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  • The Story of Light Entertainment (2006–2006)
  • TV Mini-series | 90 min | Documentary
The Story of Light Entertainment (2006–2006)
TV Mini-series | 90 min | Documentary

Series on the history of light entertainment, narrated by Stephen Fry.
Seasons
Producers
Andy Humphries (producer) | Elaine Shepherd (producer) | Shelley Lawrence (producer) | Mark Turnbull (producer)
Editor
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Jul 22, 2006

Release date (First episode)
2006 (United Kingdom)

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Cast

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328 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
Stephen Fry
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
8
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
David Frost
Self (as Sir David Frost) Self (as Sir David Frost)   See fewer
3
3
Terry Wogan
Self (as Sir Terry Wogan) Self (as Sir Terry Wogan)   See fewer
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
Jimmy Savile
Self (as Sir Jimmy Savile) Self (as Sir Jimmy Savile)   See fewer
2
2
Cliff Richard
Self (as Sir Cliff Richard) Self (as Sir Cliff Richard)   See fewer
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Declan Donnelly
Self (archive footage) (as Ant and Dec) Self (archive footage) (as Ant and Dec)   See fewer
2
Anthony McPartlin
Self (archive footage) (as Ant and Dec) Self (archive footage) (as Ant and Dec)   See fewer
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Anne Nightingale
Self (as Annie Nightingale) Self (as Annie Nightingale)   See fewer
2
2
2
2
2
James Moir
Self (as Jim Moir) Self (as Jim Moir)   See fewer
2
2
2
2
2
Rod Taylor
Self - Producer Self - Producer   See fewer
2
2
2
Hugh Laurie
Self (archive footage) (as Fry and Laurie) Self (archive footage) (as Fry and Laurie)   See fewer
1
Steve Coogan
Self - Various (archive footage) Self - Various (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Adrian Edmondson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Ricky Gervais
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Jennifer Saunders
Self (archive footage) (as French and Saunders) Self (archive footage) (as French and Saunders)   See fewer
1
1
Matt Lucas
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Rik Mayall
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Dudley Moore
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Dawn French
Self (archive footage) (as French and Saunders) Self (archive footage) (as French and Saunders)   See fewer
1
1
Nina Conti
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Robbie Williams
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
David Walliams
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Lou Costello
Self (archive footage) (as Abbott and Costello) Self (archive footage) (as Abbott and Costello)   See fewer
1
Sammy Davis Jr.
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Bud Abbott
Self (archive footage) (as Abbott and Costello) Self (archive footage) (as Abbott and Costello)   See fewer
1
Benny Hill
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Ronnie Barker
Self (archive footage) (as The Two Ronnies) Self (archive footage) (as The Two Ronnies)   See fewer
1
1
Peter Cook
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Frank Gorshin
Self - Various (archive footage) Self - Various (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Bob Mortimer
Self (archive footage) (as Reeves and Mortimer) Self (archive footage) (as Reeves and Mortimer)   See fewer
1
1
Mel Smith
Self (archive footage) (as Smith and Jones) Self (archive footage) (as Smith and Jones)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
Kenny Everett
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Penn Jillette
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Teller
Self (archive footage) (as Penn & Teller) Self (archive footage) (as Penn & Teller)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
Peter Kay
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Ronnie Corbett
Self (archive footage) (as The Two Ronnies) Self (archive footage) (as The Two Ronnies)   See fewer
1
1
Alexei Sayle
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Griff Rhys Jones
Self - Various (archive footage) (as Smith and Jones) Self - Various (archive footage) (as Smith and Jones)   See fewer
1
Shane Richie
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Frankie Howerd
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Ben Elton
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Toyah Willcox
Self (as Toyah Wilcox) Self (as Toyah Wilcox)   See fewer
1
Edgar Bergen
Self (archive footage) (as Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy) Self (archive footage) (as Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy)   See fewer
1
Lenny Bruce
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
David Copperfield
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Frank Skinner
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Roy Castle
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Barunka O'Shaughnessy
Self - Sacha Merrion Self - Sacha Merrion   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
Bob Monkhouse
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Leigh Francis
Self - Avid Merrion Self - Avid Merrion   See fewer
1
1
1
Alistair McGowan
Self - Various (archive footage) Self - Various (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Myleene Klass
Self (as Mylene Klass) Self (as Mylene Klass)   See fewer
1
1
1
David Blaine
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
George Formby
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
Eric Morecambe
Self (archive footage) (as Morecambe and Wise) Self (archive footage) (as Morecambe and Wise)   See fewer
1
Janette Tough
Self (as The Krankies) Self (as The Krankies)   See fewer
1
Ken Dodd
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
James A. Osmond
Self (as Jimmy Osmond) Self (as Jimmy Osmond)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Tommy Cooper
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
Arthur Askey
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Les Dawson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
Ernie Wise
Self (archive footage) (as Morecambe and Wise) Self (archive footage) (as Morecambe and Wise)   See fewer
1
1
Joseph McGrath
Self (as Joe McGrath) Self (as Joe McGrath)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Bernie Winters
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Leslie Crowther
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
Rod Hull
Self (archive footage) (as Rod Hull & Emu) Self (archive footage) (as Rod Hull & Emu)   See fewer
1
Charlie McCarthy
Self (archive footage) (as Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy) Self (archive footage) (as Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy)   See fewer
1
1
1
Des O'Connor
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Danny Blackner
Self - Circus of Horrors (as Demon Dan) Self - Circus of Horrors (as Demon Dan)   See fewer
1
1
1
Florence Desmond
Self - Various (archive footage) Self - Various (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Bill Haley and the Comets
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Tommy Trinder
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Rob Newman
Self (archive footage) (as Newman and Baddiel) Self (archive footage) (as Newman and Baddiel)   See fewer
1
1
Keith Harris
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Ian Tough
Self (as The Krankies) Self (as The Krankies)   See fewer
1
Tony Benn
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
David Claridge
Self - Roland Rat (archive footage) (voice) (as Roland Rat) Self - Roland Rat (archive footage) (voice) (as Roland Rat)   See fewer
1
1
1
David Nixon
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Dynamo
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Marti Caine
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Kid Jensen
Self (as David Jensen) Self (as David Jensen)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Tony Wilson
Self (as Anthony H. Wilson) Self (as Anthony H. Wilson)   See fewer
1
1
Roger De Courcey
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Dustin Gee
Self - Various (archive footage) Self - Various (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
Dickie Henderson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Larry Grayson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Mike Yarwood
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Fred Cox
Self (as The Cox Twins) Self (as The Cox Twins)   See fewer
1
1
Denis Goodwin
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Frank Cox
Self (as The Cox Twins) Self (as The Cox Twins)   See fewer
1
Sid Field
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Terry Hall
Self (archive footage) (as Terry Hall and Lenny the Lion) Self (archive footage) (as Terry Hall and Lenny the Lion)   See fewer
1
Max Miller
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
Tommy Handley
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
Sandy Powell
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
Fiona Dickson
Self (as Fiona Castle) Self (as Fiona Castle)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
The John Tiller Girls
Themselves (archive footage) (as The Tiller Girls) Themselves (archive footage) (as The Tiller Girls)   See fewer
1
1
Doreen Blythe
Self (as Doreen Wise) Self (as Doreen Wise)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
Peter Brough
Self (archive footage) (as Peter Brough and Archie Andrews) Self (archive footage) (as Peter Brough and Archie Andrews)   See fewer
1
Peter Cavanagh
Self - Various (archive footage) Self - Various (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
Harry Relph
Self - Little Tich (archive footage) Self - Little Tich (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
Rosko
Self (as Emperor Rosko) Self (as Emperor Rosko)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Beryl Orde
Self - Various (archive footage) Self - Various (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Arthur Worsley
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
The Vernons Girls
Themselves Themselves   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Dr. Haze
Self - Circus of Horrors Self - Circus of Horrors   See fewer
1
Joe Adami
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Garry Stretch
Self - Circus of Horrors Self - Circus of Horrors   See fewer
1
1
Wilson Keppel and Betty
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
Ian Freeman
Self - Nephew of Leslie & Lew Grade Self - Nephew of Leslie & Lew Grade   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Wendy Snowden
Self (as Wendy Cook) Self (as Wendy Cook)   See fewer
1
William Hartnell
Self - Sgt. Grimshawe (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Sgt. Grimshawe (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
1
Kermit the Frog
Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited)   See fewer
1
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