Comedy Legends
- TV documentary
- Sky Arts
- 2018 - 2021
- 40 episodes (4 series)
Barry Cryer pays tribute to the heroes of comedy he has worked with. Also features Tim Brooke-Taylor, Steve Punt, Clive Anderson, Stephen Armstrong, Tony Hawks and more.
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Series 3, Episode 8 - Eric Sykes
Further details
A look back at the life and works of a British comedy great - Eric Sykes. Starting his career by writing and working alongside some of the greats of the time - including Spike Milligan, Tony Hancock, and Tommy Cooper - Sykes soon became a star in his own right with a string of successful BBC comedy series alongside Hattie Jacques.
Sykes's comedy career would span five decades before his death in 2012, and he would even be immortalised on children's television by announcing the Teletubbies both in the introduction of the programme, and on the number one hit single that followed.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 26th November 2020
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Sky Arts
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Barry Cryer | Host / Presenter |
| Steve Punt | Self |
| Stephen Armstrong | Self |
| Tony Hawks | Self |
| Jo Caulfield | Self |
| Eric Sykes | Self (Archive Material) |
| Lyndy Saville | Director |
| Lyndy Saville | Producer |
| David Byrne | Executive Producer |
| Jack Oliver | Executive Producer |
| Dominic Saville | Executive Producer |
| Ashley Hall | Edit Producer |
| Tim Raggett | Editor |
| Cosmo Hildyard | Director of Photography |
| Nicholas Stylianou | Director of Photography |
| Matt Birch | Graphics |