Series 2, Episode 5
Charlotte Ritchie reveals the truth behind The Cottingley Fairies (stars Catherine Tate and Mathew Horne), and Nish Kumar talks about the Invention of the Telephone (featuring Anthony Head).
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 9th March 2016
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Comedy Central
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
- Show past repeats
- Thursday 10th March 2016 at 10:25pm on CC Extra
- Friday 11th March 2016 at 11:00pm on Comedy Central
- Sunday 13th March 2016 at 3:25am on Comedy Central
- Monday 14th March 2016 at 1:30am on Comedy Central
- Tuesday 15th March 2016 at 12:30am on Comedy Central
- Wednesday 22nd June 2016 at 10:30pm on Comedy Central
- Friday 24th June 2016 at 11:30pm on Comedy Central
- Friday 12th August 2016 at 2:30am on Comedy Central
- Saturday 13th August 2016 at 12:25am on CC Extra
- Saturday 31st December 2016 at 2:00am on CC Extra
- Monday 2nd January 2017 at 2:45am on Comedy Central
- Wednesday 22nd February 2017 at 10:30pm on Comedy Central
- Saturday 25th February 2017 at 1:20am on CC Extra
- Monday 27th February 2017 at 2:30am on CC Extra
- Sunday 5th March 2017 at 1:00am on CC Extra
Cast & crew
| Regular cast | |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Carr | Narrator |
| Guest cast | |
|---|---|
| Catherine Tate | Elsie Wright |
| Mathew Horne | Frances Griffiths |
| Alexander Kirk | Arthur Wright |
| Matthew Steer | Edward Gardner |
| Bruce Mackinnon | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Anthony Head | Alexander Graham Bell |
| Tom Stourton | Thomas Watson |
| Tim Key | Thomas Edison |
| Mathew Baynton | Antonio Meucci |
| Kath Hughes | Polly Wright |
| James Meehan | Theosophist |
| Charlotte Ritchie | Self |
| Nish Kumar | Self |
| Marcus Butler | Ensemble Actor |
| Ciaran Dowd | Unknown |
| Writing team | |
|---|---|
| Dominic English | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Production team | |
|---|---|
| Tom McKay | Director |
| Ben Rogers | Producer |
| Andrew Brereton (as Andy Brereton) | Exec Producer |
| Jill Offman | Exec Producer |
| Lourdes Diaz | Exec Producer |
| Mo Holden | Production Designer |
| Stuart Lutes | Editor |
| Nick Murray Willis | Animation |
Videos
The Cottingley Fairies
Charlotte Ritchie reveals the truth behind The Cottingley Fairies.
Inventors
Nish Kumar talks about the invention of the telephone.