About this programme
Olivia Colman narrates this countdown of the nation's top 50 TV comic creations, both new and old. Those featured include neurotic hotel owner Basil Fawlty, disillusioned executive Reginald Perrin, seedy landlord Rigsby, the generation-hopping Blackadder, Ab Fab's Patsy and Eddy, David Brent from The Office, love's young dream duo Gavin & Stacey, crazy joke-shop owner Miranda, the even crazier Keith Lemon, Irish matriarch Mrs Brown and sex-mad virgin Jay from The Inbetweeners. Contributors to the show - some of whom are sure to feature on the list themselves - include Ruth Madoc (Hi-de-Hi!), Warren Mitchell (Alf Garnett), Neil Morrissey (Men Behaving Badly's Tony), Prunella Scales and Andrew Sachs (Fawlty Towers), plus Ann Widdecombe, Barry Cryer, Richard Curtis and Ronni Ancona.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Narrator
- Olivia Colman
- Contributor
- Larry Lamb
- Contributor
- Ruth Madoc
- Contributor
- Warren Mitchell
- Contributor
- Neil Morrissey
- Contributor
- Andrew Sachs
- Contributor
- Prunella Scales
- Contributor
- Ann Widdecombe
- Contributor
- Barry Cryer
- Contributor
- Richard Curtis
- Contributor
- Ronni Ancona
Crew
- Director
- Ryan Minchin
- Director
- Alex Leigh
- Executive Producer
- Victoria Payne
- Executive Producer
- Gerard Barry
- Producer
- Ryan Minchin
- Producer
- Alex Leigh
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