Britain's Greatest Comedy Character
- TV factual
- U&Gold
- 2020
- 1 episode
A show in which a jury pick a list of the UK's best comedy characters. Features Sally Phillips, Emily Atack, Lucy Beaumont, Marcus Brigstocke, Grace Dent and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Factual
- Broadcast
- 2020
- Channel
- U&Gold
- Episodes
- 1
- Features
- Sally Phillips, Emily Atack, Lucy Beaumont, Marcus Brigstocke, Grace Dent, Peter Egan, Shaparak Khorsandi, David Quantick and more
- Directors
- John Adams
- Producers
- Victoria Thomas, Matt Crook, Adam McLean, Iain Coyle and Rowena Haley
- Company
A jury of comedians, actors, writers, journalists and critics battle it out under the watchful gaze of judge Sally Phillips, as they attempt to agree on who is the country's greatest comedy characters.
The shortlist was compiled by a public vote. The results the panel then picked were...
1.
Alan Partridge (I'm Alan Partridge etc)
2.
Del Boy (Only Fools And Horses)
3.
David Brent (The Office)
4.
Blackadder (Blackadder)
5.
Basil Fawlty (Fawlty Towers)
6.
Fleabag (Fleabag
7.
Rick (The Young Ones)
8.
Fletcher (Porridge)
9.
Victor Meldrew (One Foot In The Grave)
10.
Frank Spencer (Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em)
11.
Captain Mainwaring (Dad's Army)
12.
Hyacinth Bucket (Keeping Up Appearances)
13.
Arkwright (Open All Hours)
14.
Rigsby (Rising Damp)
15.
Mrs Merton (The Mrs Merton Show etc)
16.
Malcolm Tucker (The Thick Of It)
17.
Margo Leadbetter (The Good Life)
18.
Geraldine Granger (The Vicar Of Dibley)
19.
Sir Humphrey Appleby (Yes Minister etc)
20.
Hancock (Hancock's Half Hour)
21.
Mr Bean (Mr. Bean)
22.
Miranda (Miranda)
23.
Ali G (Da Ali G Show etc)
24.
Father Ted (Father Ted)
25.
Nessa Jenkins (Gavin & Stacey)
26.
Patsy Stone (Absolutely Fabulous)
27.
Mrs Brown (Mrs. Brown's Boys)
28.
Perry (Harry Enfield's Television Programme)
29.
Martin Bryce (Ever Decreasing Circles)
30.
Compo (Last Of The Summer Wine)
Additional details
- Production
- Location
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Sunday 24th May 2020 at 8pm on U&Gold
- Episode length
- 180 minutes
- Most recent repeats
-
- Sunday 11th August 2024 at 11:55pm on U&Gold
- Monday 5th August 2024 at 12:15am on U&Gold
- Monday 9th October 2023 at 12:45am on U&Gold