
Documentary charting and celebrating five decades of often groundbreaking, boundary-pushing comedy from BBC Two.
Cast

Joanna Lumley
Narrator (voice)

Ricky Gervais
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Eric Idle
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Michael Palin
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Terry Jones
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Alan Alda
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Vic Reeves
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Bob Mortimer
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Rebecca Front
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Alexei Sayle
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David Mitchell
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Robert Webb
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Catherine Tate
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Bill Bailey
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Ian Hislop
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Sarah Millican
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Dara Ó Briain
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James Corden
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Sanjeev Bhaskar
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Armando Iannucci
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Prunella Scales
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Charlie Brooker
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Paul Whitehouse
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Tim Brooke-Taylor
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Graeme Garden
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Bill Oddie
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Jeremy Dyson
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Mark Gatiss
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Steve Pemberton
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Reece Shearsmith
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