[Keith]

The second series of The Sketch Show was fully aired on Paramount Comedy, as ITV didn’t air the last couple of episodes.

Similarly, Paramount/Comedy Central also aired an episode of Not Going Out before the BBC did, but this was when it was presumed axed by the BBC, before it came back on air a year or so later.

Going off at a tangent I seem to recall for the first series ITV initially had the somewhat bizarre scheduling of about 10pm on a weeknight. I believe mid-way through it got a Saturday teatime airing, presumably after ITV realised it was rating fairly well and it's content was family friendly (as far as I recall). I didn't realise that not all of the second series had been shown by ITV.

In some respects it's a shame ITV haven't repeated it or made it available to streaming platforms. A lot of it's cast are now fairly well known in their own right, for example Lee Mack.