UK comedy, what to call it?

I would go with holding up US culture up against UK to highlight the differences. But us Brits like to moan about people (including ourselves!).So for example you could poke fun at the BP oil fiasco and then connect it with BP making prisoner exchange deals (helped along by UK politicians).We like exposed hypocrasy (and if you can back up your claims with evidence that's bonus). Look up some of the activist stuff that Mark Thomas did in the 90s.Biting satire is a good one for Brits, as is getting at creationism (in my experience of going to stand up [and the crowd who goes] this always goes down well).Just off the top of my head (with a highbrow audience) you could do a skit on things like Godwin's law et al: being shown all the different ways in which people are stupid and predictable (Poe's law springs to mind) alsways seems to get a laugh if down with a knowing wink to camera.It doesn't hurt to be a bit infuriated at the state of the world, too.Hope this offers some launch pads.

Always makes me laugh when a cultural mirror is held up to the great British psyche

You can say 'fuck' after 9pm (the water shed). Can't rememeber if I've heard the word 'cunt' on TV, though.

Yay! Just watching terrestrial UK TV (C4) and Tim Minchent (sp) just said cunt and it was not bleeped.Yay!If you ever come to Plymouth Uk let me know and I'll gather a posse.Edited by Larni, : spellink

Lol.Where you terrible, terrible tax dodging people set sail from (and somehow landed at).Edited by Larni, : funny stuff