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A sketch comedy show featuring some of Britain's great comedic talents of the 1980s and 1990s in one of their earliest TV appearances. Stars Robbie Coltrane, Ben Elton, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Siobhan Redmond and Emma Thompson, Avante garde and sometimes quite dark, the show offered social commentary on Britain at the time of the rise of Thatcherism.
Direction
Cast
Robbie Coltrane
Various Characters
Robbie Coltrane
Agincourt Soldier
Robbie Coltrane
Aristocrat
Ben Elton
Various Characters
Ben Elton
Mr. Butcher
Ben Elton
German Soldier
Stephen Fry
Various
Stephen Fry
Agincourt Soldier
Stephen Fry
Aristocrat
Hugh Laurie
Various Characters
Hugh Laurie
Mr. Baker
Hugh Laurie
Admissions Officer
Siobhan Redmond
Various Characters
Siobhan Redmond
Hostess
Siobhan Redmond
Queen Victoria
Emma Thompson
Various
Emma Thompson
Florence Nightingale
Emma Thompson
Gertie the Woman
