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5.6/10
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Network
  
Channel 4

Languages
  
English, Tamil

6.7/10
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First episode date
  
1997

Genre
  
Comedy

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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.

Contents

Series one

  • 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

  • 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

    This series examined dead performers.

    Series four

    All subjects in this series were living at the time of broadcast.

    Series five

    This series examined living and dead performers.

    Series six

  • Previously covered as part of the Goons episode.

    • References

    Heroes of Comedy Wikipedia
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