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Aisling Bea

Al Murray. Copyright: Avalon Television

Alan Carr

Alan Davies

Alan Simpson. Copyright: Yorkshire Television

Arthur Askey. Copyright: BBC

Pardon The Expression. Leonard Swindley (Arthur Lowe). Copyright: Granada Television

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Carry On Doctor. Nurse Sandra May (Barbara Windsor). Copyright: Peter Rogers Productions

Barbara Windsor

Barry Cryer. Copyright: Sky

A Granny's Guide To The Modern World. Barry Humphries. Copyright: Rumpus Media

Barry Humphries

Ben Elton

Benny Hill

Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains. Bill Bailey. Copyright: Rumpus Media

Billy Connolly: My Absolute Pleasure. Billy Connolly

Bob Monkhouse. Copyright: BBC

Crackanory. Bob Mortimer. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Not Going Out. Frank (Bobby Ball). Copyright: Avalon Television

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Charlie Brooker's Year Wipe. Charlie Brooker. Copyright: Zeppotron

Charlie Brooker

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Drake. Copyright: BBC

Dad's Army. Lance Corporal Jones (Clive Dunn). Copyright: BBC

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Dara O Briain

Dave Allen

David Baddiel

David Croft. Copyright: BBC

David Frost

David Jason

Outsiders. David Mitchell. Copyright: Renegade Pictures

David Walliams

Dawn French

Dick Emery

Never The Twain. Simon Peel (Donald Sinden). Copyright: Thames Television

Dudley Moore

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Eddie Izzard

Eric Idle. Copyright: Robyn Von Swank / Penguin Books

Eric Morecambe

Sykes. Eric Sykes (Eric Sykes). Copyright: BBC

Ernie Wise

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Frank Randle. Copyright: BBC

Frank Skinner

Frankie Boyle's New World Order. Frankie Boyle. Copyright: Zeppotron

Frankie Howerd

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Geoffrey Palmer

Geoffrey Palmer

Minder. Arthur Daley (George Cole)

Taskmaster. Greg Davies. Copyright: Avalon Television

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Loadsamoney. Harry Enfield

Harry Hill

Carry On Matron. Matron (Hattie Jacques). Copyright: Peter Rogers Productions

Taskmaster. Hugh Dennis. Copyright: Avalon Television

Hugh Laurie. Copyright: BBC

Hugh And I. Hugh Lloyd (Hugh Lloyd). Copyright: BBC

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P.G. Wodehouse's The World Of Wooster. Bertie Wooster (Ian Carmichael). Copyright: BBC

For The Love Of Ada. Ada Cresswell/Bingley (Irene Handl). Copyright: Thames Television

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Jack Dee

Jack Whitehall

James Corden

James Robertson Justice. Copyright: BBC

James Robertson Justice

Jason Manford

An Audience With Jasper Carrott. Jasper Carrott. Copyright: London Weekend Television

Jennifer Saunders

Jennifer Saunders

Jeremy Lloyd

Jimmy Carr. Credit: Matt Holyoak

Perry And Croft: Made In Britain. Jimmy Perry. Copyright: BBC

Carry On Abroad. Cora Flange (Joan Sims). Copyright: Rank Organisation

John Bishop

John Cleese

Grace & Favour. Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries (John Inman). Copyright: BBC

John Le Mesurier. Credit: BBC

John Le Mesurier

Meet The Richardsons. Jon (Jon Richardson)

The Jonathan Ross Show. Jonathan Ross. Copyright: Hot Sauce / ITV Studios

Julian Clary

June Whitfield. Credit: BBC

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Katherine Ryan

Ken Dodd

Kenneth Connor

Kenneth Williams

Kenneth Williams

The World According To Kenny Everett. Kenny Everett. Copyright: Burning Bright Productions

Kevin Bridges. Copyright: Andy Hollingworth

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Lee Evans: Monsters. Lee Evans. Copyright: Open Mike Productions

Lee Mack

Celebrity Juice. Leigh Francis

Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy. Lenny Henry. Copyright: Douglas Road

Rising Damp. Rupert Rigsby (Leonard Rossiter). Copyright: Yorkshire Television

Leonard Rossiter

Les Dawson

Casanova '73. Henry Newhouse (Leslie Phillips). Copyright: BBC

Leslie Phillips

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Mark Gatiss

Doc Martin. Dr Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes). Copyright: Buffalo Pictures / Homerun Productions

Max Miller

Michael McIntyre's Big Show. Michael McIntyre. Copyright: Hungry McBear

Michael McIntyre

Michael Palin. Copyright: BBC

Micky Flanagan

Milton Jones. Copyright: Steve Ullathorne

Miranda Hart: My, What I Call, Live Show. Miranda Hart

Are You Being Served?. Mrs. Betty Slocombe (Mollie Sugden). Copyright: BBC

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Goodnight Sweetheart. Gary Sparrow (Nicholas Lyndhurst)

Nicholas Lyndhurst

Norman Wisdom

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Flowers. Deborah (Olivia Colman). Copyright: Kudos Productions

The Omid Djalili Show. Omid Djalili. Copyright: BBC

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Yes Minister. James Hacker (Paul Eddington). Copyright: BBC

Room 101. Paul Merton. Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

The Fast Show. Paul Whitehouse. Copyright: BBC

Paul Whitehouse

Peggy Mount. Copyright: BBC

Penelope Keith

Peter Cook

Peter Kay Live: The Tour That Didn't Tour - Tour. Peter Kay. Credit: Goodnight Vienna Productions

Peter Sellers. Copyright: BBC

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Ray Galton. Copyright: Yorkshire Television

Inside No. 9. Henry (Reece Shearsmith). Copyright: BBC

Reece Shearsmith

Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains. Rhod Gilbert

The Good Life. Tom Good (Richard Briers). Copyright: BBC

Ricky Gervais

Rik Mayall

Citizen Smith. Wolfie Smith (Robert Lindsay). Copyright: BBC

The Ranganation. Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh Ranganathan

Going Straight. Norman Stanley Fletcher (Ronnie Barker). Copyright: BBC

Ronnie Corbett. Copyright: BBC

Johnny English Strikes Again. Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson). Copyright: Working Title Films

Russell Howard: Recalibrate. Russell Howard. Copyright: Avalon Television

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Da Ali G Show. Ali G (Sacha Baron Cohen). Copyright: Talkback

Sacha Baron Cohen

The Kumars. Sanjeev (Sanjeev Bhaskar)

Sanjeev Bhaskar

Sarah Millican

This Way Up. Shona (Sharon Horgan). Copyright: Merman

Carry On Henry. Henry VIII (Sid James). Copyright: Peter Rogers Productions

Q. Spike Milligan. Copyright: BBC

Stan Laurel

Stanley Holloway. Copyright: Allan Warren

Stanley Holloway

Horrible Histories With Stephen Fry. Stephen Fry

Stephen Merchant. Copyright: Slapstick Festival

Stephen Merchant

Steve Coogan

Inside No. 9. Steve Pemberton. Copyright: BBC

Steve Pemberton

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Terry Gilliam

Terry Jones

Hugh And I. Terry Scott (Terry Scott). Credit: BBC

Terry-Thomas

Tommy Cooper

Tony Hancock

Blackadder. Baldrick (Tony Robinson). Copyright: BBC

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Hebburn. Joe Pearson (Vic Reeves)

Our Friend Victoria. Victoria Wood. Copyright: Phil McIntyre Entertainment

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Till Death Us Do Part. Alf Garnett (Warren Mitchell). Copyright: BBC

Warren Mitchell

Oh, Mr Porter!. William Porter (Will Hay). Copyright: Gainsborough Pictures 1928 Limited

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

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