The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything is a collection of television comedy sketches, produced in 1999, broadcast in two parts on 2 and 4 January 2000 on BBC One. Based on well-known historical events, it took its title and concept from the 1969 London Weekend Television series The Complete and Utter History of Britain.
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Directed by | Dewi Humphreys |
Produced by | Jon Plowman Patricia McGowan Ali Bryer Carron |
Written by | Mark Burton Kim Fuller |
Starring | Clive Anderson Matthew Ashforde Patrick Barlow Ronnie Barker Helena Bonham Carter Robert Bathurst Adam Blackwood Brian Blessed Julia Sawalha |
Narrated by | Angus Deayton |
Music by | Philip Pope |
Cinematography | Francis De Groote |
Edited by | Steve Punt |
Distributed by | British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |
Release date | 1999 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Cast
The Ages of Man
A version of the class sketch which had previously been broadcast as part of the BBC Millennium programme on 31 December 1999.
- Ronnie Barker – Renaissance Man
- Ronnie Corbett – Medieval Man
- Stephen Fry – Modern Man
1066
The Battle of Hastings staged and described in the style of a modern football match, a version of a sketch from The Complete and Utter History of Britain.
- Clive Anderson – Archbishop of Canterbury
- Ray Clemence – Ray Clemence the Younger
- George Cohen – Master George Cohen
- James Fleet – William of Normandy
- Archie Gemmill – Archie Gemmill, currently in exile
- David Gower – Lord Gower
- Ricky Grover - Aberforth
- Alan Hansen – Lord Alan Hansen
- Geoff Hurst – Sir Geoffrey of Hurst
- Gary Lineker – Lord Gary Lineker
- Rory McGrath – King Harold II
- Peter Osgood – Squire Peter Osgoode
- Martin Peters – Lord Martin Peters
- Steve Punt - French soldier
- Peter Shilton - Peter of Shilton
- Rupert Vansittart - Bishop of Cardiff
Scott of the Antarctic
A parody of Scott of the Antarctic.
- Amanda Holden – Geordie's girlfriend
- Bob Mortimer – Geordie
- Vic Reeves – Captain Scott
The First Spin Doctor
- Martin Clunes – King Henry V
- Angus Deayton – Lord Mandelson
- Martin Trenaman
Treaty of Westphalia
- Patrick Barlow – Advisor
- Robert Bathurst – English Ambassador
- James Dreyfus – Swedish Ambassador
- Stephen Fry – Ambassador
- Hugh Laurie – French Ambassador
Marriage Guidance
- Brian Blessed – King Henry VIII
- Jack Dee – Marriage guidance counsellor
- Julia Sawalha – Catherine Parr
The Nice-But-Dim Family
- Adam Blackwood – Norman
- Richard Briers – Highway robbery victim
- Tim Brooke-Taylor – Earl of Sandwich
- Peter Davison – Duke of Wellington
- Harry Enfield – Tim Norse-But-Dim / Sir Timothy Nice-Butte D'imme / Sir Timothy the Lionbrain / Dim Turpin / Major-General Sir Timothy Nice-But-Dim / Midshipman Nice-But-Dim
- Jessica Stevenson – Woman with Black Death Victim
- Natasha Little - Lady Lionbrain
- Spike Milligan – Admiral Lord Nelson
- Nigel Planer – Lord Cardigan
- Steve Punt – Lord Tampax
- Barbara Windsor – Highway robbery victim
Philosophy of a Hairdresser
- Thora Hird – Ida
- Victoria Wood – Moira
Body Zone
- Joan Bakewell - Herself
- Dawn French
- Jennifer Saunders
A Victorian Evening
- James Fleet - Mr Parsons
- Geraldine McNulty - Mrs Richards
- Trevor Peacock - Colonel
- Caroline Quentin - Lady Butterworth
Explorers Explorers Explorers
- Robert Bathurst – Francis Drake
- Peter Davison – Ferdinand Magellan
- Angus Deayton – Sir Walter Raleigh
Holby Village Hospital
Early British Comedy
- Matthew Ashforde – Reginald
- Helena Bonham Carter – Lily
- Neil Morrissey – Director
- Caroline Quentin – Marcia Bournemouth
- Richard Wilson – Monty DeLauncy
When Columbo discovered America
- Gareth Hale – Christopher Columbo
- Norman Pace - King Ferdinand
Looking Forwards
- Lenny Henry – Deakus
- Clive Mantle – Dr Mike Barrat
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External links
- The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything on IMDb
- "The Nearly Complete And Utter History Of Everything", Memorable TV.
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