As part of the BBC2 50th anniversary celebrations comedians Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse were commissioned to produce this spoof history of the channel. It parodies the channel, its content and the history documentary.
Harry EnfieldSimon Schama / Bob Ferris / Barry Cryer / Jacob Bronowski / Eric Idle / John Cheese-Shop-Sketch / Basil Fawlty / Cherri 'Terry' Jones / John Major / Margaret Thatcher / Lord Howe / Mel Smith / Rowan Atkinson / Jonathan Lloyd-Cambridge / Stephen Fry / Lord Melchett / Blackadder / Alan Bennett / Jim Broadbentovich / Vyvyan / Michael Gambon / David Brent / Tim Rice-But-Dim / Tim Nice-But-Brooke-Taylor / Arthur Pinta-Lager / Germaine Dreary / Mark Egghead / Lord Sugar / John Torode / Paul Hollywood / Ian Hislop / David Mitchell / Diddy Andy Parsons / Various
Paul WhitehouseTerry Collier / Michael Palin / Manuel / Frankie Howerd / Lurcio / Yosser Hughes / Lord Lawson / Stanley Baldrick / Alan Yentob / Rick / Dennis Potter / Evan Davis / Tim Canterbury / Rick Prog-Rock / Mary Berry / Jools Holland / Paul Merton / Sarah Silligan / Alan Davies / Diddy Andy Hamilton / Various
Kevin EldonDerek Jacobi / Claudius / Bob Harris-Tweedious / Griff Rhys-Jones / Tim McInnerny / Various
Simon GreenallBrian Blessed / Augustus / Mark Williams / Arthur Weasley / Ruddy Rory Redface / Nick Hewer / Gregg Wallace / Dara Ó Rea / Various
Joseph MorpurgoHugh Laurie / Neil / Gareth Keenan / Angus Angusson / Russell Somebody / Russell Somebody-Else / Noel Fielding / Various
Rhys ThomasVarious
Catherine ShepherdJoan Bakewell Tart / Sue Perkins / Various
Rosie CavalieroMiranda Richardson / Dawn Tinsley / Sheila Snoozecock / Karren Brady / Mel Giedroyc / Various
Justin EdwardsOrson Welles / Jeremy Clarkson / Boris Big Johnson / Phil Youranus / Various
Lucy MontgomeryAnne Robinson / Various
Crooked cop Torrente gets out of jail in the year 2018 to find a different Spain from the one he knew.
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
A couple of slackers find an antique dagger and manage to free the gorgeous female warrior that was imprisoned in it by an evil spell. An evil sorcerer is not happy by this turn of events and determines to possess both the blade and the warrior through a sacrificial ceremony. The two heroes manage to rescue the damsel in distress and defeat the wizard and his minions by employing skills mastered through hours of video game play.
A popular and beautiful politician plans to expose the evil-doings of a multinational corporation. Hoping to silence her, the corporation's top executives decide to hire the most incompetent detective they can find to act as her bodyguard.
In The Lonely Island's first attempt at a sitcom, the dudes get addicted to tooth whitener.
In The Lonely Island's second attempt at a sitcom, Ardy breaks his finger, so Kiv and Jorm try to find him a new one.
For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA protector - "Commander Peter Quincy Taggart", "Lt. Tawny Madison and "Dr.Lazarus" - set off on a thrilling and often dangerous mission in space...and then their series was cancelled! Now, twenty years later, aliens under attack have mistaken the Galaxy Quest television transmissions for "historical documents" and beam up the crew of has-been actors to save the universe. With no script, no director and no clue, the actors must turn in the performances of their lives.
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.
The simple story has the pair coming to the rescue of peace-loving Mormons when land-hungry Major Harriman sends his bullies to harass them into giving up their fertile valley. Trinity and Bambino manage to save the Mormons and send the bad guys packing with slapstick humor instead of excessive violence, saving the day.
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog, who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray be able to keep living the straight life?
The gang that created Airplane and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this often hilarious spoof starring Charlie Sheen, who previously only inspired laughs with his personal life. He plays Topper Harley, a fighter pilot with an axe to grind: clearing the family name. He gets involved in a relationship with Valerie Golino, a woman with an unusually talented stomach. But his mission is to avenge his father. Lloyd Bridges, late in his career, revealed an aptitude for this kind of silliness, here as a commander who is both incredibly dim and delightfully accident prone. Directed by Jim Abrahams, the film makes fun of a variety of other films as well, from Dances with Wolves to The Fabulous Baker Boys. It was so successful that they all returned in the sequel, Hot Shots! Part Deux.
Spoof of romantic comedies which focuses on a man, his crush, his parents, and her father.
On a bet, a gridiron hero at John Hughes High School sets out to turn a bespectacled plain Jane into a beautiful and popular prom queen in this outrageous send-up of the teen movies of the 1980s and '90s.
When the Pevensie siblings each follow their own path, they find themselves at Willy's Chocolate Factory. Walking through a wardrobe, they discover the world of Gnarnia, ruled by the White Bitch. Meeting up with characters such as Harry Potter and Captain Jack Swallows, the newly reunited family must team up with Aslo, a wise-but-horny lion to stop the White Bitch's army.
Hundreds of years after humans have settled on Mars, Regulator Rogul and Lord Jens Maul, lead a force of Martians to Earth in order to conquer the planet. Queen Metaphor looks to the gay heroes aboard the spaceship Surprise -- Captain Kork, Mr. Spuck, and first engineer Schrotty -- for help.
Cabbie-turned-chauffeur Jimmy Tong learns there is really only one rule when you work for playboy millionaire Clark Devlin : Never touch Devlin's prized tuxedo. But when Devlin is temporarily put out of commission in an explosive accident, Jimmy puts on the tux and soon discovers that this extraordinary suit may be more black belt than black tie. Paired with a partner as inexperienced as he is, Jimmy becomes an unwitting secret agent.