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Rachel & Chris

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The setup

Two wigged-up friends hunt through a boutique for the perfect birthday present for a boyfriend, with one of them crunching snacks the whole way.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Two friends in wigs browse a clothes and accessories shop for a gift for one woman's boyfriend, Chris, while the glamorous black-haired friend helpfully eats snacks over every purchase decision and the blonde keeps being distracted. They settle on a black watch and present it at a lively flat party, where the friend holds court with a dramatic story in her native language. When the birthday boy opens the box, a stray crisp has been left inside the watch box, and the sketch ends on the blonde's tearful reflection on how the mishap has strained both her friendship and her relationship.

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Highly quotable.

Would you stop eating crisps in my ear? They smell like pork.

That's actually a black watch.

Behind the scenes

The people who made it.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

Released on Channel 4 Comedy's YouTube channel as "Rachel & Chris (S2-Ep6)"; British Comedy Guide lists it among the videos for series 2, episode 6.

ScriptEnglish · 38 turns

Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors.

  1. 00:02

    I've looked at everything in this section and there's nothing good.

  2. 00:05

    Yummy, help me. What did I buy you for your last birthday present?

  3. 00:08

    You borrowed my earrings. Thank you.

  4. 00:11

    Olivia, I would ask you, but we're really not getting on at the moment.

  5. 00:14

    Let's just keep looking.

  6. 00:19

    Excuse me. How much is that?

  7. 00:22

    That's mine.

  8. 00:23

    Chris wouldn't like it anyway.

  9. 00:27

    Chris would love this.

  10. 00:29

    What is it? Like a game or something?

  11. 00:32

    Excuse me. What kind of watch is that?

  12. 00:35

    That's actually a black watch.

  13. 00:38

    Yummy.

  14. 00:38

    Would you stop eating crisps in my ear?

  15. 00:40

    They smell like pork.

  16. 00:42

    It's perfect.

  17. 00:43

    I'll take it.

  18. 00:51

    Hey.

  19. 00:54

    Hey, it's my birthday boy!

  20. 00:57

    Mwah, mwah.

  21. 00:58

    I cannot believe you've done this.

  22. 01:00

    It is incredible.

  23. 01:01

    It's all for you, baby.

  24. 01:03

    I call him baby.

  25. 01:06

    So you're going to have to wait a little bit longer for that.

  26. 01:11

    It's

  27. 01:22

    And this is

  28. 01:24

    from me.

  29. 01:25

    There's

  30. 01:30

    It's a black watch!

  31. 01:38

    There's

  32. 01:38

    a bit of crisp in it.

  33. 01:39

    What

  34. 01:40

    don't know what I've

  35. 01:42

    I've done, or if I love.

  36. 01:48

    What I've begun

  37. 01:49

    Rachel, please

  38. 01:53

    It's like ever since yummy left the crisp in the watch box things between me and Chris have been so weird

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