Heroes of Comedy

Heroes of Comedy is a British television series, produced by Thames Television, and broadcast on Channel 4, which devotes each episode to a legend of British comedy. It was produced by John Fisher. Beginning in 1995, it followed a 2½ hour more general programme from 1992.

Series one

 * Contributions from Roy Hudd and Bob Monkhouse. An animatronic Miller was created for the programme and performed by David Barclay, Dave Chapman and Mike Quinn.

Series two

 * The first group subject, and the first where two of the performers covered (Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe) were alive at the time of broadcast.

Series three
This series examined dead performers.

Series four
All subjects in this series were living at the time of broadcast.

Series five
This series examined living and dead performers.

Series six

 * Previously covered as part of the Goons episode. Aired three days after Milligan's death.