The World's Greatest Comedy Characters (2007) (TV)

Directors:

Alice Barnett
Tania Hirsch

Writer:

Ged Parsons (additional material)

Release Date:

14 April 2007 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Cast

Simon Pegg	...	Himself - Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jesse Armstrong	...	Himself
Sam Bain	...	Himself
Bob Baker	...	Himself
Sandra Bernhard	...	Herself / Nancy Bartlett
Tony Blackburn	...	Himself
Matt Blaize	...	Himself
Kevin Cecil	...	Himself
John Challis	...	Himself
Eric Chappell	...	Himself
Dick Clement	...	Himself
Phil Cornwell	...	Himself
Michael Crawford	...	Himself / Frank Spencer
Barry Cryer	...	Himself
Josie D'Arby	...	Herself
John Howard Davies	...	Himself
Julia Deakin	...	Herself
Mark Dolan	...	Himself
Susie Essman	...	Herself
Neil Fitzmaurice	...	Himself
Lynne Franks	...	Herself
Rebecca Front	...	Herself
Ray Galton	...	Himself
Paul Garner	...	Himself
Alicia Goranson	...	Herself / Becky
Dave Gorman	...	Himself
Simon Greenall	...	Himself
Tamsin Greig	...	Herself
Jonathan Harvey	...	Himself
Charlie Higson	...	Himself
Mathew Horne	...	Himself
Barry Humphries	...	Himself / Dame Edna Everage
Jessica Hynes	...	Herself / Daisy (as Jessica Stevenson)
Eddie Izzard	...	Himself
Antony Jay	...	Himself (as Sir Antony Jay)
Terry Jones	...	Himself
Paul Kaye	...	Himself / Dennis Pennis
Sanjeev Kohli	...	Himself
Ian La Frenais	...	Himself
James Lance	...	Himself
Ian Lavender	...	Himself
Richard Lewis	...	Himself
Jonathan Lynn	...	Himself
Ewen MacIntosh	...	Himself
Ruth Madoc	...	Herself
Stephen Mangan	...	Himself
Arthur Mathews	...	Himself
Dan Mazer	...	Himself
Davina McCall	...	Herself
Oriane Messina	...	Herself
David Mitchell	...	Himself / Mark Corrigan
Andrew Newman	...	Himself
Leslie Nielsen	...	Himself / Frank Drebin
David Nobbs	...	Himself
Ardal O'Hanlon	...	Himself
Steve Pemberton	...	Himself
Sue Perkins	...	Herself
Bill Pertwee	...	Himself
Lucy Porter	...	Herself
Duncan Preston	...	Himself
Greg Proops	...	Himself
Katie Puckrik	...	Herself
Steve Punt	...	Himself
Phylicia Rashad	...	Herself
Andy Riley	...	Himself
Ted Robbins	...	Himself
Tony Robinson	...	Himself
Jemma Rodgers	...	Herself
Fay Rusling	...	Herself
Andrew Sachs	...	Himself
Peter Sallis	...	Himself
David Schneider	...	Himself
Reece Shearsmith	...	Himself
Alan Simpson	...	Himself
Harold Snoad	...	Himself
Bob Spiers	...	Himself
Dave Spikey	...	Himself
Catherine Tate	...	Herself
Rip Torn	...	Himself / Arthur
Clive Tulloh	...	Himself
Arabella Weir	...	Herself
Paul Whitehouse	...	Himself / Nicey
Ann Widdecombe	...	Herself
Ed Williams	...	Himself / Ted Olson
Richard Wilson	...	Himself / Victor Meldrew
Edgar Wright	...	Himself

Runtime:

185 min (including commercials)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Company:

Visual Voodoo

The World's Greatest Comedy Characters

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

I was expecting this to be as interesting as The 100 Greatest TV Characters was, but it wasn't as great as I'd hoped. I mean it did have loads of good characters, but then there were those I didn't know/haven't seen, didn't want to be on there, can't understand why their on it, and those I want to be higher or more popular than others. With contributions from Michael Crawford, Charlie Higson, Barry Humphries, Paul Kaye, Ian Lavender, David Mitchell, Bill Pertwee, Andrew Sachs, Peter Sallis, Dave Spikey, Arabella Weir and Paul Whitehouse. The characters listed included: Smashey & Nicey (Harry Enfield and Chums), Dennis Pennis, Dame Edna Everage, Detective Frank Drebin (Police Squad and The Naked Gun films), Father Dougal Maguire (Father Ted), Mrs. Merton (The Mrs. Merton Show), Lauren Cooper and Cockney Nan Taylor (both The Catherine Tate Show), Waynetta Slob (Harry Enfield and Chums), Daffyd Thomas and Vicki Pollard (both Little Britain), Dr. Guy Secretan (Green Wing), Dr. Niles Crane (Frasier), Lily Savage, Frank Spencer (some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em), Captain George Mainwaring (Dad's Army), Ted and Ralph (The Fast Show), Avid Merrion (Bo' Selecta!), Earl Hickey (My Name Is Earl), Ted Maul (The Day Today), Pauline and Papa Lazarou (both The League of Gentlemen), Roseanne Conner (Roseanne), Bernard Black (Black Books), Victor Meldrew (One Foot in the Grave), Borat and Ali G (separately on many shows), Derek 'Delboy' Trotter (Only Fools and Horses), Rick (The Young Ones), Brian Potter (Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights), Mark Corrigan (Peep Show), Wallace and Gromit, Norman Stanley Fletcher (Porridge), Edna 'Eddie' Monsoon (Absolutely Fabulous), Larry David (Curb You Enthusiasm), David Brent (The Office), Edmund Blackadder (Blackadder), Alan Partridge, and almost deserved winner, Basil Fawlty (Fawlty Towers). Good!