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Sketch History
Sketch History is a German sketch comedy series from ZDF that parodies world history, with sketches about real and fictional historical figures linked by Bastian Pastewka's ironic narration and mock documentary-style witness interviews.…
Straight from the archive
Let’s get to the good bits.
A little comedy time travel
Find your era.
From the cast & credits
The people behind the funny.
Max GiermannA little more context
Behind the show.
Sketch History is a German sketch comedy series from ZDF that parodies world history, with sketches about real and fictional historical figures linked by Bastian Pastewka's ironic narration and mock documentary-style witness interviews. Three seasons aired on ZDF from 2015 to 2019, followed by a fourth season in 2025. It won the Deutscher Comedypreis for best sketch show in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
A different show.
A whole new rabbit hole.