Top 25 greatest British Comedy Double Acts
Top 25 greatest British Comedy Double Acts.
**LIST IS COMPLETELY RANDOM AND NOT RANKED**
Sorry if I missed out your favorite!!
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missed and which your favourites are.
Adam and Joe
Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish are British comedy performers known together as Adam and Joe. They are best known for presenting Adam and Joe on BBC Radio 6 Music (2007–2009, 2011) and The Adam and Joe Show on Channel 4 (1996–2001).
Ant and Dec
Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, known collectively as Ant & Dec, are an English comedy TV presenting, television producing, acting and former music duo from Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
Armstrong and Miller
Armstrong and Miller are an English stand-up comedy double act consisting of the actor-comedians Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller.
Baddiel and Skinner
David Baddiel & Frank Skinner created, wrote and performed Fantasy Football League, a popular entertainment show based on the growing fantasy football craze. During this time the duo also twice topped the UK Singles Chart with the football anthem Three Lions, co-written and performed with The Lightning Seeds. After ending Fantasy Football League, the pair took an improvised question-and-answer show to the Edinburgh Fringe which then became a television series, Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned.
Cannon and Ball
Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball, known collectively as Cannon and Ball, are an English comedy double act best known for their comedy variety show The Cannon and Ball Show.
Dick n Dom
Dick and Dom are a British comedy double act consisting of the presenters Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood. Bst known for Dick and Dom in da Bungalow.
French and Saunders
French and Saunders is a British sketch comedy written by and starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. Fry and Laurie Fry and Laurie are an English comedy double act. The duo consisted of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.
Hale and Pace
Hale and Pace was an English comedy double-act. The duo was made up of Gareth Hale and Norman Pace.
Hinge and Bracket
Dr. Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket were the stage personae of the musical performance and female impersonation artists George Logan and Patrick Fyffe.
Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding
Julian Barratt & Noel Fielding are creators of surreal comedy troupe The Mighty Boosh.
Lee and Herring
Lee and Herring were a British standup comedy double act consisting of the comedians Stewart Lee and Richard Herring.
Little and Large
Little and Large were a British comedy double act comprising straight man Syd Little and comic Eddie Large.
Matt Lucas and David Walliams (Little Britain)
Little Britain is a British character-based sketch show. It was written and performed by comic duo David Walliams and Matt Lucas.
Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones
Alas Smith and Jones is a British comedy sketch television series featuring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones.
Mitchell and Webb
Mitchell and Webb are a British comedy double act, composed of David Mitchell and Robert Webb. They are best known for starring in Peep Show and That Mitchell and Webb Look.
Morecambe and Wise
Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, known as Morecambe and Wise (also Eric and Ernie), were an English comic double act. Their partnership lasted from 1941 until Morecambe's death in 1984.
Newman and Baddiel
Newman and Baddiel were a comedy partnership of the 1990s consisting of British stand-up comics Robert Newman and David Baddiel.
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore
Pete and Dud were characters played by the comedians and entertainers Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. The dialogue format originated in 1964 when Dudley Moore invited Peter Cook to appear in a television performance. ... During the 1970s, Cook and Moore used a similar formula for the more adult Derek and Clive recordings.
Punt and Dennis
Punt and Dennis are a comedy double act consisting of Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
Reeves and Mortimer
Vic and Bob, also known as Reeves and Mortimer, are a British comedy double act consisting of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer.
Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson
Rik Mayall & Adrian Edmondson worked together on multiple shows including The Comic Strip Presents..., The Dangerous Brothers, The Young Ones, Filthy Rich & Catflap and Bottom.
The Two Ronnies
The Two Ronnies is a comedy sketch show featuring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett.
The Chuckle Brothers
Barry David Elliott and Paul Harman Elliott are English children's entertainers, better known as Barry Chuckle and Paul Chuckle as the double-act the Chuckle Brothers.
The Krankies
The Krankies are a Scottish comedy duo who enjoyed success as a cabaret act in the 1970s and on television in the 1980s.
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