Psychic Medium (Colin Fry-type) Parody UK TV Sketch/Show from c. 2005?

Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
edited May 2016 in Off Topic Chat
The subject of this thread is something of a long-shot in nature, but here goes anyway as I'd really like to see the TV show in question again some time. :) -{

Does anyone here recall a TV programme that was either a one-off sketch or show or part of a series where there was a parody of the late Colin Fry-type of TV psychic medium that was very popular at this time and afterwards. To be more specific the sort of thing I'm referring to here is just the sort of audience that a psychic medium like Colin Fry stands before and says he's getting a dead person that someone in the audience will know coming through with messages for them.

In this spoof I recall the psychic had long hair down past his shoulders, was wearing a suit and kept getting details about the dead person wrong with the relative or friend arguing with him that he was wrong. He then comically tried to correct them to show he was right. It was really very funny indeed and I'd love to know what the show/programme was called so I could possibly find a copy of it. I've looked online to no avail but this US TV sketch showing a parody of the late TV psychic medium Sylvia Brown gives a bit of an idea of what this UK show was like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg_ROHBcggY
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).

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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4464175.stm
    Would it be this character, I remember it from years ago on bbc3.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    https://youtu.be/zIU4-PWRyw4
    Another great "Psychic" from Phoenix nights. :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    https://youtu.be/CLQVAx5svtk
    Penn and Teller, expose some of the techniques these fraudsters use on victims.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    Yes, that's the one, TP. Thank you so much! :) -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Smithers500Smithers500 Spectre IslandPosts: 1,341MI6 Agent
    I recall Shirley Ghostman, hilarious in parts!

    Incidentally, I read that Colin Fry had passed on recently, may have gone largely unnoticed by the general public...
    Japanese proverb say, "Bird never make nest in bare tree".
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    I recall Shirley Ghostman, hilarious in parts!

    Incidentally, I read that Colin Fry had passed on recently, may have gone largely unnoticed by the general public...

    Yes, when I was researching to write this post I have to say I was rather shocked to see that Colin Fry died last year. I'd never heard a thing about it!
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • stagstag Posts: 2,083MI6 Agent
    I haven't looked through the replies so just in case it hasn't been mentioned already I think you mean Shirley Ghostman?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I don't know but does the letter "S" mean anything to you ? :D
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    I don't know but does the letter "S" mean anything to you ? :D

    :)) Very good, TP!
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    edited May 2016
    For the uninitiated here are two short scenes from High Spirits:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGJe8i3TbJU

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhp0qNDtaBU

    :))
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Ever since my kids were babies, I've had a "spirit guide" called Erasmus. ;)
    Using the odd sounds round the house, doors closing upstairs etc to explain
    Him moving around.
    Occasionally pausing as if listening, to something being whispered in to my
    ear. ......... ..... odd parenting perhaps but it's how I do it. :D
    Now when a draught closes a door, or knocks a picture off the wall, even
    They say it must be Erasmus !
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    Shirley Ghostman fishing around for a connection with the word "unit":

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZgnMXJNFMc

    Very funny, especially as this is exactly the sort of cold reading technique used by the late Colin Fry that this show parodied to within an inch of its life! :)) -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • stagstag Posts: 2,083MI6 Agent
    Google La La Land for more Shirley Ghostman.

    I've long been a fan of Mark Wooton though unfortunately he is never on TV nowadays.

    You may also like to search for 'Ciderdelic' & 'My New Best Friend'
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    Yes, I'm going to order both of those shows from Amazon.

    A pity he's not on TV these days as he is a comic genius! :))
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    Shirley Ghostman channels Col. Sanders (KFC):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR531qWb1TQ

    And Lady Diana:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm8B6BqukOs

    :))
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
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