Heroes of Comedy - Season 5
Season 5
Episodes
Kenneth Williams
Portrait of popular comic actor Kenneth Williams, star of TV, radio and film, whose outrageous antics masked loneliness and a life of paradoxes.
Bernard Manning
Profile of Bernard Manning. The stand-up was adored for his comic style and gags but others loathed him for being rude, outrageous, a racist and proudly politically incorrect.
Ronnie Barker
A portrait of comedy actor Ronnie Barker, with contributions from his friends and colleagues including Ronnie Corbett, Michael Palin and David Jason.
Leonard Rossiter
A look at the career of comic actor Leonard Rossiter, whose masterly creations include the miserly landlord Rigsby, and the doyen of mid-life crisis, Reggie Perrin.
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