

Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand
2016-12-26 · 60 min · ★ 8.3
Summer 2003 and Bob Monkhouse entertains a room full of comedians with stand-up, chat and a comedy masterclass. It proved to be his final gig. The night became the stuff of legend among comedians, but was never transmitted until now.
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- Mark Lucey, Ashtar Alkhirsan
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- United Kingdom
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Bob Monkhouse
Mike Yarwood
Reece Shearsmith
Jon Culshaw
Fiona AllenSelf
Kevin Day
Mark Steel
Ricky Grover
David Walliams
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