What have the BBC Ever Done For John Cleese?

John Cleese plunders a scene from Monty Python's Life Of Brian to plug the delights of the BBC TV licence. Although the BBC licence fee is certainly a contentious issue, I’m sure we can all agree that this advertisement is nonetheless very clever.

An excellent and forgotten old advert for the BBC TV Licence starring John Cleese doing a remake of his "What have the Romans Ever Done For Us" routine, and featuring a few familiar faces in the pub.

John Cleese - Customer

Michael Horden - Landlord / Drama

David Attenborough - Natural History

Peter West - Cricket

Peter Alice - Golf

David Coleman - Athletics

Dan Maskell - Wimbledon

Peter O'Sullivan - Racing

Steve Davis - Snooker

Moira Stewart, Frank Bough and Sue Lawley - News Coverage Trio

David Dimbleby - Politics

Peter Snow - Election

Alan Wicker - Documentaries

Esther Rantzen - Consumer Programs

Stephanie Turner (Juliet Bravo) - Series

John Humphries - sitting on table with Juliet Bravo

Barry Norman - Films

Jimmy Young - Radio 2

Mike Reid - Radio 1

Brian Johnstone - Radio 3

Kenneth Kendall - Radio 4

Peter Duncan, Janet Ellis, Bonnie, Simon Groom - Childrens TV

Patrick Moore - Science

David Jason, Ronnie Corbett, Ronnie Barker - Comedy

Ken Campbell - Alternative Comedy

Bob Geldof - Live Aid

Terry Wogan - Chat Shows