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764: 223:) would also show where the public placed the celebrity's top five clips. The public were then asked to vote for the funniest decade and funniest clip. In the final overall episode the top five clips were revealed as well as where each decade was placed. As each decade was announced the celebrities gave comments on the placement of each one. 219:
the best. Out of all the clips shown, the public were then asked to vote for the five clips they found funniest. In the second episode the clips were put into order based on the public's votes, they were shown from the clip which received the fewest votes to the one with the most votes. The narrator (
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After that each celebrity presented two episodes. In the first one they were able to explain to the public in more detail why they though their decade was the funniest, they would also show clips from comedy programmes in their decade and the celebrity would choose five clips which they believed were
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and all of them attempted to convince the viewing public that their decade was the funniest. The first episode was the celebrities on a panel briefly explaining why they thought the public should vote for their decade.
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Alexander Armstrong introduces the show and the advocates representing a decade of television comedy. The advocates were given 60 seconds to briefly explain why and attempt to persuade the viewers their decade was the
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The launch episode aired on 28 February 2008, after that each advocate presented their two shows and the series final aired on 18 December 2008.
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Gold wanted to ask the public which decade of British television they thought was the funniest, the
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Index

Alexander Armstrong
Martin Freeman
Meera Syal
Jo Brand
Phill Jupitus
Frankie Boyle
Alexander Armstrong
list of episodes
Gold
Gold
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
television comedy
Alexander Armstrong
Alexander Armstrong
Martin Freeman
Meera Syal
Jo Brand
Phill Jupitus
Frankie Boyle
Alexander Armstrong
Phill Jupitus
Phill Jupitus
Jo Brand
Jo Brand
Meera Syal
Meera Syal

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