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3	''Fast and Loose'' is an {{Improv}} SketchComedy series created by Dan Patterson, responsible for the original ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway.''
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5	Hugh Dennis of ''Series/MockTheWeek'' fame is the host, managing a rotating cast of comedians that include guest performers from ''Mock the Week'', some new faces and even the occasional ''American'' Whose Line[=/=]Improvaganza alumnus, such as Creator/WayneBrady and Jonathan Mangum.
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7	After it was discontinued, the show was heavily retooled and sent to America as ''Series/TrustUsWithYourLife''.
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10	!!Tropes include:
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12	* TheBigGuy: Justin Edwards, Greg Davies, and Tom Parry. Humphrey Ker has the height for it though.
13	* BritishBrevity: ''Single-digit'' episode count.
14	* ButtMonkey: Marek Larewood is basically this show's [[Series/DrewCareysImprovAGanza Jonathan Mangum]].
15	* CastingGag: Possibly for Hugh Dennis, whose old-school BBC-announcer voice gets extra airtime as he doubles up as host ''and'' announcer.
16	* CatchPhrase: "Ladies and gentlemen, for the next X seconds at least, you're watching Fast And Loose!"
17	** "Would you please welcome your host, a man who sounds a lot like me-- [[CaptainObvious Hugh Dennis!]]"
18	* DeliberatelyMonochrome: "Early TV", meant to present how recent TV shows would be like if they were created in the '40s.
19	* OverlyLongGag: One game of "Forward[=/=]Reverse" basically had Jonathan doing the same full-on kiss with Jess, over and over. This CrossesTheLineTwice when Wayne gets subjected to the same thing... ''with Humphrey Ker''.
20	** Happens in another "Forward[=/=]Reverse", when Tom and Pippa were made to do the same full-on kiss over and over, resulting in Tom stating that his back was going.
21	* PrecisionFStrike: Justin is the resident master.
22	* SophisticatedAsHell: Some of the cards have apparently been written just to get this out of Hugh.
23	* StrictlyFormula: Moreso than ''Whose Line'' and even ''Mock The Week'' -- all-player games start the show, "Sideways Scene" always ends the show (except for episode 6), and this time 'quickie' games, usually a quick Q&A session involving no more than three of the players, are used to fill up time between the usual games.
24	* WritingAroundTrademarks: Several new games involve taking the premise wholesale from other actual shows, so this happens a lot ([[Series/TheWeakestLink "Weak Links"]], [[Series/SharkTank "Dragon's Lair"]] etc.)

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