May 28, 2023
59 min
Full-HD

Barry Humphries at the BBC (2023)

Alex Jones looks back at the highlights of Barry’s career on a selection of BBC shows, featuring some of Barry’s funniest, rudest and most revealing moments from over the decades.

Category

Documentary Comedy

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

BBC

Barry Humphries

Self (archive material) / Dame Edna Everage / Sir Les Patterson

Alex Jones

Presenter

Elton John

Self (archive material)

Terry Wogan

Self (archive material)

Sue Lawley

Self (archive material)

Rick Stein

Self (archive material)

Michael Parkinson

Self (archive material)

Barry Norman

Self (archive material)

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