Heroes of Comedy


Heroes of Comedy is a British television series, produced by Thames Television, and broadcast on Channel 4, which devotes each episode to a legend of British comedy. It was produced by John Fisher. Beginning in 1995, it followed a 2½ hour more general programme from 1992.

Episodes

Series one

Episode numberSubjectOriginal air date
1
Les Dawson
16 April 1997
2
Kenny Everett
23 April 1997
3
Alastair Sim
30 April 1997
4
The Goons*
7 May 1997

This series examined dead performers.

Series four

All subjects in this series were living at the time of broadcast.

Series five

This series examined living and dead performers.

Series six