Britain's Greatest Comedian
- TV factual
- U&Gold
- 2019
- 1 episode
A countdown of the public's most-loved comedians. Features Sally Phillips, Ronni Ancona, Darren Harriott, Boyd Hilton, Roy Hudd and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Factual
- Broadcast
- 2019
- Channel
- U&Gold
- Episodes
- 1
- Features
- Sally Phillips, Ronni Ancona, Darren Harriott, Boyd Hilton, Roy Hudd, Stephen Mangan, David Quantick, John Thomson and more
- Directors
- John Adams
- Producers
- Victoria Thomas, Matt Crook, Adam McLean, Iain Coyle and Rowena Haley
- Company
Gold viewers voted to create a shortlist of their favourite all-time comedians. They are titans of comedy, their names becoming a by-word for joy and laughter.
But, who made the cut? And when it comes to the crunch, who is the best of the best? A jury of comedy experts crown the nation's top funny person as: Britain's Greatest Comedian.
With a rich history of comedy legends such as Tommy Cooper, Bob Monkhouse, Victoria Wood, Eric Morecambe, Dawn French, Peter Kay and many, many more, the battle for the number one spot is going to be fierce.
Gold's jury consists of Roy Hudd, Sally Phillips, Stephen Mangan, John Thomson, Darren Harriott, Ronni Ancona, David Quantick, Boyd Hilton and Nina Wadia.
Full list
30. Kathy Burke
29. Rik Mayall
28. Michael McIntyre
27. Micky Flanagan
26. Bill Bailey
25. Stewart Lee
24. Eddie Izzard
23. Lee Evans
22. Jo Brand
21. Dave Allen
20. Rowan Atkinson
19. Sir Lenny Henry
18. Sacha Baron Cohen
17. Lee Mack
16. Ronnie Barker
14. Dawn French (tie)
14. Jennifer Saunders (tie)
13. Tommy Cooper
12. John Cleese
11. Caroline Aherne
10. Ken Dodd
9. Peter Kay
8. Spike Milligan
6. Steve Coogan (tie)
6. Ricky Gervais (tie)
5. Eric Morecambe
4. Peter Sellers
3. Billy Connolly
2. Victoria Wood
1. Stanley Laurel
Additional details
- Also known as
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- Britain's Greatest Comedians
- Production
- Location
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Sunday 26th May 2019 at 8pm on U&Gold
- Episode length
- 180 minutes
- Most recent repeats
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- Monday 15th April 2024 at 12:40am on U&Gold
- Saturday 17th February 2024 at 1:00am on U&Gold
- Sunday 8th October 2023 at 1:00am on U&Gold