Sketch Show/alternative Comedians
- Armstrong and Miller
- Alexander Armstrong (born 1970)
- Ben Miller (born 1966)
- Brian Conley (born 1961)
- Catherine Tate (The Catherine Tate Show) (born 1968)
- David Baddiel (The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Fantasy Football League) (born 1964)
- Craig Charles (born 1964)
- Hugh Dennis (The Mary Whitehouse Experience) (born 1962)
- Charlie Drake (born 1925)
- Adrian Edmondson (born 1957)
- Kevin Eldon (Fist of Fun, Big Train, Jam) (born 1960)
- Dick Emery (1915–83)
- Harry Enfield, (Harry Enfield and Chums) (born 1961)
- The Fast Show
- Paul Whitehouse (born 1958)
- Charlie Higson (born 1958)
- Caroline Aherne (born 1963)
- John Thomson (born 1969)
- Simon Day (born 1962)
- Mark Williams (born 1959)
- Arabella Weir (born 1957)
- Dawn French, (French and Saunders) (born 1957)
- The Goodies
- Tim Brooke-Taylor (born 1940)
- Graeme Garden (born 1943)
- Bill Oddie (born 1941)
- Gregor Fisher (Naked Video) (born 1953)
- Stephen Fry (A Bit of Fry & Laurie) (born 1957)
- Arthur Haynes (1914–1956)
- Lenny Henry (born 1958)
- Benny Hill (1924–1992)
- Harry Hill (born 1964)
- Dom Joly (born 1967)
- Rufus Jones (born 1975)
- John Junkin (1930–2006)
- Hugh Laurie (born 1959) (A Bit of Fry & Laurie)
- Matt Lucas (Little Britain)
- Rik Mayall (born 1958)
- Spike Milligan (1918–2002)
- David Mitchell (born 1974) (That Mitchell and Webb Look)
- Morecambe and Wise
- Bob Mortimer (born 1959)
- Rob Newman (born 1964) (The Mary Whitehouse Experience)
- Peter Richardson, (born 1951) The Comic Strip
- Nigel Planer (born 1953)
- Steve Punt (born 1962) (The Mary Whitehouse Experience)
- Alexei Sayle (born 1952)
- Frank Skinner (born 1957)
- Monty Python
- Graham Chapman (1941–1989)
- John Cleese (born 1939)
- Terry Gilliam (born 1940)
- Eric Idle (born 1943)
- Terry Jones (born 1942)
- Michael Palin (born 1943)
- Not the Nine O'Clock News
- Rowan Atkinson (born 1955)
- Griff Rhys Jones (born 1953)
- Pamela Stephenson (born 1949)
- Mel Smith (born 1952)
- Peter Serafinowicz (born 1972)
- Vic Reeves (born 1959)
- Jennifer Saunders (born 1958)
- Smack the Pony
- Fiona Allen (born 1965)
- Doon Mackichan (born 1962)
- Sally Phillips (born 1970)
- The Two Ronnies
- Ronnie Barker (1929–2005)
- Ronnie Corbett (born 1931)
- David Walliams (Little Britain) (born 1971)
- Robert Webb (born 1972) (That Mitchell and Webb Look)
- Harry Worth (1917–1989)
- The Royle Family
- Ricky Tomlinson (born 1939)
- Caroline Aherne (born 1963)
- Sue Johnston (born 1943)
- Ralf Little (born 1980)
- Liz Smith (born 1921)
- Craig Cash (born 1960)
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