The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
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The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything | |
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Written by | Mark Burton Kim Fuller |
Directed by | Dewi Humphreys |
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 |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Jon Plowman Patricia McGowan Ali Bryer Carron |
Cinematography | Francis De Groote |
Editor | Steve Punt |
Running time | 65 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |
Release | 2 January 4 January 2000 | –
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.
Cast
[edit]The Ages of Man
[edit]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
[edit]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
Geordie of the Antarctic
[edit]A parody of Scott of the Antarctic.
- Amanda Holden – Geordie's girlfriend
- Bob Mortimer – Geordie
- Vic Reeves – Captain Scott
The First Spin Doctor
[edit]- Patrick Barlow – Advisor
- Robert Bathurst – English Ambassador
- James Dreyfus – Swedish Ambassador
- Stephen Fry – Ambassador
- Hugh Laurie – French Ambassador
Marriage Guidance
[edit]- Brian Blessed – King Henry VIII
- Jack Dee – Marriage guidance counsellor
- Julia Sawalha – Catherine Parr
The Nice-But-Dim Family
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Thora Hird – Ida
- Victoria Wood – Moira
Body Zone
[edit]- Joan Bakewell – Herself
- Dawn French – Egg
- Jennifer Saunders – Egg
A Victorian Evening
[edit]- James Fleet – Mr Parsons
- Geraldine McNulty – Mrs Richards
- Trevor Peacock – Colonel
- Caroline Quentin – Lady Butterworth
Explorers Explorers Explorers
[edit]- Robert Bathurst – Francis Drake
- Peter Davison – Ferdinand Magellan
- Angus Deayton – Sir Walter Raleigh
Holby Village Hospital
[edit]Early British Comedy
[edit]- Matthew Ashforde – Reginald
- Helena Bonham Carter – Lily
- Neil Morrissey – Director
- Caroline Quentin – Marcia Bournemouth
- Richard Wilson – Monty DeLauncy
When Columbo discovered America
[edit]- Gareth Hale – Christopher Columbo
- Norman Pace – King Ferdinand
Looking Forwards
[edit]- Lenny Henry – Deakus
- Clive Mantle – Dr Mike Barrat
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything at IMDb
- "The Nearly Complete And Utter History Of Everything", Memorable TV.
Categories:
- 1999 films
- 2000 British television series debuts
- 2000 British television series endings
- 1990s historical comedy films
- British historical films
- Cultural depictions of William the Conqueror
- Cultural depictions of Henry VIII
- Cultural depictions of Robert Falcon Scott
- Cultural depictions of Francis Drake
- Cultural depictions of Walter Raleigh
- Cultural depictions of Ferdinand Magellan
- Cultural depictions of Horatio Nelson
- Cultural depictions of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
- Films set in the 11th century
- Films set in the 15th century
- Films set in Tudor England
- Films set in the 1640s
- Films set in the 1910s
- 1999 comedy films
- 1990s English-language films
- 1990s British films
- Cultural depictions of Harold Godwinson
- English-language historical comedy films
- British comedy film stubs
- Historical film stubs