Smack the Pony was a British sketch comedy show that ran from 1999 until 2003 on
Channel 4. Its title was intended to sound like a euphemism for female masturbation;
the working title was Spot the Pony. The main performers and writers on the show were
Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips. There were also regular appearances
from Sarah Alexander and Darren Boyd. The show's popular theme tune was Dusty Spring-
field's song In the Middle of Nowhere, sung by Jackie Clune. In Germany, the first
transmission of the show aired on ProSieben, where the theme tune was changed to
Texas' 2001 remix version of "I Don't Want a Lover". It also had a different title
sequence.

Among the show's regular themes were unsuccessful relationships, competition in the
workplace and latent lesbianism, but sketches would also dip into the surreal; such
as two women jumping from their car as they neared a parking space and brushing in
front of the path of their car to allow it move forward further a la curling. Two
regular strands involved a series of different women making dating agency videos about
their general likes and dislikes, and a musical parody that would close the show.

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