | WrittenBy = Jeremy Dyson, Ali Crockatt, David Scott, Freddy Syborn, Derren Litten | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|06|20|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = '''Cast:''' Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Ted Robbins as Emmeline Pankhurst, Samantha Spiro as Barbara Castle, Julia Davis as Helen of Troy, Michelle Gomez as Mary, Queen of Scots, Tamsin Egerton as Nancy Spungen, Sharon Horgan as Eve, Julia Davis as Helen Keller and Katy Brand as Mary Shelley<ref>{{cite web|title=Series 1 Episode 4|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/psychobitches/episodes/1/4/|website=British Comedy Guide|publisher=|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref> | LineColor = 53A681 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches Part Five | DirectedBy = Jeremy Dyson | WrittenBy = Jeremy Dyson, Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie, Ali Crockatt, Lucy Montgomery, David Scott, Derren Litten, Kathy Burke | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|06|27|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = '''Cast:''' Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Sharon Horgan as Boudica, Samantha Spiro as Jackie Kennedy, Julia Davis as Mary Pickford, Zawe Ashton as Eartha Kitt, Kathy Burke as Mona Lisa, Sarah Solemani as Anne Frank, Frances Barber as Catherine the Great, Sheila Reid as Betty Ford, Harry Enfield as "Mrs." Alfred Hitchcock, Samantha Spiro as Queen Victoria and Tom Stuart as Prince Albert<ref>{{cite web|title=Series 1 Episode 5|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/psychobitches/episodes/1/5/|website=British Comedy Guide|publisher=|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref> | LineColor = 53A681 }} }}

===Series 2 (2014)=== {{Episode table |background=#A42C2C|overall=5 |series=5 |title=17 |director=11 |writer=34 |airdate=12 |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches | DirectedBy = Jeremy Dyson | WrittenBy = Jeremy Dyson, Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie, Ali Crockatt, David Scott, Holly Walsh, Kathy Burke, Seb Cardinal, Dustin Demri-Burns, Dafydd James, Ben Lewis, Dan Swimer | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|11|25|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = '''Cast:''' Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Michelle Gomez as Mary Queen of Scots, Sharon Horgan as Unity Mitford, Samantha Spiro as Jessica Mitford, Sophie Ellis-Bextor as Nancy Mitford, Morgana Robinson as Anna Nicole Smith, Selina Griffiths as Marie Antoinette, Doon Mackichan as Catherine Howard, Samantha Spiro as Betty Knox, Seb Cardinal as Jack Wilson, Dustin Demri-Burns as Joe Keppel, Seb Cardinal as Janis Joplin, Kathy Burke as the Queen Mother, Reece Shearsmith as Princess Margaret, Frances Barber as Elizabeth I, Sharon Horgan as Tammy Wynette, Katy Brand as Medusa, Michelle Gomez as Margaret Thatcher and Morgana Robinson as Venus<ref>{{cite web|title=Series 2, Episode 1|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/psychobitches/episodes/2/1/|website=British Comedy Guide|publisher=|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref> | LineColor = A42C2C }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches | DirectedBy = Jeremy Dyson | WrittenBy = Jeremy Dyson, Ali Crockatt, Lucy Montgomery, David Scott, Seb Cardinal, Dustin Demri-Burns, Toby Davies | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|11|25|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = '''Cast:''' Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Katy Brand as Emily Brontë, Selina Griffiths as Charlotte Brontë, Sarah Solemani as Anne Brontë, Morgana Robinson as Bo Peep, Sharon Horgan as Anna Sewell, Seb Cardinal as Anne Boleyn, Andy Nyman as Henry VIII, Jeremy Dyson as Branwell Brontë, Sharon Horgan as Carmen Miranda, Samantha Spiro as Katharine Hepburn, Liza Tarbuck as Miss Muffet, Jack Whitehall as Prince Charming, Sheridan Smith as Sleeping Beauty, Morgana Robinson as Linda McCartney and Frances Barber as St Catherine<ref>{{cite web|title=Series 2, Episode 2|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/psychobitches/episodes/2/2/|website=British Comedy Guide|publisher=|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref> | LineColor = A42C2C }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Psychobitches | DirectedBy = Jeremy Dyson | WrittenBy = Jeremy Dyson, Ali Crockatt, Lucy Montgomery, David Scott, Toby Davies | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|12|02|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = '''Cast:''' Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Mark Benton as Mrs Noah, Sharon Horgan as Bonnie Parker, Pippa Brown as Coco Chanel, Samantha Spiro as Amelia Earhart, Selina Griffiths as Amy Johnson, Sharon Horgan as Grace Kelly, Michelle Gomez as Ingrid Bergman, Samantha Spiro as Janet Leigh and Lucille Ball, Morgana Robinson as Mary Magdalene, Frances Barber as Whistler's Mother, Tom Stuart as Bob Hope and Martha Howe-Douglas as Pocahontas<ref>{{cite web|title=Series 2, Episode 3|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/psychobitches/episodes/2/3/|website=British Comedy Guide|publisher=|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref> | LineColor = A42C2C }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches | DirectedBy = Jeremy Dyson | WrittenBy = Jeremy Dyson, Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie, Ali Crockatt, David Scott, Seb Cardinal, Dustin Demri-Burns, Toby Davies | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|12|09|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = '''Cast:''' Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Selina Griffiths as Marie Antoinette, Samantha Spiro as Barbara Stanwyck, Katy Brand as Gertrude Jekyll, Dustin Demri-Burns as Lady Godiva, Sharon Horgan as Lucrezia Borgia, Zawe Ashton as Nefertiti, Dustin Demri-Burns as Pandora, Sharon Horgan as PL Travers, Johnny Vegas as Salome, Frances Barber as Thora Hird, Michelle Gomez as Wallis Simpson<ref>{{cite web|title=Series 2, Episode 4|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/psychobitches/episodes/2/4/|website=British Comedy Guide|publisher=|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref> | LineColor = A42C2C }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 10 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Psychobitches | DirectedBy = Jeremy Dyson | WrittenBy = Jeremy Dyson, Ali Crockatt, David Scott, Dafydd James, Ben Lewis, Jeremy Front, John Kearns | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|12|16|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = '''Cast:''' Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Sheila Reid as Mother Teresa, Katy Brand as Medusa, Doon Mackichan as Delilah, Miranda Richardson as Enid Blyton, Michelle Gomez as Florence Nightingale, Katy Brand as Georgia O'Keeffe and Isadora Duncan, Frances Barber as Josephine Joseph, Jack Whitehall as Maria von Trapp, Selina Griffiths as Marie Stopes and Dustin Demri-Burns as Nora Ephron<ref>{{cite web|title=Series 1, Episode 5|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/psychobitches/episodes/2/5/|website=British Comedy Guide|publisher=|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref> | LineColor = A42C2C }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 11 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Psychobitches | DirectedBy = Jeremy Dyson | WrittenBy = Jeremy Dyson | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|12|23|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = '''Cast:''' Rebecca Front as the Therapist, Kevin Eldon as Witch of Endor, Morgana Robinson as Daphne du Maurier, Frances Barber as Barbara Cartland, Seb Cardinal as Fanny Cradock, Samantha Spiro as Gracie Fields, Meera Syal as Hera, Michelle Gomez as Hildegard von Bingen, Sharon Horgan as Simone de Beauvoir, Sheila Reid as Shirley Temple, Doon Mackichan as the Statue of Liberty, Dustin Demri-Burns as Stygian witch Alarm, Liza Tarbuck as Stygian witch Dread, Seb Cardinal as Stygian witch Horror, Marc Wootton as the goddess Kali, Mathew Baynton as the Witch of Wookey Hole and Richard E. Grant as Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins<ref>{{cite web|title=Series 2, Episode 6|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/psychobitches/episodes/2/6/|website=British Comedy Guide|publisher=|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref> | LineColor = A42C2C }} }}

== References == {{reflist|30em}}

== External links == *{{Official website|http://www.sky.com/tv/show/psychobitches}} *{{IMDb title|2173798}} *{{IMDb title|2889186}}

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