50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
May 24 2014
•2h 0m
•Documentary, TV Movie
Documentary charting and celebrating five decades of often groundbreaking, boundary-pushing comedy from BBC Two.
Cast
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Joanna Lumley
Narrator (voice)
Ricky Gervais
Self
Eric Idle
Self
Michael Palin
Self
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