When Were We Funniest?
How we chose the 30 moments
To help us chose the 30 moments for our When Were We Funniest? votes, we assembled a crack team of comedy practitioners and experts. For each decade we sent them a 'long list' of comedy moments, asking that they select their own favourite 30 moments. We added those votes together to create the top 30.
In addition, we encouraged the comedy experts to suggest moments that may not have been on our 'long list.' So any comedy moment that did not appear on our 'long list' - but which more than one expert suggested should be included - has also been added into the final 30.
We've limited each show to a maximum of two moments per decade and the moments chosen have to be 'transmittable' – i.e. compliant in terms of language and behaviour for the time of day that When Were We Funniest? may be broadcast.
The When Were We Funniest? team are:
Credits Include: Producer - The Young Ones, The Two Ronnies, Red Dwarf, Three of a Kind, Girls on Top, Carrott's Lib, Filthy Rich and Catflap, Cannon and Ball.
The When Were We Funniest? team are:
Paul Jackson - Director of Entertainment and Comedy, ITV
Former BBC Controller of Entertainment (97-99).Credits Include: Producer - The Young Ones, The Two Ronnies, Red Dwarf, Three of a Kind, Girls on Top, Carrott's Lib, Filthy Rich and Catflap, Cannon and Ball.
Jon Plowman - Head of BBC Comedy and Entertainment 1994-2008
Credits Include: Executive Producer - Little Britain, The Thick of It, Extras, Jam and Jerusalem. Producer - Vicar of Dibley, Absolutely Fabulous, French and Saunders, The Office.Richard Wilson - Head of Comedy Entertainment Hat Trick Productions.
Credits Include: Producer: Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News For You, Room 101.Mob Dar - Executive Producer, BBC Features & Documentaries, Bristol
Former BBC Creative Head New Comedy. Credits Include: Executive Producer - The Mark Steel Lectures. British Comedy Award and Montreux Golden Rose for Channel 4's My New Best Friend.Myfanwy Moore - Editor BBC New Comedy and Entertainment
Credits include: Executive Producer - Little Britain, Rock Profiles, Dave Gorman.John O'Farrell - Comedy Writer
Credits Include: Have I Got News For You, Spitting Image, Room 101, Clive Anderson Talks Back, Smith and Jones Sketchbook.Our Programmes
Absolutely Fabulous
| Blackadder
| Carry On
| Dad’s Army
| EastEnders
| Fawlty Towers
| Gimme Gimme Gimme
| Harry Enfield
| I’m Alan Partridge
| Jim’ll Fix It
| Last Of The Summer Wine
| Little Britain
| My Family
| One Foot In The Grave
| Only Fools And Horses
| Open All Hours
| Porridge
| Prison Break
| Sharpe
| The A-Team
| The Bill
| The Catherine Tate Show
| The Fast Show
| The Office
| The Royle Family
| The Vicar Of Dibley
| Wogan Now And Then
| Yes Minister
In UKTV Gold
Catherine Tate
| Chat Shows
| Competitions
| Dawn French
| Dramas
| Jamie Bell
| John Cleese
| Message Boards
| Movies
| Prunella Scales
| Ronnie Barker
| Rowan Atkinson
| Sitcoms
| Sketch Shows
| Soaps
| Terry Wogan
| Tom Baker
| UKTV Gold Shows
| UKTV Gold Stars
