Alexei Sayle
Acting
Alexei David Sayle is an English actor, author, stand-up comedian, television presenter and former recording artist. He was a leading figure in the British alternative comedy movement in the 1980s. He was voted the 18th greatest stand-up comic of all time on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-ups in 2007. In an updated 2010 poll he came 72nd. Much of Sayle's humour is in the tradition of Spike Milligan and Monty Python, with riffs based on often absurd and surreal premises. His act is known for its cynicism and political awareness, as well as physical comedy.
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2024Bottom: Exposed
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2023Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
Narrator
2023imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
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2023The Rise of the Comic Strip
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2022Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
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2022The Fringe, Fame and Me
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2020How to Build a Girl
Karl Marx
2019Sometimes Always Never
Bill
2018How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2017Gloves Off
Algy
2016Red Top
Colin Goodman
2014Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
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201450 Years of BBC Two Comedy
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201230 Years of Comic Strip
2011The Itch of the Golden Nit
Planet Jimmy (voice)
2011The Story of Music Hall
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2008The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper's Mother
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2008My Dad Was a Communist
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2007Hitler: The Comedy Years
D.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007Tapping the Wire
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2007The Making of 'The Young Ones'
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2006When Comedy Changed Forever
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2006The Thief Lord
Barbarossa
2005The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
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