Britain's 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches (2005) (TV)

Writers:

Sean Doherty (writer)
Aled Evans (writer)

Release Date:

3 April 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Cast

Tom Baker	...	Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Baddiel	...	Himself
Morwenna Banks	...	Herself
Roy Barraclough	...	Himself
Peter Baynham	...	Himself
Sanjeev Bhaskar	...	Himself
Tony Blackburn	...	Himself
Colin Bostock-Smith	...	Himself
Sid Caesar	...	Himself
John Cleese	...	Himself
Carol Cleveland	...	Herself
Peter Cook	...	Himself (archive footage)
Phil Cornwell	...	Himself
Barry Cryer	...	Himself
Simon Day	...	Himself
Rebecca Front	...	Herself
David Frost	...	Himself (as Sir David Frost)
Steve Furst	...	Himself
Paul Garner	...	Himself
Terry Gilliam	...	Himself
Jon Glover	...	Himself
Charlie Higson	...	Himself
Ian Hislop	...	Himself
Noddy Holder	...	Himself (as The Real Noddy Holder)
Gordon Kennedy	...	Himself
Helen Lederer	...	Herself
Graham Linehan	...	Himself
Matt Lucas	...	Himself
Arthur Mathews	...	Himself
Ernest Maxin	...	Himself
Rory McGrath	...	Himself
David Mitchell	...	Himself
Bob Mortimer	...	Himself
Mike Myers	...	Himself
Andrew Newman	...	Himself
David Nobbs	...	Himself
Denis Norden	...	Himself
Tracy-Ann Oberman	...	Herself
Bill Oddie	...	Himself
Michael Palin	...	Himself
Nicholas Parsons	...	Himself
Steve Pemberton	...	Himself
Geoffrey Perkins	...	Himself
Victoria Pile	...	Herself
Jon Plowman	...	Himself
André Previn	...	Himself (as Andre Previn)
Steve Punt	...	Himself
David Quantick	...	Himself
Vic Reeves	...	Himself
Griff Rhys Jones	...	Himself
Joan Rivers	...	Herself
Rowland Rivron	...	Himself
Tony Robinson	...	Himself
Cleo Rocos	...	Herself
Reece Shearsmith	...	Himself
Arthur Smith	...	Himself
Meera Syal	...	Herself
Nick Symons	...	Himself
Harry Thompson	...	Himself
John Thomson	...	Himself
David Walliams	...	Himself
Robert Webb	...	Himself
Arabella Weir	...	Herself
Paul Whitehouse	...	Himself

Runtime:

180 min (including commercials)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

North One Television

Trivia:

Noddy Holder is credited as "The Real Noddy Holder" because he is commenting on the "Slade in Residence - Christmas Day" sketch from "The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer" (1993), which features the cast of the show imitating the members of Slade, including Noddy Holder.

Movie Connections:

Features "Big Train" (1998)

Great to watch, and really well done.

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

I really enjoyed watching this: it was great to see some of the greatest comedy sketches ever produced all in one chunk. In some ways it was just worth it for nostalgic reasons, but whether you want to reminisce or just have a laugh then this show's really worth a watch. But, much as I love Little Britain I just don't think it should have been top. I mean, it was basically just flavour of the month when the poll was cast, and I just think that it wouldn't exist at all without shows like Monty Python, and by rights they own the top spot. Still, I love the top 3, so I'm happy enough anyway! =D I also enjoyed having a chance to see some sketches that may have passed me by before due to me being too young at the time, which was great. The whole thing is basically a crash course in comedy, should you choose to view it with a view to learning. Also, they had some great interviewees commenting during the show, which really helped to make it. Hope this helped a little. :)