A Comedy Roast. Jimmy Carr. Copyright: Monkey Kingdom
A Comedy Roast
- TV stand-up
- Channel 4
- 2010 - 2011
- 5 episodes (1 series)
Jimmy Carr brings the American tradition of the 'comedy roast' to the UK. Targets include Bruce Forsyth, Sharon Osbourne and Chris Tarrant. Also features Jack Dee, Sean Lock, Patrick Kielty and Jack Whitehall.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 5 - Barbara Windsor
Barbara Windsor's long, varied and extremely successful career is honoured in a gala evening jam-packed with the country's best comic talent as well as some of Barbara's close celebrity friends.
Further details
A Comedy Roast. Image shows from L to R: Barbara Windsor, Jimmy Carr. Copyright: Monkey Kingdom
A line up that includes Alan Carr, Sean Lock, Rich Hall, Patrick Kielty, Bernard Cribbins, Cheryl Fergison and Christopher Biggins all get a chance to have a tongue-in-cheek pop at a national treasure and those that can't be there on the night also get to chip in on film, including Michael Sheen, the cast of EastEnders and Leslie Phillips.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 5th January 2011
- Time
- 10:35pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jimmy Carr | Host / Presenter |
| Patrick Kielty | Self |
| Marc Silk | Announcer |
| Barbara Windsor | Guest |
| Alan Carr | Self |
| Rich Hall | Self |
| Christopher Biggins | Self |
| Bernard Cribbins | Self |
| Cheryl Fergison | Self |
| Nitin Ganatra (as Nitin Chandra Ganatra) | Self |
| Charlie G. Hawkins | Self |
| Jo Joyner | Self |
| Al Murray | Self |
| Michael Sheen | Self |
| Nina Wadia | Self |
| Jake Wood | Self |
| Rob Colley | Writer |
| Dominic English | Writer |
| Dan Gaster | Writer |
| Nick Findlay-Coulson | Writer |
| Ged Parsons | Writer |
| Christine Rose | Writer |
| Charlie Skelton | Writer |
| Lee Stuart Evans | Writer |
| Martin Trenaman | Writer |
| Phil Kerr | Writer |
| Julian Smith | Series Director |
| Chris Little | Series Producer |
| Kate Daughton | Producer |
| David Granger | Executive Producer |
| Will MacDonald | Executive Producer |
| Ben Cannon | Associate Producer |
| Jason Boxall | Editor |
| Gary Davis | Editor |
| Charlie Fawcett | Editor |
| Tim Waddell | Editor |
| Gurdip Mahal | Lighting Designer |
| Julian Healy | Production Designer |
| Ken Bolam | Composer |
| Nick Foster | Composer |