Comedy
Contribution of Benny Hill to British Heritage.
***TOO LONG*** Sir Billy Connolly CBE (born 24 November 1942) is a Scottish actor, retired comedian, artist, writer, musician, and presenter. He is sometimes known, especially in his homeland, by the Scots nickname the Big Yin ("the Big One"). Known for his idiosyncratic and improvised observatio...
***This prompt may violate our content policy.*** Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; 16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965) was an English comic actor, writer, and film director who was part of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. He appeared with his comedy partner Oliver Hardy in 107 short films...
***TOO LONG*** Peter Sellers CBE (1925–1980) was an English actor, comedian and singer. His breakthrough came in the 1950s BBC Radio comedy The Goon Show. He went on to play leading roles, often comedic, in Dr. Strangelove (1964), What's New, Pussycat? (1965), Being There (1979) and five Pink Pa...
A Powerful Comedic Presence - Contribution of Dawn French to British Heritage.
Ronnie Corbett: A Legacy Enshrined in British Heritage.
***TOO LONG*** Ronald William George Barker OBE (25 September 1929 – 3 October 2005) was an English actor, comedian and writer. He had the talent to be "a great straight actor", but while studying theatre realised his life ambition was "to make people laugh". Thank God for that. He was known for ...
***TOO LONG*** Monty Python (also collectively known as the Pythons) were a British surreal comedy troupe who created the sketch comedy television show Monty Python's Flying Circus, which first aired on the BBC in 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series. The Python phenomenon develop...
Contribution of Morecambe and Wise to British Heritage.
***TOO LONG*** John Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Emerging from the Cambridge University Footlights, he achieved success in the 1960s Frost Report, then in the late 1960s, co-founded and starred in Monty Python's Flying Circus, and the su...
Contribution of The Two Ronnies to British Heritage.
***TOO LONG***Stephen Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. He first came to prominence in the 1980s as one half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring in A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1989–1995) and Jeeve...
Contribution to British Heritage.
The Legacy, Contribution to British Heritage, and Success.
An Unconventional Lens on British Heritage.
A Touchstone of British Comedy Heritage.
A Pillar of British Comedy Heritage.
Contribution of Graham Chapman to British Heritage.
A Pivotal Figure in the Rich Tapestry of British Entertainment Heritage.
The King of Deadpan Comedy and His Contribution to British Heritage.
Contribution of Spitting Image to British Heritage.
Pioneering a New Wave of British Comedy.
The Rich British Heritage of "Alas Smith and Jones".