Comedy Legends
- TV documentary
- Sky Arts
- 2018 - 2021
- 40 episodes (4 series)
Barry Cryer pays tribute to the heroes of comedy he has worked with. Also features Tim Brooke-Taylor, Steve Punt, Clive Anderson, Stephen Armstrong, Tony Hawks and more.
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Series 3, Episode 10 - Leslie Phillips
Oh I say, ding dong! Comedy Legends examines the career of Leslie Phillips, the actor best known for his roles as a cad and a bounder.
Further details
Oh I say, ding dong! Comedy Legends examines the career of Leslie Phillips. Best known for his roles, usually as a cad and a bounder, in the Carry On films and the long-running BBC Radio comedy series The Navy Lark, Phillips popularised various catchphrases during his career based on amusing English stereotypes. As times changed and cinema moved away from the Carry On style of humour, Phillips too moved away from playing lecherous twits, and found new fame as the voice of the Sorting Hat in the global sensation that was the Harry Potter series.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 10th December 2020
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Sky Arts
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Barry Cryer | Host / Presenter |
| Steve Punt | Self |
| Stephen Armstrong | Self |
| Tony Hawks | Self |
| Jo Caulfield | Self |
| Leslie Phillips | Self (Archive Material) |
| Lyndy Saville | Director |
| Lyndy Saville | Producer |
| David Byrne | Executive Producer |
| Jack Oliver | Executive Producer |
| Dominic Saville | Executive Producer |
| Ashley Hall | Edit Producer |
| Tim Raggett | Editor |
| Cosmo Hildyard | Director of Photography |
| Nicholas Stylianou | Director of Photography |
| Matt Birch | Graphics |