Yanky Panky

2 0 0 0 (UK)
12 x 60 minute episodes

This 12-part British travel comedy documentary series – made for Sky TV by Rapido, the creators of Eurotrash – delivered a satirical, irreverent, and often jaw-dropping look at the eccentric subcultures, bizarre personalities, and rude, crude and lewd underbelly of American society.

The series was hosted by a (fictional) “white trash” country music drag persona named Tina C, pronounced “Tennessee” and created and performed by British comedian Christopher Green.

Tina C – famously known for her (fictional) hit album No Dick is as Hard as My Life – guided viewers through the United States with a mix of faux-patriotism, cutting political satire, and country songs.

Notable highlights from the series included the Redneck Games (involving challenges like mud belly-flopping and musical armpit farting); a day in the life of Jonah Falcon (an American man who achieved global media fame for claiming to possess the world’s largest penis); and segments on Bizarre Americana, tracking down the most shocking and comical elements of modern US culture, from fringe religious groups to extreme collectors.

Green’s Tina C character went on to immense success on the live comedy circuit, and later spawned four successful radio series for BBC Radio 4.