365 quotes found
"Dave Lister, the only human survivor, who was suspended in stasis for 3 million years; played by Craig Charles"
"Arnold Rimmer, a hologram of Lister's former superior; played by Chris Barrie"
"The Cat, the last known member of a race of humanoids evolved from Lister's cat; played by Danny John-Jules"
"Kryten, a mechanoid originally from the Nova 5 whom Lister rebuilt; played by David Ross in the Series II episode, Kryten, and by Robert Llewellyn beginning from the Series III episode Backwards onward"
"Holly, the supercomputer onboard Red Dwarf; played by Norman Lovett from Series I-II and VII onward and Hattie Hayridge from Series III-V"
"Kristine Kochanski, a version of Lister's former girlfriend from a parallel universe; played by Chloë Annett"
"Craig Charles - Dave Lister (Series I - Present)"
"Danny John-Jules - The Cat (Series I - Present)"
"Chris Barrie - Arnold Rimmer (Series I - Present)"
"Robert Llewellyn - Kryten (Series III - Present)"
"Norman Lovett - Holly (Series I - II, VII - VIII, XII - The Promised Land)"
"Hattie Hayridge - Holly (Series III - V)"
"Clare Grogan - Kristine Kochanski (Series I, II, VI) Chloë Annett - Kristine Kochanski (Series VII - VIII, Back to Earth)"
"Mac McDonald - Captain Frank Hollister (Series I - II, VIII, XII)"
"Rowan Atkinson - Prince Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh"
"Elspet Gray - The Queen"
"Tim McInnerny - Percy"
"Patrick Allen - Narrator"
"Brian Blessed - King Richard IV"
"Tony Robinson - Baldrick"
"Robert East - Prince Harry, Prince of Wales"
"Rowan Atkinson - Lord Edmund Blackadder"
"Tim McInnerny - Lord Percy"
"Miranda Richardson - Queen Elizabeth I"
"Stephen Fry - Lord Melchett"
"Patsy Byrne - Nursie"
"Tony Aitken - Minstrel"
"Rik Mayall - Lord Flashheart"
"Hugh Laurie - Prince Ludwig"
"Tom Baker - Capt. Rum"
"Rowan Atkinson - Edmund Blackadder, Esq"
"Hugh Laurie - The Prince Regent"
"Helen Atkinson-Wood - Mrs. Miggins"
"Stephen Fry - Duke of Wellington"
"Tim McInnerny - The Scarlet Pimpernel"
"Miranda Richardson - Amy Harwood"
"Rowan Atkinson - Captain Edmund Blackadder"
"Tony Robinson - Private Baldrick"
"Hugh Laurie - Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh"
"Stephen Fry - General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett"
"Tim McInnerny - Captain Kevin Darling"
"Miranda Richardson - Nurse Mary"
"Rik Mayall - Lord Flasheart"
"Rowan Atkinson - Sir Edmund Blackadder"
"Stephen Fry - King Charles I"
"Rowan Atkinson - Ebenezer Blackadder / Lord Edmund Blackadder / Edmund Blackadder, Esq. / Grand Admiral Blackadder"
"Tony Robinson - Baldrick / Baldrick / Sod-Off Baldrick / Baldrick"
"Miranda Richardson - Queen Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX"
"Stephen Fry - Lord Melchett / Lord Frondo"
"Hugh Laurie - George, the Prince Regent / Lord Pigmot"
"Robbie Coltrane - Spirit of Christmas"
"Miriam Margolyes - Queen Victoria"
"Jim Broadbent - Prince Albert"
"Rowan Atkinson - Lord Edmund Blackadder / King Edmund III / Centurion Blackaddicus"
"Tony Robinson - Sod-Off Baldrick / Baldricus"
"Miranda Richardson - Lady Elizabeth / Queen Elizabeth"
"Tim McInnerny - Archdeacon Darling / Duc de Darling / Duke of Darling"
"Hugh Laurie - Viscount George Bufton-Tufton / Consul Georgius"
"Stephen Fry - Bishop Melchett / Melchett / General Flavius Melchius / The Duke of Wellington"
"Rik Mayall - Robin Hood"
"Colin Firth - William Shakespeare"
"Kate Moss - Maid Marian / Queen Marian of Sherwood"
"Simon Russell Beale - Napoleon"
"Jennie Bond - Royal Reporter"
"Crispin Harris - Friar Tuck"
"[having emphatically disagreed with someone] He's right you know..."
"Eyes down for a full house."
"Hiya Tubb!"
"Hello boys! What can I do for you?"
"No, stop messing about!"
"Go on, be a devil!"
"Ooh, you are rotten."
""I wish I were a chestnut tree,"
"I know a bar, where peanuts are,"
"John Cleese – Basil Fawlty"
"Prunella Scales – Sybil Fawlty"
"Andrew Sachs – Manuel"
"Connie Booth – Polly Sherman"
"Ballard Berkeley – Major Gowen"
"Brian Hall – Terry Hughes (second series only)"
"Renee Roberts – Miss Ursula Gatsby"
"Gilly Flower – Miss Agatha Tibbs"
"Jennifer Saunders as Edina "Eddy" Monsoon"
"Joanna Lumley as Patsy Stone"
"Julia Sawalha as Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon"
"Jane Horrocks as Bubble"
"June Whitfield as Gran/Mother (Mrs. June Monsoon)."
"Lulu (singer) as herself"
"Christopher Malcolm as Justin"
"Naoko Mori as Sarah"
"Kathy Burke as Magda"
"Christopher Ryan as Marshall"
"Adrian Edmondson as Hamish"
"Helen Lederer as Catriona"
"Harriet Thorpe as Fleur"
"Miranda Richardson as Bettina"
"Patrick Barlow as Max"
"Mo Gaffney as Bo"
"Kate O'Mara as Jackie"
"Dawn French as Kathy"
"Come with us now, on a journey through time and space, to the world of The Mighty Boosh!"
"The Boosh is loose and we're a little bit raw!"
"The Boosh is loose and it's coming at you like a shark with knees!"
"The Boosh is loose and it's coming at you like a wet flannel!"
"The Boosh is loose and it's coming at you like a typhoon with the flu!"
"Boosh! Boosh! Stronger than a moose! Don't lock your door or we'll come through your rooftop!"
"The Boosh is loose; see it or throw your eyes in the bin!"
"Bouncy Bouncy, Ohh such a good time!"
"Julian Barratt - Howard Moon/Various"
"Noel Fielding - Vince Noir/Various"
"Michael Fielding - Naboo"
"Dave Brown - Bollo/Various"
"Rich Fulcher - Bob Fossil/Various"
"Matt Berry - Dixon Bainbridge"
"Victoria Wicks - Mrs Gideon"
"Richard Ayoade - Saboo"
"I like The Young Ones a lot, I think they're excellent—particularly Rik Mayall. I think he's brilliant."
"Paul Eddington – The Right Honourable James Hacker MP"
"Nigel Hawthorne – Sir Humphrey Appleby"
"Derek Fowlds – Bernard Woolley"
"Yes, Prime Minister (2013)"
"Television shows"
"The Yes (Prime) Minister Files"
"BBC Guide to Yes Minister"
"Captain George Mainwaring - Arthur Lowe"
"Sergeant Arthur Wilson - John Le Mesurier"
"Lance Corporal Jack Jones - Clive Dunn"
"Private James Frazer - John Laurie"
"Private Charles Godfrey - Arnold Ridley"
"Private Frank Pike - Ian Lavender"
"Private Joe Walker - James Beck"
"Sarah Alexander - Susan Walker"
"Gina Bellman - as Jane Christie"
"Kate Isitt - Sally Harper"
"Jack Davenport - Steve Taylor"
"Ben Miles - Patrick Maitland"
"Richard Coyle - Jeff Murdock (series 1 - 3)"
"Richard Mylan - Oliver Morris (series 4)"
"Ardal O'Hanlon - Thermoman/George (Series 1-5)"
"James Dreyfus - Thermoman/George (Series 6)"
"Emily Joyce - Janet"
"Hugh Dennis - Dr. Piers Crispin"
"Geraldine McNulty - Mrs. Raven"
"Lou Hirsch - Arnie"
"Phillip Whitchurch - Tyler"
"Lill Roughley - Ella Dawkins"
"Tim Wylton - Stanley Dawkins"
"Ricky Gervais - David Brent"
"Martin Freeman - Tim Canterbury"
"Mackenzie Crook - Gareth Keenan"
"Lucy Davis - Dawn Tinsley"
"Ricky Gervais - Andy Millman"
"Ashley Jensen - Maggie Jacobs"
"Stephen Merchant - Darren Lamb (credited as "Agent")"
"Shaun Williamson - Barry from EastEnders (himself)"
"Shaun Pye - Greg Lindley-Jones"
"I don't believe it! [multiple episodes]"
"[answering the telephone] 4291?"
"Bloody thing! [multiple episodes]"
"(To Edith) You stupid woman!"
"(To Madame Fanny) Shut up, you (silly) old bat."
"You may wonder what I am doing...."
"Oh Yvette!"
"René! What are you doing with that woman?"
"René! What are you doing, holding that poor servant-girl in your arms?"
"Ooooh, Rrrrenéééé!"
"Edith! Yvette! Maria/Mimi! Oh! Does nobody hear the cries of an poor old woman!?"
"Ze flashing knobs, ze flashing knobs!! (in later seasons, Leclerc often comes out from the bedclothes)"
"Not the onion soup!"
"Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once."
"Can you do nothing right?!"
"Monsieur Alfonse, undertaker - Swiftly, and with style."
"Ze small hearse with ze small horse."
"Ohhh... my dicky ticker!"
"I love you, I love you! (running after Madame Edith and pinching her bum)"
"It is I, Leclerc!"
"Leclerc: It is I, Leclerc, man of a thousand faces!"
"René: All of them the same."
"May I kiss you?"
"Yes, Herr Flick!"
"[at the top of her voice] GENERAL VON KLINKERHOFFEN!"
"Gid moaning."
"I have bad nose."
"I have a massage from Michelle."
"I was pissing by the door..."
"I was in the poop"
"Hole Hotler!"
"Take off your clothes."
"You may kiss me!"
"Flick ze Gestapo... no, I said FLICK ze Gestapo!"
"Give me my powerful Gestapo binoculars."
"You vill dress as a woman of the opposite sex"
"What-a mistake-a to make-a"
"Da a beautiful laidy i-a kiss-a your hand"
"Heil-a Mussolini! (in response to General Von Klinkerhoffen's "Heil Hitler")"
"My heart goes boom-titi-boom... titi-boom"
"Colonnello! (kisses Von Strohm on his bald head)"
"Ow are you getting on, ey?"
"'tler! (pronouncing only the last third of "Heil Hitler!")"
"Hello! (when they come out of hiding)"
"(Jolly) good show!"
"Gorden Kaye - René Artois"
"Carmen Silvera - Edith Artois"
"Vicki Michelle - Yvette Carte-Blanche"
"Francesca Gonshaw - Maria Recamier"
"Rose Hill - Fanny La Fan"
"Sue Hodge - Mimi Labonq"
"Jack Haig - Roger LeClerc"
"Robin Parkinson - Ernest LeClerc"
"Kirsten Cooke - Michelle Dubois from the Resistance"
"Kenneth Connor - Monsieur Alphonse (undertaker)"
"Hilary Minster - General Erich Von Klinkerhoffen"
"Richard Marner - Col. Kurt von Strohm"
"Guy Siner - Lt. Hubert Gruber"
"Kim Hartman - Pvt./LCpl. Helga Geerhart"
"Sam Kelly - Captain Hans Geering"
"Richard Gibson - Herr Otto Flick of the Gestapo"
"John Louis Mansi - Bobby Cedric Von Smallhousen(also from the Gestapo)"
"Gavin Richards - Captain Alberto Bertorelli"
"Arthur Bostrom - Officer Crabtree"
"John D. Collins - British airman Gavin Fairfax"
"Nicholas Frankau - British airman Bumbley Carstairs"
"Brenda (Bren) Furlong - Victoria Wood"
"Petula Gordino - Julie Walters"
"Dolly Bellfield - Thelma Barlow"
"Jean - Anne Reid"
"Anita - Shobna Gulati"
"Phillippa Moorcroft - Celia Imrie"
"Twinkle - Maxine Peake"
"Tony Martin - Andrew Dunn"
"Stan Meadowcroft - Duncan Preston"
"Dawn French - Geraldine Granger"
"Gary Waldhorn - David Horton"
"James Fleet - Hugo Horton"
"John Bluthal - Frank Pickle"
"Liz Smith - Mrs Cropley"
"Trevor Peacock - Jim Trott"
"Roger Lloyd Pack - Owen Newitt"
"Emma Chambers - Alice Tinker"
"Ronnie Barker - Norman Stanley Fletcher"
"Fulton Mackay - Mr Mackay"
"Richard Beckinsale - Lennie Godber"
"Brian Wilde - Mr Barrowclough"
"Peter Vaughan - 'Genial' Harry Grout"
"Sam Kelly - ‘Bunny’ Warren"
"Tony Osoba - Jim "Jock" McLaren"
"Christopher Biggins - Lukewarm"
"David Jason - Blanco Webb"
"Brian Glover - Cyril Heslop"
"Ronald Lacey - Harris"
"Ken Jones - 'Horrible' Ives"
"Michael Barrington - 'The Governor' Geoffrey Venables"
"Patricia Brake - Ingrid Fletcher"
"Maurice Denham - The Honourable Mr Justice Stephen Rawley"
"Ray Dunbobbin - Evans"
"Dudley Sutton - Reg Urwin 'with a U'"
"Philip Madoc - Williams"
"David Jason - Derek "Del Boy" Trotter"
"Nicholas Lyndhurst - Rodney Trotter"
"Lennard Pearce - Grandad"
"Buster Merryfield - Uncle Albert"
"Tessa Peake-Jones - Raquel"
"Gwyneth Strong - Cassandra"
"Ben Smith - Damien"
"Roger Lloyd Pack - Trigger"
"John Challis - Boycie"
"Sue Holderness - Marlene"
"Paul Barber - Denzil"
"Patrick Murray - Mickey Pearce"
"Kenneth MacDonald - Mike"
"Roy Heather - Sid"
"Debbie Chazen - Annie"
"Jeremy Swift - Barry"
"Fraser Ayres - Clint"
"Mike Walling - Gordon"
"Emma Kennedy - Heidi"
"Selina Griffiths - Janet"
"Leslie Schofield - Len"
"Paul Wilcox - Lilian"
"Robert Webb - Robin"
"Nadine Marshall - Sally"
"Siobhan Redmond - Sharon"
"Sunetra Sarker - monique Coyne"
"Siobahn Redmond - Sharon"
"Paula Wilcox - Lilian"
"Kathy Burke - Linda La Hughes"
"James Dreyfus - Tom Farrell"
"Brian Bovell - Jez Littlewood"
"Beth Goddard - Suze Littlewood"
"Rosalind Knight - Beryl Merit"
"Rowan Atkinson - Mr. Bean"
"Matilda Ziegler - Irma Gobb"
"Pauline Quirke - Sharon Theodopolopodos"
"Linda Robson - Tracey Stubbs"
"Lesley Joseph - Dorien Green"
"David Cardy - Chris Theodopolopodos"
"Peter Polycarpou - Chris Theodopolopodos"
"Alun Lewis - Darryl Stubbs"
"Doug McFerran - Darryl Stubbs"
"Simon Nash - Garth Stubbs"
"Matthew Savage - Garth Stubbs"
"Stephen Greif - Marcus Green"
"Nickolas Grace - Marcus Green"
"James Corden"
"Ruth Jones"
"Mathew Horne"
"Joanna Page"
"Rob Brydon"
"Alison Steadman"
"Larry Lamb"
"Melanie Walters"
"Henry Normal"
"Lindsay Hughes"
"David Peet"
"Leo Pearlman"
"Ben Winston"
"Baby Cow Productions"
"Fulwell 73 (Christmas special)"
"Tidy Productions (Christmas special)"
"BBC Three (2007–2010)"
"BBC One (2008–2024)"
"Hugh Dennis"
"Claire Skinner"
"Tyger Drew-Honey"
"Daniel Roche"
"Ramona Marquez"
"Samantha Bond"
"David Ryall"
"Rosalind Ayres"
"Peter Capaldi — Malcolm Tucker"
"Paul Higgins — Jamie McDonald"
"Alex MacQueen — Julius Nicholson"
"Rebecca Front — Nicola Murray"
"Eve Matheson — Clare Ballentine"
"Justin Edwards — Ben Swain"
"Rory Kinnear — Ed"
"Tony Gardner — Dan Miller"
"James Smith — Glenn Cullen"
"Chris Addison — Oliver "Ollie" Reeder"
"Rob Edwards — Geoff Holhurst"
"Joanna Scanlan — Terri Coverley"
"Polly Kemp — Robyn Murdoch"
"Vincent Franklin — Stewart Pearson"
"Roger Allam — Peter Mannion"
"Olivia Poulet — Emma Messinger"
"Will Smith — Phil Smith"
"Ben Willbond — Adam Kenyon"
"Lucinda Raikes — Angela Heaney"
"Chris Langham — Hugh Abbot"
"Tim Bentinck — Cliff Lawton"
"Martin Savage — Nick Hanway"
"Rebecca Gethings — Helen Hatley"
"Geoffrey Streatfeild — Fergus Williams"
"Seventies comedies would not be allowed on television screens today because they were so racist and offensive, the outgoing head of Ofcom has said. Ed Richards, who stands down as chief executive of the media watchdog at the end of this month, said programmes from a previous generation were no longer suitable for today’s more enlightened audiences. Although he did not name names, comedies like Love Thy Neighbour, It Ain’t Half Hot Mum and Mind Your Language have all been criticised in recent years for their racial stereotyping."
""There are comedies from the seventies which had certain racial stereotyping in the[m], which are unimaginable today and if they were shown people would find them offensive and that wouldn't just be people from black and ethnic minority communities, it would be everybody," Mr Richards said in an interview with The Independent newspaper."
"It is without doubt the funniest series that David Croft and I wrote. Of course, it is also the show that we're not allowed to talk about any more"
"People complain that the language was homophobic, and it was, but it was exactly how people spoke. And I should know - I was in a Royal Artillery concert party that travelled around India. We had a sergeant-major who hated us. He'd say: 'No man who puts on make-up and ponces about on a stage is normal - what are you?' 'We're a bunch of poofs!' we'd reply. And those experiences are ones that enabled me to write It Ain't Half Hot, Mum."
"[On the casting of Michael Bates, a white actor, as the Indian bearer, Rangi Ram] At the time we found it impossible to find an Indian actor who could perform the role, to be perfectly honest [Query from the interviewer, Stuart Jeffries: "In a country of 500m people?"] Yes. But Michael was ideal for the role. He was born in India, spoke fluent Urdu, had been an officer in the Gurkhas and he'd served with the Chindits behind Japanese lines in Burma."
"But the 1970s sitcom is also a repository of our nightmares. [Love Thy Neighbour, another sitcom with obsolete attitudes to race, and Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech viewed as "shorthand for British racism"] It Ain’t Half Hot Mum, Jimmy Perry and David Croft's comedy about a British Army concert party in India between V-E Day and V-J Day, fulfils a similar function. We remember the white actor Michael Bates in brownface, shrieking and nodding under a turban, and Windsor Davies’s sergeant major bemoaning his command of "a load of poofs" – and we know we're seeing something that a modern audience would find hard to distinguish from The Black and White Minstrel Show."
"Martha Howe-Douglas - Debbie Maddox/Imperatrix"
"Mathew Baynton - Elf/Chief Elder Choop"
"Jim Howick - the Crone/Lord Elder Pressley"
"Simon Farnaby - Negatus/Vice-Elder Flowers"
"Laurence Rickard - Wizard Bradley/Scribe Elder Ho-Tan"
"Ben Willbond - Nick the Stick/Wise Elder Vex"