The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
Directed by	Dewi Humphreys
Produced by	Jon Plowman Patricia McGowan Ali Bryer Carron
Written by	Mark Burton Kim Fuller
Starring	Clive Anderson Matthew Ashforde Patrick Barlow Ronnie Barker Helena Bonham Carter Robert Bathurst Adam Blackwood Brian Blessed et al.
Narrated by	Angus Deayton
Music by	Philip Pope
Cinematography	Francis De Groote
Edited by	Steve Punt
Distributed by	British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Release dates	1999
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything is a collection of sketches (produced in 1999) broadcast in two parts on 2 and 4 January 2000 on BBC 1.

Cast

The Ages of Man

• Ronnie Barker – Renaissance Man
• Ronnie Corbett – Medieval Man
• Stephen Fry – Modern Man

1066

• Clive Anderson – Archbishop of Canterbury
• Ray Clemence – Ray Clemence the Younger
• George Cohen – Master George Cohen
• James Fleet – William the Conqueror
• Archie Gemmill – Archie Gemmill, currently in exile
• David Gower – Lord Gower
• Ricky Grover
• Alan Hansen – Lord Alan Hansen
• Geoff Hurst – Sir Geoffrey of Hurst
• Gary Lineker – Lord Gary Lineker
• Rory McGrath – King Harold II
• Peter Osgood – Squire Peter Osgoode
• Martin Peters – Lord Martin Peters
• Steve Punt

Geordie of the Antarctic

• Amanda Holden – Geordie's girlfriend
• Bob Mortimer – Geordie
• Vic Reeves – Captain Scott

The First Spin Doctor

• Martin Clunes – King Henry V
• Angus Deayton – Lord Mandelson
• Martin Trenaman

Treaty of Westphalia

• Patrick Barlow – Advisor
• Robert Bathurst – English Ambassador
• James Dreyfus – Swedish Ambassador
• Stephen Fry – Ambassador
• Hugh Laurie – French Ambassador

Marriage Guidance

• Brian Blessed – King Henry VIII
• Jack Dee – Marriage guidance counsellor
• Julia Sawalha – Catherine Parr

The Nice-But-Dim Family

• Adam Blackwood – Norman
• Richard Briers – Highway robbery victim
• Tim Brooke-Taylor – Earl of Sandwich
• Peter Davison – Duke of Wellington
• Harry Enfield – Tim Nice-But-Dim
• Jessica Stevenson – Woman with Black Death Victim
• Natasha Little
• Spike Milligan – Admiral Nelson
• Nigel Planer – Lord Cardigan
• Steve Punt – Lord Tampax
• Barbara Windsor – Highway robbery victim

Philosophy of a Hairdresser

• Thora Hird – Ida
• Victoria Wood – Moira

Explorers Explorers Explorers

• Robert Bathurst – Francis Drake
• Peter Davison – Ferdinand Magellan
• Angus Deayton – Sir Walter Raleigh

When Columbo discovered America

• Gareth Hale – Columbo
• Norman Pace

Medieval NHS

• Jack Dee – Dr Barber
• Gary Olsen – Mr Baker

Early British Comedy

• Matthew Ashforde – Reginald
• Helena Bonham Carter – Lily
• Neil Morrissey – Director
• Caroline Quentin – Marcia Bournemouth
• Richard Wilson – Monty DeLauncy

Looking Forwards

• Lenny Henry – Decos
• Clive Mantle – Dr. Mike Barratt (as Clive Mantel)

• Dawn French
• Maria McErlane
• Geraldine McNulty
• Chris Pavlo
• Trevor Peacock
• Lexie Peel
• Philip Pope
• Jennifer Saunders
• Rupert Vansittart
• Kim Wall

External links

• The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything at IMDb
• http://www.memorabletv.com/global/uk-tv/the-nearly-complete-and-utter-history-of-everything/