The 100 Greatest TV Characters (2001)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 5 May 2001
Number of Seasons: N/A
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times:
Format: black and white / colour
Sound: stereo

CREDITS

MISCELLANEOUS
Celebrity Consultants: Richard Brecker, Claire Nye, UPFRONT Television

CAST
Ardal O'Hanlon (presenter)
Verity Lambert (herself)

CAST IN ARCHIVE FOOTAGE
Caroline Aherne (Mrs Merton)
Rowan Atkinson (Edmund Blackadder)
Tom Baker (The Doctor)
Ronnie Barker (Norman Stanley Fletcher)
Sacha Baron Cohen (Ali G)
Wilfrid Brambell (Albert Steptoe)
June Brown (Dot Cotton)
John Cleese (Basil Fawlty)
George Cole (Arthur Daley)
Robbie Coltrane (Fitz)
Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge)
Michael Crawford (Frank Spencer)
Paul Daniels (Himself
Russell T. Davies (Himself
Peter Davison (The Doctor)
Anita Dobson (Angie Watts)
Harry Enfield (Loadsamoney / Kevin the Teenager)
Adam Faith (Ronald 'Budgie' Bird)
Peter Falk (Lieutenant Columbo)
Frank Finlay (Peter Manson)
Gregor Fisher (Rab C. Nesbitt)
Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal)
Michael Gambon (Philip E. Marlow)
Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Leslie Grantham (Den Watts)
Larry Hagman (J.R. Ewing)
Tony Hancock (Hancock)
William Hartnell (The Doctor)
Nigel Hawthorne (Sir Humphrey Appleby)
Bernard Hill (Yosser Hughes)
Barry Humphries (Dame Edna Everage)
John Hurt (Quentin Crisp)
David Hyde Pierce (Niles Crane)
Armando Iannucci (himself)
John Inman (Mr Humphries)
Gordon Jackson (Mr Hudson)
Derek Jacobi (Claudius)
Sid James (Sid Abbott)
David Jason (Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter)
Stratford Johns (Charlie Barlow)
Lesley Joseph (Dorien Green)
Paul Kaye (Dennis Pennis)
Penelope Keith (Margot Leadbetter)
Verity Lambert (herself)
Robert Lindsay (Wolfie Smith / Michael Murray)
Arthur Lowe (Captain Mainwaring)
Joanna Lumley (Patricia 'Patsy' Stone)
Rik Mayall (Alan B'Stard)
Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor)
Patrick McGoohan (The Prisoner)
Helen Mirren (Jane Tennison)
Warren Mitchell (Alf Garnett)
Roger Moore (The Saint)
Paul Morley (himself)
Mr. T (B.A. Baracus)
Leonard Nimoy (Mr Spock)
Bill Owen (Compo)
Jon Pertwee (The Doctor)
Greg Proops (himself)
Ian Richardson (Francis Urquhart)
Diana Rigg (Emma Peel)
Leonard Rossiter (Rigsby)
Paul Ross (himself)
Patricia Routledge (Hyacinth Bucket)
Telly Savalas (Kojak)
Phil Silvers (Bilko)
Roger Sloman (Keith Pratt)
Alison Steadman (Beverly)
John Thaw (Inspector Morse)
Julie Walters (Mrs Overall)
Richard Wilson (Victor Meldrew)
Henry Winkler (Arthur 'The Fonz' Fonzarelli)
Peter Wyngarde (Jason King)

LINKS

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Absolutely Fabulous (1992)
The Avengers (1961)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
Cracker (1993)
Department S (1969)
Doctor Who (1963)
Edge of Darkness (1986)
The Fast Show (1994)
Father Ted (1995)
Frasier (1993)
Harry Enfield and Chums (1994)
Jason King (1971)
The League of Gentlemen (1999)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
The Max Headroom Show (1985)
The Muppet Show (1976)
The Prisoner (1967)
The Simpsons (1989)
The Singing Detective (1986)
Star Trek (1966)
Up Pompeii (1970)
The Young Ones (1982)

SEE ALSO
The 100 Greatest TV Ads (2000)
100 Greatest TV Moments from Hell (2000)
The 100 Greatest TV Moments (1999)

KEYWORDS

documentary; television history

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009