"Big Impression" (1999)TV series

Directors:

Gareth Carrivick
Charlie Hanson

Writers:

Ronni Ancona (writer)
Simon Blackwell (writer)

Seasons:

unknown

Release Date:

2 September 1999 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Comedy impressions.

Awards:

5 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Jan Ravens

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Various Roles (12 episodes, 2000-2002)

Also Known As:

Alistair McGowan's Big Impression (UK) (complete title)
The Big Impression (UK) (new title)

Runtime:

20 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M

Company:

Vera Productions Ltd.

Quotes:

McGowan as Kilroy: And How's make you feel?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Annually Retentive: (#1.2)" (2006)

Simply awful, even Dead Ringers is better.

Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona manage something quite spectacular with this show; they manage to be even more annoying than the vacuous celebrities they impersonate. This programme stinks of everything that has been wrong with pre-watershed BBC One comedy for years. Skeletal scripts and the fact that no amount of makeup can make Alistair McGowan look like anybody other than Alistair McGowan result in what is a genuine contender for the most woeful "comedy" of all time.

Go watch Rory Bremner instead. See how it should be done. This show doesn't deserve to be put in the dustbin of history, but the incinerator.