My Favourite Joke. Copyright: Open Mike Productions
My Favourite Joke

My Favourite Joke

  • TV documentary
  • BBC One
  • 2011
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Documentary series in which comedians discuss and describe their favourite jokes of all time, and how they have been influenced by them. Features Jonathan Ross, Jack Dee, Jo Brand, Joan Rivers, Alan Carr and more.

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Cast
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Ronni Ancona Self
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Jo Brand Self
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Alan Carr Self
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Frank Carson Self
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Jon Culshaw Self
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Jack Dee Self
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Ken Dodd Self
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Micky Flanagan Self
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Rhod Gilbert Self
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Rich Hall Self
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Lenny Henry Self
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Phill Jupitus Self
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Shaparak Khorsandi (as Shappi Khorsandi) Self
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Jason Manford Self
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Alistair McGowan Self
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Paddy McGuinness Self
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Al Murray Self
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Andi Osho Self
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Jon Richardson Self
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Joan Rivers Self
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Jonathan Ross Self
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Pamela Stephenson Self
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Jimmy Tarbuck Self
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Barbara Windsor Narrator
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Guest cast
Person Role Episode count
Kevin Bridges Self
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Julian Clary Self
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Nigel Havers Self
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Sean Lock Self
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Graham Norton Self
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Dara O Briain Self
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Jack Whitehall Self
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Dave Allen Self (Archive Material)
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Woody Allen Self (Archive Material)
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Rowan Atkinson Self (Archive Material)
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Lucille Ball Self (Archive Material)
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Ronnie Barker Self (Archive Material)
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Billy Connolly Self (Archive Material)
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Peter Cook Self (Archive Material)
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Tommy Cooper Self (Archive Material)
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Ronnie Corbett Self (Archive Material)
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Les Dawson Self (Archive Material)
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Frances de la Tour Self (Archive Material)
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Jack Dee Self (Archive Material)
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Phyllis Diller Self (Archive Material)
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Dick Emery Self (Archive Material)
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Lee Evans Self (Archive Material)
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Dawn French Self (Archive Material)
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Larry Grayson Self (Archive Material)
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Tony Hancock Self (Archive Material)
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Oliver Hardy Self (Archive Material)
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Celia Imrie Self (Archive Material)
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Eddie Izzard Self (Archive Material)
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Sid James Self (Archive Material)
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Sam Kinison Self (Archive Material)
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Stan Laurel Self (Archive Material)
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Steve Martin Self (Archive Material)
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Max Miller Self (Archive Material)
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Dudley Moore Self (Archive Material)
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Eric Morecambe Self (Archive Material)
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Andre Previn Self (Archive Material)
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Richard Pryor Self (Archive Material)
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Joan Rivers Self (Archive Material)
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Leonard Rossiter Self (Archive Material)
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Jennifer Saunders Self (Archive Material)
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Freddie Starr Self (Archive Material)
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Julie Walters Self (Archive Material)
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Ernie Wise Self (Archive Material)
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Victoria Wood Self (Archive Material)
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Steven Wright Self (Archive Material)
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Writing team
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Stephen Joel Writer (Additional Material)
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Production team
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Stephanie Dennis Director
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Stephanie Dennis Producer
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Andrew Beint Executive Producer
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Anthony Caveney Executive Producer
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Addison Cresswell Executive Producer
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Ruby Kuraishe Executive Producer
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Paul Frost Editor
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Mark Henson Editor
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Damian Coldwell Composer
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Shelley Cresswell Creator

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