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The Many Faces Of Dick Emery
Programme assessing the career of Dick Emery, a giant of British character comedy who regularly pulled in audiences of 17 million to his long-running BBC sketch show.
Further details
This programme looks back at the career of Dick Emery, one of the giants of British character comedy who regularly pulled in audiences of 17 million.
For 17 years, The Dick Emery Show dominated Saturday night TV before Emery's untimely death in 1983 at the age of 67. Firmly rooted in the traditions of the Concert Party and Vaudeville, his characters and their catchphrases were legendary.
In this programme, his influence is acknowledged by current comedians such as David Walliams, Charlie Higson and David Baddiel.
With previously unseen footage and contributions from his family, contemporaries and those he worked with, The Many Faces Of Dick Emery takes a closer look at his career.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 27th January 2014
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Louis Barfe | Self |
Michael Grade | Self |
Barry Cryer | Self |
Matthew Sweet | Self |
Jacki Piper | Self |
Anita Harris | Self |
David Walliams | Self |
David Baddiel | Self |
Josephine Tewson | Self |
Charlie Higson | Self |
Harold Snoad | Self |
Bill Treacher | Self |
Nick Emery | Self |
Vicki Emery | Self |
Fay Hillier | Self |
Dick Emery | Self (Archive Material) |
Sally Phillips | Narrator |
Charles Stuart | Director |
Stephen Stewart | Executive Producer |
Charles Stuart | Producer |
Alan Tyler | Executive Producer |
Berny McGurk | Editor |
Steve Diamond | Editor |