Barry Humphries at the BBC

May 28, 2023

0h 59m

★ 7.6

Overview

Alex Jones looks back at the highlights of Barry’s career on a selection of BBC shows, featuring some of Barry’s funniest, rudest and most revealing moments from over the decades.

Genres

Documentary

Comedy

Production Companies

BBC

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Cast

Self (archive material) / Dame Edna Everage / Sir Les Patterson

Barry Humphries

Presenter

Alex Jones

Self (archive material)

Elton John

Self (archive material)

Terry Wogan

Self (archive material)

Sue Lawley

Self (archive material)

Rick Stein

Self (archive material)

Michael Parkinson

Self (archive material)

Barry Norman

Self (archive material)

Whoopi Goldberg

Self (archive material)

Esther Rantzen

Self (archive material)

Alan Titchmarsh

Self (archive material)

Andrew Marr

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