Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 44 min
  • Premiere: 1981. December 10.

With film clips and photos, Eric Sykes gives a tongue-in-cheek account of his follies and fortunes as an actor, gag writer, and comedian in a long and successful career in the theatre, on radio and television. He pays tribute to his friends in showbusiness and in particular to Hattie Jacques, Richard Wattis and the team of his long-running Sykes series.

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Hattie Jacques

Self (archive material)

Richard Wattis

Self (archive material)

Peter Sellers

Self (archive material)

Spike Milligan

Self (archive material)

Tony Jacklin

Self (archive material)

Production

Donald Sayer

Producer

Timothy Marshall

Assistant Production Manager

Sound

Writing

Eric Sykes

Writer

Production

Donald Sayer

Producer

Timothy Marshall

Assistant Production Manager

Sound

Writing

Eric Sykes

Writer