Documentary which celebrates Britain's tradition of comic songs, from Noel Coward's Mad Dogs and Englishmen to Benny Hill's Ernie, and reveals the skill involved in creating them.
Documentary which celebrates Britain's rich and much-loved tradition of comic songs, from Noel Coward's Mad Dogs and Englishmen to Benny Hill's Ernie, and reveals the skill involved in creating them.
Contributors include Monty Python's Michael Palin and Terry Jones, Neil Innes, Bill Oddie, the Now Show's Mitch Benn, producer Cameron Mackintosh, Nicholas Parsons, Ed Stewart and Kit and the Widow.
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Suzie Chard
My Old Man Said Follow The Van
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Victoria Wood
The Ballad Of Barry and Freda (Let's Do It)
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The Rutles
Ouch!
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Benny Hill
Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)
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Michael Flanders and Donald Swann
The Hippopotamus Song
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Noël Coward
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
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Kit & The Widow
Bring It On
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Ronnie Hilton
Windmill In Old Amsterdam
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Flight of the Conchords
Business Time
Untitled
My Old Man Said Follow The Van
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George Formby
With My Little Stick Of Blackpool Rock
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Neil Innes
My Little Ukulele
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Michael Flanders and Donald Swann
The Gnu Song
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The Western Brothers
In the Parlour when the Company's Gone
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Michael Flanders and Donald Swann
The Ostrich
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Mitch Benn
This Song Took Bloody Ages
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Tom Lehrer
Who's Next?
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Tom Lehrer
Pollution
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Monty Python
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
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Michael Palin
The Lumberjack Song
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Eric Idle
Not The Noel Coward Song AKA The Penis Song
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Neil Innes
Bruce's Philosopher's Song
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Burl Ives
I Know An Old Lady
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Harry Warren
The Runaway Train
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Mandy Miller
Nellie the Elephant
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Stan Freberg
Banana Boat Song
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Charlie Drake
My Boomerang Won't Come Back
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Terry Scott
My Brother
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Neil Innes
I'm The Urban Spaceman
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Neil Innes
I'm Going to Bring a Watermelon To My Girl Tonight
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The Bonzo Dog Band
Canyons Of Your Mind
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The Goodies
Funky Gibbon
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Kit & The Widow
Memories
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Mitch Benn
Dick Rowe Song
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Kit & The Widow
Edith Sitwell parody
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Cole Porter
Let's Do It, Let's Fall In Love
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Mitch Benn
I Want An African Baby
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Tom Basden
There's A Ghost In My House
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Tom Basden
Is It Zara Phillips Or Is It The Horse?
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Armstrong & Miller
The Rohypnol Song
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