Laugh??? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee

Laugh??? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee is a 1984 BBC 2 sketch show starring Robbie Coltrane, John Sessions, Ron Bain and Louise Gold.^[1][2] The programme, notable for featuring the television debut of Elaine C. Smith, was an experiment with a new format following the success of A Kick Up the Eighties,^[3] running for a single series of six episodes.^[4]

Laugh??? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee
Genre	Sketch show
Developed by	BBC Scotland
Written by	Chris Morrison Archie O'Niell Ian Pattison Robbie Coltrane
Directed by	Colin Gilbert
Starring	Robbie Coltrane John Sessions Ron Bain Louise Gold
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Running time	25 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	29 October 1984 (1984-10-29)

The series was later repeated by British satellite channel UK Gold during 1995.