Shaggy Dog Story (TV), the Glossary
Shaggy Dog Story is a three-minute promotional trailer for Children in Need, put together by the BBC and Gorgeous Productions (directed by Chris Palmer) in 1999 as a sequel to the previous year's Future Generations video (featuring children's programmes), and the great success of 1997's "Perfect Day" charity single.[1]
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70 relations: Alan Davies, Amelia Bullmore, Angus Deayton, Ardal O'Hanlon, As Time Goes By (TV series), BBC, Belinda Lang, Big Train, Caroline Aherne, Charlie Higson, Children in Need, Chris Barrie, Craig Cash, Craig Charles, Dawn French, Dinnerladies (TV series), Emma Chambers, Future Generations, Gary Olsen, Geoffrey Palmer (actor), Goodness Gracious Me (TV series), Harry Enfield, Harry Enfield & Chums, Jack Dee, Jennifer Saunders, John Cleese, John Sessions, John Thomson (comedian), Julia Davis, June Whitfield, Kevin Eldon, Kulvinder Ghir, Last of the Summer Wine, List of Open All Hours characters, Mark Gatiss, Mark Heap, Mark Williams (actor), Meera Syal, Men Behaving Badly, My Hero (British TV series), Neil Morrissey, Nina Wadia, One Foot in the Grave, Open All Hours, Paul Kaye, Paul Whitehouse, Perfect Day (Lou Reed song), Perfect World (TV series), Peter Sallis, Phil Cornwell, ... Expand index (20 more) »
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Alan Davies
Alan Roger Davies (born 6 March 1966) is an English stand-up comedian, writer, actor and TV presenter.
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Amelia Bullmore
Amelia Mary Bullmore (born 31 January 1964) is an English actress, screenwriter and playwright.
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Angus Deayton
Gordon Angus Deayton (born 6 January 1956) is an English actor, writer, musician, comedian and broadcaster.
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Ardal O'Hanlon
Ardal O'Hanlon (born 8 October 1965) is an Irish comedian, actor, and author.
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As Time Goes By (TV series)
As Time Goes By is a British romantic sitcom that aired on BBC One from 12 January 1992 to 30 December 2005, running for nine series and two specials.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
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Belinda Lang
Belinda Lucy Lange (born 23 December 1953), known professionally as Belinda Lang, is an English actress.
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Big Train
Big Train is a British television sketch show created by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan.
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Caroline Aherne
Caroline Mary Aherne (24 December 1963 – 2 July 2016) was an English actress, comedian, writer and director.
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Charlie Higson
Charles Murray Higson (born 3 July 1958) is an English actor, comedian, author and former singer.
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Children in Need
BBC Children in Need (also promoted as Plant mewn Angen in Wales) is the BBC's UK charity.
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Chris Barrie
Chris Barrie (born Christopher Jonathan Brown, 28 March 1960) is a British actor and comedian.
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Craig Cash
Craig Cash (born 11 September 1960).
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Craig Charles
Craig Joseph Charles (born 11 July 1964) is an English actor, comedian, DJ, and television and radio presenter.
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Dawn French
Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, comedian, and writer.
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Dinnerladies (TV series)
Dinnerladies (stylised as dinnerladies) is a British television sitcom created, written and co-produced by Victoria Wood.
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Emma Chambers
Emma Gwynedd Mary Chambers (11 March 1964 – 21 February 2018) was an English actress who performed in television, film, and the theatre.
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Future Generations
Future Generations: Small People was a three-minute promotional trailer for Children in Need, put together by the BBC and Gorgeous Productions (directed by Chris Palmer) in 1998 as a sequel of sorts to the great success of the previous year's Perfect Day charity single. Shaggy Dog Story (TV) and Future Generations are Children in Need.
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Gary Olsen
Gary Olsen (born Gary Kenneth Grant; 3 November 1957 – 12 September 2000) was an English actor.
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Geoffrey Palmer (actor)
Geoffrey Dyson Palmer (4 June 1927 – 5 November 2020) was an English actor.
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Goodness Gracious Me (TV series)
Goodness Gracious Me is a BBC sketch comedy show originally aired on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998 and later televised on BBC Two from 1998 to 2001.
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Harry Enfield
Henry Richard Enfield (born 30 May 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer and director.
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Harry Enfield & Chums
Harry Enfield & Chums (originally titled Harry Enfield's Television Programme) is a British sketch show starring Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse and Kathy Burke.
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Jack Dee
James Andrew Innes Dee (born 24 September 1961), known professionally as Jack Dee, is an English stand-up comedian, actor, presenter and writer known for his sarcasm, irony and deadpan humour.
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Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 6 July 1958) is an English actress, comedian, singer, and screenwriter.
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John Cleese
John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and presenter.
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John Sessions
John Sessions (11 January 1953 – 2 November 2020), born John Marshall, was a British actor and comedian.
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John Patrick Thomson (born Patrick Francis McAleer; 2 April 1969) is an English comedian, narrator and actor best known for his roles in The Fast Show, Men Behaving Badly, Cold Feet, 24 Hour Party People, The Brothers Grimsby and Coronation Street.
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Julia Davis
Julia Charlotte L. Davis (born 25 August 1966) is an English actress, comedian, director and writer.
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June Whitfield
Dame June Rosemary Whitfield (11 November 1925 – 29 December 2018) was an English radio, television and film actress.
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Kevin Eldon
Kevin Eldon (born 2 October 1959) is an English actor and comedian.
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Kulvinder Ghir
Kulvinder Ghir is a British actor, comedian and writer.
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Last of the Summer Wine
Last of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom set in Yorkshire created and written by Roy Clarke and originally broadcast by the BBC from 1973 to 2010.
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List of Open All Hours characters
This is a list of characters from the BBC situation comedy Open All Hours and its sequel, Still Open All Hours.
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Mark Gatiss
Mark Gatiss (born 17 October 1966) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer and novelist.
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Mark Heap
Mark Heap (born 13 May 1957) is a British actor and comedian.
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Mark Williams (actor)
Mark Williams (born 22 August 1959) is an English actor, comedian, presenter and screenwriter.
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Meera Syal
Meera Syal FRSL (born Feroza Syal; 27 June 1961) is an English comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist and actress.
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Men Behaving Badly
Men Behaving Badly is a British sitcom that was created and written by Simon Nye.
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My Hero (British TV series)
My Hero is a British television sitcom, created by Paul Mendelson, and produced for the BBC between 2000 and 2006.
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Neil Morrissey
Neil Anthony Morrissey (born 4 July 1962) is an English actor, businessman, narrator and presenter.
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Nina Wadia
Nina Wadia (born 18 December 1968) is an English actress and comedian.
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One Foot in the Grave is a British television sitcom written by David Renwick.
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Open All Hours
Open All Hours is a British television sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke for the BBC.
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Paul Kaye
Paul Kaye (born 15 December 1964) is an English comedian and actor.
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Paul Whitehouse
Paul Julian Whitehouse (born 20 May 1958) is a Welsh actor, writer, presenter and comedian.
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Perfect Day (Lou Reed song)
"Perfect Day" is a song written by American musician Lou Reed in 1972.
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Perfect World (TV series)
Perfect World is a British sitcom that was first shown on BBC Two in the UK from 25 February 2000 to 25 June 2001.
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Peter Sallis
Peter John Sallis (1 February 1921 – 2 June 2017) was an English actor, known for his work on British television.
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Phil Cornwell
Philip Cornwell (born 5 October 1957) is an English actor, comedian, impressionist and writer.
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Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf is a British science fiction comedy series created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, consisting of a sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999, and on Dave since 2009, gaining a cult following.
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Reece Shearsmith
Reeson Wayne "Reece" Shearsmith (born 27 August 1969) is an English actor, writer, comedian and magician.
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Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)
Richard Wilson (born Iain Carmichael Wilson; 9 July 1936) is a Scottish actor, theatre director and broadcaster.
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Ronnie Barker
Ronald William George Barker (25 September 1929 – 3 October 2005) was an English actor, comedian and writer.
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Ronnie Corbett
Ronald Balfour Corbett (4 December 1930 – 31 March 2016) was a Scottish actor, broadcaster, comedian and writer.
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Sanjeev Bhaskar
Sanjeev Bhaskar (born 31 October 1963) is an Indian-English actor, comedian and television presenter.
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Sequel
A sequel is a work of literature, film, theater, television, music, or video game that continues the story of, or expands upon, some earlier work.
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Shaggy dog story
In its original sense, a shaggy-dog story or yarn is an extremely long-winded anecdote characterized by extensive narration of typically irrelevant incidents and terminated by an anticlimax.
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Simon Pegg
Simon John Pegg (né Beckingham; born 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter.
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Spike Milligan
Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was an Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright and actor.
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Stella Street
Stella Street is a British television comedy programme, originally screened in four series on BBC Two between 22 December 1997 and 11 December 2001. Shaggy Dog Story (TV) and Stella Street are BBC television comedy.
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Stephen Fry
Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator, and writer.
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Steve Pemberton
Steven James Pemberton (born 1 September 1967) is a British actor, comedian, director and writer.
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The Fast Show
The Fast Show, known as Brilliant in the US, is a BBC comedy sketch show that ran from 1994 to 1997, with specials in 2000 and 2014.
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The League of Gentlemen
The League of Gentlemen is a surreal British comedy horror sitcom that premiered on BBC Two in 1999.
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The Royle Family
The Royle Family is a British sitcom produced by Granada Television for the BBC, which ran for three series from 1998 to 2000, and specials from 2006 to 2012.
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The Two Ronnies
The Two Ronnies is a British television comedy sketch show starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett.
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The Vicar of Dibley
The Vicar of Dibley is a British sitcom.
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Victoria Wood
Victoria Wood (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, lyricist, singer, composer, pianist, screenwriter, producer and director.
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2point4 Children
2point4 Children is a BBC Television sitcom that was created and written by Andrew Marshall.
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See also
Children in Need
- Around the World in 80 Days (2009 TV series)
- Celebrity Scissorhands
- Children in Need
- Children in Need 2004
- Children in Need 2005
- Children in Need 2006
- Children in Need 2007
- Children in Need 2008
- Children in Need 2009
- Children in Need 2010
- Children in Need 2011
- Children in Need 2012
- Children in Need 2013
- Children in Need 2014
- Children in Need 2015
- Children in Need 2016
- Children in Need 2017
- Children in Need 2018
- Children in Need Rocks 2013
- Children in Need Rocks Manchester
- Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall
- Destination: Skaro
- Dimensions in Time
- Doctor Who: Children in Need
- East Street (Children in Need)
- Future Generations
- Shaggy Dog Story (TV)
- The Big Night In
- Time Crash
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaggy_Dog_Story_(TV)
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