A Comedy Roast
- TV stand-up
- Channel 4
- 2010 - 2011
- 5 episodes (1 series)
Jimmy Carr brings the American tradition of the 'comedy roast' to the UK. Targets include Bruce Forsyth, Sharon Osbourne and Chris Tarrant. Also features Jack Dee, Sean Lock, Patrick Kielty and Jack Whitehall.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 5 - Barbara Windsor
Further details
A line up that includes Alan Carr, Sean Lock, Rich Hall, Patrick Kielty, Bernard Cribbins, Cheryl Fergison and Christopher Biggins all get a chance to have a tongue-in-cheek pop at a national treasure and those that can't be there on the night also get to chip in on film, including Michael Sheen, the cast of EastEnders and Leslie Phillips.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 5th January 2011
- Time
- 10:35pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jimmy Carr | Host / Presenter |
| Patrick Kielty | Self |
| Marc Silk | Announcer |
| Barbara Windsor | Guest |
| Alan Carr | Self |
| Rich Hall | Self |
| Christopher Biggins | Self |
| Bernard Cribbins | Self |
| Cheryl Fergison | Self |
| Nitin Ganatra (as Nitin Chandra Ganatra) | Self |
| Charlie G. Hawkins | Self |
| Jo Joyner | Self |
| Al Murray | Self |
| Michael Sheen | Self |
| Nina Wadia | Self |
| Jake Wood | Self |
| Rob Colley | Writer |
| Dominic English | Writer |
| Dan Gaster | Writer |
| Nick Findlay-Coulson | Writer |
| Ged Parsons | Writer |
| Christine Rose | Writer |
| Charlie Skelton | Writer |
| Lee Stuart Evans | Writer |
| Martin Trenaman | Writer |
| Phil Kerr | Writer |
| Julian Smith | Series Director |
| Chris Little | Series Producer |
| Kate Daughton | Producer |
| David Granger | Executive Producer |
| Will MacDonald | Executive Producer |
| Ben Cannon | Associate Producer |
| Jason Boxall | Editor |
| Gary Davis | Editor |
| Charlie Fawcett | Editor |
| Tim Waddell | Editor |
| Gurdip Mahal | Lighting Designer |
| Julian Healy | Production Designer |
| Ken Bolam | Composer |
| Nick Foster | Composer |
Press
TV review - Barbara Windsor: A Comedy Roast
The hair, the chest, the men - Babs's comedy roast is more of a gentle braising.
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 6th January 2011Barbara Windsor's Comedy Roast: too cruel?
Five sample jokes from the Comedy Roast (or public humiliation) that a group of top comedians will be inflicting on Barbara Windsor on Channel 4. Are they funny - or do they go too far?
The Telegraph, 5th January 2011Barbara Windsor to be next guest on A Comedy Roast
Ex-EastEnders and Carry On star Barbara Windsor is to appear on A Comedy Roast, the Channel 4 comedy programme hosted by Jimmy Carr.
British Comedy Guide, 18th October 2010