''Set of Six'' is a British

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show, broadcast in 1990, starring

Rowland Rivron Rowland John Rivron (born 28 September 1958) is a British writer, comedic actor and television personality. Early career Rivron played the comic character "Dr Martin Scrote" on the Jonathan Ross chat show ''The Last Resort'', and also played Scr ...

as the Scrote sextuplets. The series follows each of the brothers in turn. The series was

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by Tony Bilbow, and the music created by Steve Nieve. Rivron describes it as 'a spoof

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sociological documentary looking at the way different environments affect people'. The Scrote brothers were born out of a Rivron character, Dr Martin Scrote, who appeared on

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's The Last Resort. The idea for a series was drawn up on a napkin by Rivron and Ian Brown in the Gay Hussar, a

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restaurant. Three episodes were directed by the cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, and three by

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.Rivron, Rowland. ''What the f*** did I do last night?: the memoir of an accidental comedian''. Sidgwick & Jackson, 2011

Episodes

Production

The make-up was done by

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, better known as one half of The Hairy Bikers.Rivron, Rowland. ''What the f*** did I do last night?: the memoir of an accidental comedian''. Sidgwick & Jackson, 2011, p157 When shooting the David 'Top Shot' Scrote episode, Rivron met his wife-to-be who was working in the Royal Victoria Hotel he was staying at in

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References

{{Reflist 1990 British television series debuts 1990 British television series endings 1990s British television sketch shows English-language television shows Channel 4 comedy