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Explorers: New South Wales

That Mitchell and Webb Look 2008 Season 2 Episode 4

SKETCH-O-VISION

A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.

The setup

Two 18th-century naval explorers step ashore in a sun-baked new land, and the captain is quietly set on naming it after somewhere very familiar.

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The funny people

Meet the cast. 2

Highly quotable.

The resemblance is uncanny.

Remind me, who's the captain?

The premise

Here’s the bit.

Two officers in period naval dress stroll along a shingle beach beneath white cliffs while the junior one enthuses about the lush, balmy country the Lord has delivered them to. The captain agrees, then muses that the vast unknown wilderness reminds him of one particular place back home. His subordinate pre-emptively sees where this is heading, and an exchange about who actually holds the captain's hat, table, cabin and log settles who gets to choose. The sketch ends on the inevitable name, delivered with a wry little nod of approval.