Heroes Of Comedy (1995)
- TV documentary
- Channel 4
- 1995 - 2003
- 33 episodes (6 series)
Long-running documentary series looking at some of the greatest and most famous names in British comedy.
All cast & crew
We have recorded credits for 30 of the 33 episodes produced.
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| Russ Abbot | Self
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| Larry Adler | Self
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| Caroline Aherne | Self
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| Terry Alderton | Self
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| Dave Allen | Self
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| Steve Allen | Self
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| Peter Alliss | Self
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| John Ammonds | Self
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| Clive Anderson | Self
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| Jeffrey Archer | Self
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| Brad Ashton | Self
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| Anthea Askey | Self
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| David Attenborough | Self
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| Kenny Baker | Self
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| Joan Bakewell | Self
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| John Ballantyne | Self
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| Charlotte Barker | Self
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| Ronnie Barker | Self
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| John Barron | Self
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| Keith Barron | Self
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| Stanley Baxter | Self
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| Jeremy Beadle | Self
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| Christopher Beeny | Self
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| Laurie Bellew | Self
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| Peter Bellwood | Self
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| Alan Bennett | Self
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| Hywel Bennett | Self
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| David Benson | Self
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| Tony Bilbow | Self
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| Michael Billington | Self
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| Cilla Black | Self
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| William Blezard | Self
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| John Bluthal | Self
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| Jean Boht | Self
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| Roy Boulting | Self
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| Peter Bowles | Self
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| Alan Boyd | Self
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| Gyles Brandreth | Self
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| Rory Bremner | Self
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| Richard Briers | Self
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| Marcus Brigstocke | Self
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| Eleanor Bron | Self
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| John Browell | Self
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| Duggie Brown | Self
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| Janet Brown | Self
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| Dora Bryan | Self
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| Deborah Bull | Self
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| Garry Bushell | Self
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| Ed Byrne | Self
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| Simon Callow | Self
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| Nicky Campbell | Self
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| Ian Carmichael | Self
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| Frank Carson | Self
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| Jonathan Cecil | Self
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| Judith Chalmers | Self
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| Peter Charlesworth | Self
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| Charlie Chester | Self
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| Roy Clarke | Self
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| John Cleese | Self
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| Dick Clement | Self
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| Max Clifford | Self
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| George Cole | Self
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| Joan Collins | Self
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| Sean Connery | Self
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| Steve Coogan | Self
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| Lin Cook | Self
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| Pat Coombs | Self
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| Ray Cooney | Self
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| Gwen Cooper | Self
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| Ronnie Corbett | Self
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| Bill Cotton | Self
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| Bill Cotton (as Sir Bill Cotton) | Self
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| Diana Coupland | Self
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| Mike Craig | Self
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| Gemma Craven | Self
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| Barry Cryer | Self
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| Richard Dacre | Self
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| Suzanne Danielle (as Suzanne Danielle-Torrance) | Self
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| Paul Daniels | Self
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| Ian Davidson | Self
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| Russell Davies | Self
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| Elizabeth Dawn (as Liz Dawn) | Self
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| Tracy Dawson | Self
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| Felix De Wolfe | Self
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| Felix Dexter | Self
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| Patrick Dickinson | Self
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| Phyllis Diller | Self
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| Ken Dodd | Self
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| Val Doonican | Self
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| Angela Douglas | Self
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| James Dreyfus (as James Dreyfuss) | Self
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| Betty Driver | Self
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| David Drummond | Self
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| Clive Dunn | Self
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| Shirley Eaton | Self
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| Peter Elliott | Self
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| Louise English | Self
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| George Fairweather | Self
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| Norma Farnes | Self
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| Tom Farrell | Self
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| Craig Ferguson | Self
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| Fenella Fielding | Self
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| Bruce Forsyth | Self
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| Harry Fowler | Self
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| William Franklyn | Self
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| Liz Fraser | Self
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| Stephen Fry | Self
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| William G Stewart | Self
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| Ray Galton | Self
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| Patrick Garland | Self
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| Eric Gear | Self
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| Larry Gelbart | Self
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| John Gordon Sinclair | Self
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| Michael Grade | Self
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| Michael Grade (as Lord Grade) | Self
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| Chris Graham | Self
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| Hughie Green | Self
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| Germaine Greer | Self
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| James Grout | Self
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| Jo Gurnett | Self
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| Larry Hagman | Self
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| Peter Hall (as Sir Peter Hall) | Self
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| Peter Hall | Self
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| Stuart Hall | Self
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| Maggi Hambling | Self
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| Christine Hamilton | Self
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| Johnnie Hamp | Self
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| Edward Hardwicke | Self
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| Anita Harris | Self
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| Anne Hart | Self
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| Nigel Havers | Self
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| Jeremy Hawk | Self
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| Nigel Hawthorne | Self
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| Patricia Hayes | Self
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| Ruxton Hayward | Self
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| Denis Healey (as Lord Healey) | Self
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| Edward Heath (as Sir Edward Heath) | Self
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| John Hegley | Self
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| Harry Hill | Self
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| Fay Hillier | Self
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| Thora Hird | Self
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| Simon Hoggart | Self
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| Ewan Hooper | Self
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| Anthony Hopkins | Self
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| Jane Horrocks | Self
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| John Howard Davies | Self
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| Karl Howman | Self
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| Roy Hudd | Self
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| Terry Hughes | Self
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| Alan Hume | Self
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| Barry Humphries | Self
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| Johnny Hutch | Self
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| Eric Idle | Self
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| Celia Imrie | Self
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| Richard Ingrams | Self
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| John Inman | Self
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| Eddie Izzard | Self
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| Paul Jackson | Self
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| Clive James | Self
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| David Jason | Self
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| Lionel Jeffries | Self
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| Terry Johnson | Self
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| Lesley Joseph | Self
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| John Junkin | Self
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| Gerald Kaufman | Self
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| Jean Kent | Self
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| Bill Kenwright | Self
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| Bill Kerr | Self
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| Dennis Kirkland | Self
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| Ian La Frenais | Self
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| Danny La Rue | Self
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| John Lahr | Self
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| Carla Lane | Self
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| Vernon Lawrence | Self
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| Dilys Laye | Self
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| Joan Le Mesurier | Self
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| Rosemary Leach | Self
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| Richard Lester | Self
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| Mark Lewisohn | Self
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| Maureen Lipman | Self
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| Moira Lister | Self
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| John Lithgow | Self
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| Hugh Lloyd | Self
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| David Lodge | Self
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| Deric Longden | Self
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| Olga Lowe | Self
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| Victor Lownes | Self
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| Humphrey Lyttelton | Self
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| Bernard Manning | Self
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| Bernard Manning Jnr | Self
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| Johnny Mans | Self
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| Laurie Mansfield | Self
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| Jonathan Margolis | Self
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| Miriam Margolyes | Self
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| Ernest Maxin | Self
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| Royston Mayoh | Self
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| Henry McGee | Self
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| Roger McGough | Self
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| Alistair McGowan | Self
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| Joe McGrath | Self
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| Ian McKellen | Self
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| Merlith McKendrick | Self
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| Michael Medwin | Self
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| George Melly | Self
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| Paul Merton | Self
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| Jonathan Miller | Self
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| Spike Milligan | Self
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| John Mills (as Sir John Mills) | Self
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| Kylie Minogue | Self
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| Bob Monkhouse | Self
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| Ron Moody | Self
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| Patrick Moore (as Sir Patrick Moore) | Self
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| Mo Moreland | Self
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| Celia Moreton-Prichard | Self
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| Cliff Morgan | Self
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| Sheridan Morley | Self
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| Mo Mowlam | Self
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| Rupert Murdoch | Self
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| Anthony Newley | Self
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| Sue Nicholls | Self
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| David Nobbs | Self
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| Denis Norden | Self
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| Barry Norman | Self
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| Phillip Oakes (as Philip Oakes) | Self
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| Elaine Paige | Self
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| Michael Palin | Self
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| Anthony Parker | Self
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| Michael Parkinson | Self
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| Nicholas Parsons | Self
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| Lance Percival | Self
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| Emily Perry | Self
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| Bill Pertwee | Self
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| Alan Plater | Self
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| Angela Pleasence | Self
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| Michael Pointon | Self
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| Vyacheslav Polunin (as Slava Polounin) | Self
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| Pete Postlethwaite | Self
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| Vince Powell | Self
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| Terry Pratchett | Self
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| Duncan Preston | Self
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| Charlotte Prince | Self
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| Harry Rabinowitz | Self
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| Gillian Raine | Self
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| Esther Rantzen | Self
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| Andrew Ray | Self
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| Claire Rayner | Self
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| Griff Rhys Jones | Self
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| Cliff Richard | Self
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| Joan Rivers | Self
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| Cleo Rocos | Self
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| Peter Rogers | Self
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| James Roose-Evans | Self
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| George Roper | Self
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| Camilla Rossiter | Self
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| Phyllis Rounce | Self
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| Patricia Routledge | Self
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| Patsy Rowlands | Self
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| Roger Royle | Self
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| Geoffrey Rush | Self
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| Andrew Sachs | Self
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| Joan Savage | Self
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| Jimmy Savile (as Sir Jimmy Savile) | Self
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| Janette Scott (as Janette Scott Rademaekers) | Self
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| Elizabeth Seal | Self
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| Harry Secombe | Self
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| Mary Selway | Self
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| John Sessions | Self
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| Neil Shand | Self
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| Jack Shepherd | Self
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| Ned Sherrin | Self
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| Naomi Sim | Self
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| Alan Simpson | Self
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| Adrian Slade | Self
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| Wayne Sleep | Self
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| Cyril Smith (as Sir Cyril Smith) | Self
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| Madeline Smith | Self
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| Johnny Speight | Self
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| John Stalker | Self
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| Benny Sternberg | Self
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| Hugh Stewart | Self
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| Richard Stilgoe | Self
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| Richard Stone | Self
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| Eric Sykes | Self
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| Don Taffner | Self
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| Jimmy Tarbuck | Self
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| William Tarmey (as Bill Tarmey) | Self
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| Jim Tavaré | Self
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| Brian Tesler | Self
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| Josephine Tewson | Self
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| Sarah Thomas | Self
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| Bill Tidy | Self
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| Barry Took | Self
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| Sue Upton | Self
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| Dick Van Dyke | Self
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| Reg Varney | Self
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| Beryl Vertue | Self
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| Peter Vincent | Self
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| John Virgo | Self
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| Dick Vosburgh | Self
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| Rick Wakeman | Self
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| Pete Waterman | Self
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| Bert Weedon | Self
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| John Wells | Self
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| Richard Whiteley | Self
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| June Whitfield | Self
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| John Williams | Self
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| Robin Williams | Self
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| Gary Wilmot | Self
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| Sandy Wilson | Self
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| Robert Winston (as Professor Robert Winston) | Self
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| Dale Winton | Self
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| Norman Wisdom | Self
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| David Wish (as Dave Cash) | Self
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| Terry Wogan | Self
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| Ronnie Wood | Self
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| Victoria Wood | Self
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| Steve Wright | Self
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| Clare Yarwood-White (as Clare Yarwood) | Self
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| Terry-Thomas | Self (Archive Material)
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| Arthur Askey | Self (Archive Material)
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| Michael Bentine | Self (Archive Material)
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| Ray Cameron | Self (Archive Material)
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| Peter Cook | Self (Archive Material)
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| Tommy Cooper | Self (Archive Material)
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| Les Dawson | Self (Archive Material)
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| Kenny Everett | Self (Archive Material)
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| Jimmy Grafton | Self (Archive Material)
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| Joyce Grenfell | Self (Archive Material)
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| Tony Hancock | Self (Archive Material)
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| Arthur Haynes | Self (Archive Material)
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| Benny Hill | Self (Archive Material)
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| Frankie Howerd | Self (Archive Material)
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| Hattie Jacques | Self (Archive Material)
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| Sid James | Self (Archive Material)
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| Dennis Main Wilson | Self (Archive Material)
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| Kathleen Marsh (as Kathleen Miller) | Self (Archive Material)
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| Max Miller | Self (Archive Material)
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| Spike Milligan | Self (Archive Material)
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| John Osborne | Self (Archive Material)
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| Leonard Rossiter | Self (Archive Material)
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| Peter Sellers | Self (Archive Material)
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| Alastair Sim | Self (Archive Material)
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| Max Wall | Self (Archive Material)
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| Kenneth Williams | Self (Archive Material)
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| John Fisher | Writer
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| Laurie Bellew | Writer (Additional Material)
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| John Bird | Writer (Additional Material)
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| Johnny Mans | Writer (Additional Material)
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| Robert McCabe (as Bob McCabe) | Writer (Additional Material)
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| Michael Pointon | Writer (Additional Material)
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| Neil Shand | Writer (Additional Material)
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| Larry Stephens | Writer (Additional Material)
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| Eric Sykes | Writer (Additional Material)
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| Thomas Atkinson (as Tom Atkinson) | Director
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| Iain McLean | Director
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| John Fisher | Producer
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| Norma Farnes | Associate Producer
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| Rory Ferguson | Editor
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| Jonathan Field | Editor
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| Chris Kenyon | Editor
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| Mark Sangster | Editor
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| Kevin Hill | Graphics
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| Paul Kavanagh | Graphics
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| Roger Kennedy | Graphics
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| Lesley Hamon | Make-up Designer
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| Brenda Yewdell | Make-up Designer
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| Brian Larkin | Animation
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