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Writer:
Dennis Potter
TV Series:
"The Greatest" (1998)
Original Air Date:
5 May 2001
Genre:
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Plot:
A two-part TV special which counts down Britain's favourite television characters, as voted for by the British public. | Add synopsis »
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Entertaining trip through time. See more (3 total) »

Cast

 (Episode Cast) (in credits order)
Ardal O'Hanlon ... Presenter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Dan Castellaneta ... Himself
Roy Clarke ... Himself
Paul Daniels ... Himself

Russell T. Davies ... Himself
Ray Galton ... Himself
Maurice Gran ... Himself
Wayne Hemingway ... Himself

Armando Iannucci ... Himself
Ian La Frenais ... Himself
Verity Lambert ... Herself
Graham Linehan ... Himself
Laurence Marks ... Himself
Arthur Mathews ... Himself
Paul Morley ... Himself

Steve Pemberton ... Himself
Jimmy Perry ... Himself

Greg Proops ... Himself

Gordon Ramsay ... Himself
Paul Ross ... Himself

Reece Shearsmith ... Himself
Alan Simpson ... Himself
Harry Thompson ... Himself
Caroline Aherne ... Mrs. Merton (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rowan Atkinson ... Edmund Blackadder (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tom Baker ... The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ronnie Barker ... Norman Stanley Fletcher (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sacha Baron Cohen ... Ali G (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wilfrid Brambell ... Albert Steptoe (archive footage) (uncredited)
June Brown ... Dot Cotton (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Cleese ... Basil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Cole ... Arthur Daley (archive footage) (uncredited)

Robbie Coltrane ... Dr. Eddie 'Fitz' Fitzgerald (archive footage) (uncredited)

Steve Coogan ... Alan Partridge (archive footage) (uncredited)

Michael Crawford ... Frank Spencer (archive footage) (uncredited)

Peter Davison ... The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Anita Dobson ... Angie Watts (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harry Enfield ... Loadsamoney / Kevin the Teenager (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adam Faith ... Ronald 'Budgie' Bird (archive footage) (uncredited)

Peter Falk ... Columbo (archive footage) (uncredited)

Frank Finlay ... Peter Manson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Gregor Fisher ... Rab C. Nesbitt (archive footage) (uncredited)

Calista Flockhart ... Ally McBeal (archive footage) (uncredited)

Michael Gambon ... Philip E. Marlow (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sarah Michelle Gellar ... Buffy Summers (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leslie Grantham ... Den Watts (archive footage) (uncredited)

Larry Hagman ... J.R. Ewing (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tony Hancock ... Hancock (archive footage) (uncredited)

William Hartnell ... The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nigel Hawthorne ... Sir Humphrey Appleby (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bernard Hill ... Yosser Hughes (archive footage) (uncredited)

Barry Humphries ... Dame Edna Everage (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Hurt ... Quentin Crisp (archive footage) (uncredited)

David Hyde Pierce ... Dr. Niles Crane (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Inman ... Mr. Humphries (archive footage) (uncredited)

Gordon Jackson ... Mr. Hudson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Derek Jacobi ... Claudius (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sid James ... Sid Abbott (archive footage) (uncredited)

David Jason ... Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stratford Johns ... Det. Chief Supt. Charles Barlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lesley Joseph ... Dorien Green (archive footage) (uncredited)

Paul Kaye ... Dennis Pennis (archive footage) (uncredited)
Penelope Keith ... Margot Leadbetter (archive footage) (uncredited)

Robert Lindsay ... Wolfie Smith / Michael Murray (archive footage) (uncredited)

Arthur Lowe ... Capt. George Mainwaring (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joanna Lumley ... Patricia 'Patsy' Stone (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rik Mayall ... Alan B'Stard (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sylvester McCoy ... The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Patrick McGoohan ... The Prisoner (archive footage) (uncredited)

Helen Mirren ... Jane Tennison (archive footage) (uncredited)

Warren Mitchell ... Alf Garnett (archive footage) (uncredited)

Roger Moore ... Himself / The Saint (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mr. T ... B.A. Baracus (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jimmy Nail ... Oz Osborne (archive footage) (uncredited)

Leonard Nimoy ... Mr. Spock (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bill Owen ... Compo (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jon Pertwee ... The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ian Richardson ... Francis Urquhart (archive footage) (uncredited)

Miranda Richardson ... Queen Elizabeth I (archive footage) (uncredited)

Diana Rigg ... Ms. Emma Peel (archive footage) (uncredited)

Leonard Rossiter ... Rigsby (archive footage) (uncredited)

Patricia Routledge ... Hyacinth Bucket (archive footage) (uncredited)

Telly Savalas ... Kojak (archive footage) (uncredited)

Phil Silvers ... Sgt. Bilko (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roger Sloman ... Keith Pratt (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alison Steadman ... Beverly (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Thaw ... Chief Inspector Morse (archive footage) (uncredited)

Julie Walters ... Mrs. Overall (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Wilson ... Victor Meldrew (archive footage) (uncredited)

Henry Winkler ... Arthur 'The Fonz' Fonzarelli (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Wyngarde ... Jason King (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Episode Crew
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Dennis Potter 

Other crew
Richard Brecker .... celebrity consultant
Claire Nye .... celebrity consultant
 

Series Crew
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Produced by
Lauren Zalaznick .... executive producer
 
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Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White | Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo

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7 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
Entertaining trip through time., 12 May 2001
Author: saville from Derbyshire, England

Ardal O'Hanlon makes a suitably witty host for this television special, broadcast on Channel 4. It counts down the top 100 television characters to have been featured on British television over the years, as voted by viewers. As well as Ardal's humorous introductions, there are contributions by actors, writers and producers who brought them to our screens, plus comments by journalists, television celebrities and fans. A very long program, but a thoroughly enjoyable and nostalgic remembrance of dramatic, comic and biographical television creations.

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