Heroes of Comedy
Heroes of Comedy is a British television series, produced by Thames Television, and broadcast on Channel 4, which devotes each episode to a legend of British comedy. It was produced by John Fisher. Beginning in 1995, it followed a 2½ hour more general programme from 1992.
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Episodes
Series one
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Contributions from Roy Hudd and Bob Monkhouse. An animatronic Miller was created for the programme and performed by David Barclay, Dave Chapman and Mike Quinn.
Series two
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The first group subject and the first where, two of the performers covered (Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe) were alive at the time of broadcast.
Series three
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This series examined dead performers.
Series four
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All subjects in this series were living at the time of broadcast.
Series five
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This series examined living and dead performers.
Series six
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Previously covered as part of the Goons episode.
Series seven
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External links
- Use dmy dates from February 2014
- Use British English from February 2014
- Pages using IMDb title with unknown parameters
- 1990s British television series
- 2000s British television series
- 1995 British television programme debuts
- 2003 British television programme endings
- Channel 4 television programmes
- Television series by FremantleMedia