I'm wondering if there have ever been any British comedians who have succesfully made the leap from television to film? By which I mean comedians whose work on film is as impressive as the stuff they did on television?
Off the top of my head it seems that most fail. Whether it be Morcambe and Wise, Steve Coogan or Cannon and Ball, there best work seems to be on the small screen. And although Simon Pegg has made a couple of corking films with Edgar Right, I can't help but feel his best stuff is Spaced and Big Train (and Hippies).