School of Comedy was a British character-based comedy sketch show which was turned into a television show after a successful run of review shows at the Edinburgh festival.The cast was entirely made up from members of the after school drama club of The Harrodian School in London, run by teacher Laura Lawson.The show comprised sketches involving a very diverse group of characters; from a lesbian couple in 1940s war-time Britain, to a pair of South-African security guards.