Season 2 • Episode 6
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Psychobitches is a British sketch comedy programme created by Jeremy Dyson for Sky One Arts. Rebecca Front stars as The Therapist, who holds sessions with famous historical and spiritual women, exploring their psychological issues via anachronistic humour, with such individuals like Mary Magdalene, Bonnie Parker, and Lucille Ball appearing in contemporary settings. Blending historical figures with modern comedy, it features a cast of well-known British talent in a variety of roles as the iconic women.
Acting
Rebecca Front's deadpan therapist anchors the chaos perfectly.
Writing
Jeremy Dyson's League of Gentlemen pedigree shows in every sketch.
Creator
Jeremy Dyson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jeremy Dyson co-created The League of Gentlemen, and Psychobitches shares that same macabre-comedy DNA—just with more wigs.
The show's entire premise is essentially 'what if we let women from history complain about how men wrote them'—a sketch-comedy dissertation on unreliable narrators.
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