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Several of the 'Smack the Pony' cast including Mackichan went on to star in the critically panned (though not actually that bad) swords and sandals comedy-adventure film 'Gladiatress'.

Prior to this, Mackichan wrote on and appeared in numerous comedy shows throughout the 1990s, including Chris Morris's satirical spoof news show 'The Day Today' - most notably as the vacant 'Collatallie Sisters' who turned financial news into a Dadaist nightmare of meaningless statistics; his controversial spoof current-affairs show 'Brass Eye'; and Steve Coogan's 'Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge'.

She also demonstrated her versatility as a comedy actress playing an array of characters in her self-penned series for BBC Radio 4 'Doon Our Way'.

Mackichan also starred in the BBC's dark domestic comedy 'Bedtime', and the veterinary-based sitcom 'Beast'.

In 2003 she took part in 'Comic Relief does Fame Academy' and most recently played Cherie Blair in the John Prescott drama 'A Very Social Secretary'.