Directed by
| Jon Scoffield | ||
Cast (in credits order)
| Frank Muir | ... | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Chesney Allen | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Flanagan and Allen) |
| Arthur Askey | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Ronnie Barker | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Dirk Bogarde | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jack Buchanan | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Albert Burdon | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Peter Butterworth | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Phyllis Calvert | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Ian Carmichael | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Graham Chapman | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Diana Churchill | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Laddie Cliff | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| George Cole | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Kenneth Connor | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Kenneth Cope | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jerry Desmonde | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Charlie Drake | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Bill Dwyer | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Clapham & Dwyer) |
| Franklin Dyall | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Jimmy Edwards | ... | The Professor (archive footage) |
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Gus Elen | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Dick Emery | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Norman Evans | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Marty Feldman | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Sid Field | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Gracie Fields | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Bud Flanagan | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Flanagan and Allen) |
| George Formby | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Ronald Frankau | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Leslie Fuller | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Will Fyffe | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Dino Galvani | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Harold Goodwin | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Eddie Gray | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Joyce Grenfell | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Alec Guinness | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Sonnie Hale | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Tony Hancock | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Tommy Handley | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Robertson Hare | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Charles Hawtrey | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Will Hay | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Leslie Henson | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Joan Hickson | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Benny Hill | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Thora Hird | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Michael Hordern | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Edward Everett Horton | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Sydney Howard | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Frankie Howerd | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Bobby Howes | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Claude Hulbert | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jack Hulbert | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Martita Hunt | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Raymond Huntley | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Eric Idle | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Hattie Jacques | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Sidney James | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Sid James) | |
| Lionel Jeffries | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Henry Kendall | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Cheryl Kennedy | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Jean Kent | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Clay Keyes | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Haver and Lee) |
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Nosmo King | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Pat Kirkwood | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Patricia Kirkwood) | |
| Stephen Lewis | ... | Inspector Cyril 'Blakey' Blake (archive footage) | |
| John Longden | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Ernie Lotinga | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Arthur Lowe | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Arthur Lucan | ... | Old Mother Riley (archive footage) |
| Stanley Lupino | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Moore Marriott | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Garry Marsh | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Kitty McShane | ... | Kitty Riley (archive footage) |
| Spike Milligan | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Graham Moffatt | ... | Albert Brown (archive footage) |
| Eric Morecambe | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Lily Morris | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Jimmy O'Dea | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Vic Oliver | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Michael Palin | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Cecil Parker | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Vera Pearce | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Leslie Phillips | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Dennis Price | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Elsie Randolph | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Ted Ray | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Cliff Richard | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| James Robertson Justice | ... | Sir Lancelot Spratt (archive footage) | |
| Margaret Rutherford | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Peter Sellers | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Ronald Shiner | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Alastair Sim | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Joan Sims | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Dorothy Summers | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Suzette Tarri | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Terry-Thomas | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Ann Todd | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jack Train | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Tommy Trinder | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Frank Tully | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Haver and Lee) |
| Max Wall | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Richard Wattis | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Albert Whelan | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Kenneth Williams | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Dave Willis | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Wilson Keppel and Betty | ... | Themselves (archive footage) (as Wilson and Keppel) |
| Barbara Windsor | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Norman Wisdom | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Ernie Wise | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Googie Withers | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| John Wood | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Produced by
| Michael Grade | ... | producer (uncredited) |
| Dick Vosburgh | ... | associate producer |
| Herbert Wilcox | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Editing by
| Ray Millichope | ||
Production Management
| John Wilcox | ... | production supervisor |
Sound Department
| Hugh Strain | ... | dubbing mixer |
Animation Department
| Pat Gavin | ... | animator |
| Jerry Hibbert | ... | animator |
Editorial Department
| Russ Woolnough | ... | assistant editor (as Russell Woolnough) |
Additional Crew
| Dick Vosburgh | ... | compilation |
