
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
A celebration of 50 years of comedy on BBC Two.
Documentary charting and celebrating five decades of often groundbreaking, boundary-pushing comedy from BBC Two.
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Top Cast

Joanna Lumley
Narrator (voice)

Ricky Gervais
Self

Eric Idle
Self

Michael Palin
Self

Terry Jones
Self

Alan Alda
Self

Vic Reeves
Self

Bob Mortimer
Self

Rebecca Front
Self

Alexei Sayle
Self

David Mitchell
Self

Robert Webb
Self

Catherine Tate
Self

Bill Bailey
Self

Ian Hislop
Self

Sarah Millican
Self

Dara Ó Briain
Self

James Corden
Self

Sanjeev Bhaskar
Self

Armando Iannucci
Self
Crew
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