Garden's impressions of the legendary rugby league commentator Eddie Waring and the popular Scottish TV presenter Fyfe Robertson, Oddie's frequent send-ups of the game-show host Hughie Green and Cleese's occasional but manic impressions of Patrick Moore ( astronomer and broadcaster ) built these people into eccentric celebrities in a way that the Mike Yarwood, Rory Bremner, Spitting Image and Dead Ringers programmes would do for other TV presenters with similar disrespect years later.

Comedic performers included: Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie, Mel Smith & Griff Rhys Jones, Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders, Hale and Pace, Lenny Henry, Rory Bremner, Robbie Coltrane, Ruby Wax, Ben Elton and the Spitting Image puppets.

Several performers from the 1987 show returned including: Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie, Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders, Lenny Henry, Rory Bremner, Ben Elton, Robbie Coltrane, Willie Rushton and the Spitting Image puppets.

In the 1990s there was a certain absence of impressionists on television, with the demise of Spitting Image and Rory Bremner mainly concentrating on political figures ( notably John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and also members of the Royal Family ).

He has been parodied by the satirical comedy show Spitting Image, and by impersonator Rory Bremner, amongst others.

His credits include The Rory Bremner Show, The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything, various episodes of Spitting Image and its retrospective documentary Best Ever Spitting Image, Baddiel's Syndrome and the BBC One re-airing of Horrible Histories.

Former presenter Clive Anderson, as well as several panelists, such as Rory Bremner, Sandi Toksvig and Greg Proops have all made appearances on Mock the Week.

He is also known for his work on Mock the Week as a panellist ( for Series 1 and 2 ), award-winning show Rory Bremner ... Who Else?

and Mock the Week, and as a writer for fellows comedians such as Rory Bremner and Jasper Carrott.

During her 11-year career she wrote for comedians including Clive Anderson, Rory Bremner, Angus Deayton, Bob Monkhouse and Graham Norton, and for BBC programmes including The News Huddlines, Loose Ends and Week Ending.

Bremner has translated three operas into English: Der Silbersee by Kurt Weill, Carmen by Georges Bizet and Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach.

Bremner traveled to's-Hertogenbosch, the Dutch city liberated by the East Lancs, amongst other places to retrace his father's footsteps.

One of the plays that was staged, the short comedy of manners A Respectable Wedding, was retranslated by Bremner, who also penned the title to the series.

The song was parodied by British satirist Rory Bremner under the pseudonym ' The Commentators ,' as N-n-nineteen, Not Out, the title referring to the batting average of David Gower, the England cricket captain, during his side's risible performance against the West Indies in 1984 when they lost 5-0.

A Kashmiri pandit lady, photograph by Fred Bremner, circa ~ 1900

During the 2005 general election campaign, Russell was satirised on British television by Bremner, Bird and Fortune for his " war " on mobility scooters for OAPs.

In September 2010 Blessed recorded the voiceover to Sheherazade, or The Princess, the Pirate and the Baboon !, an album of children's stories set to the classical music composition Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and also featuring the voices of Rory Bremner, Jess Murphy, Sam Morris and Nigel Garton.

Kinnear briefly took charge of Doncaster after Mackay's departure in 1989 but was replaced by Billy Bremner after a consortium completed their takeover of the club.

The article in question, by Richard Bremner, focused on the issue of the defective electrical connectors: " Early XMs could be relied upon to go wrong, but little else.

The annual Speech Day, at which boys are awarded various prizes, has been hosted by many famous speakers, including Rory Bremner, Gary Lineker, Henry Olonga, Sir Tim Rice, Sir Roger Bannister OG, Stephen Fry, Lord Coe ( 2007 ), Professor Malcolm Grant ( President and Provost of UCL ) ( 2008 ), Sir Michael Parkinson ( 2009 ), Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson ( 2010 ) and Hugh Dennis OG ( 2012 )

Pa Angel was played by Scott Wilson ; Mean Machine by Christopher Adamson ; Link by Phil Smeeton ; and Junior by Ewen Bremner.

Bremner, a diminutive but hard midfield player, was scouted by Leeds while playing schoolboy football in Scotland and signed for the Elland Road club in 1959, the day after his 17th birthday.

; Hairdresser Octopus ( voiced by Freedom Bremner )

It featured performances by bands such as Guns N ' Roses, Redd Kross, Hole, Jane's Addiction, Arab and The Suburban Turbans, Dream Syndicate, The Lonesome Strangers, Snake Farm, The Billy Bremner Band, The Shades, Tex & the Horseheads, Lock-Up, Mary's Danish, The Miracle Workers, Social Distortion, The Electric Ferrets, the Mentors, GG Allin, The Nymphs, and Los Lobos, as well as out-of-town acts like Nirvana ( as seen on the cover of Nirvana's 7 " single, " Sliver "), Pink Fairies, Pussy Galore, Mod Fun and Kyuss.

During this boom period the harbour was expanded still further by local shipbuilder James Bremner.

The harbour was built by James Bremner.

* Orpheus in the Underworld in a new translation by Rory Bremner.

Batty made his debut for Leeds in November 1987 as an 18-year-old during a 4 – 2 win over Swindon Town, and quickly earned a reputation as a fiercely competitive midfielder in the mould of Leeds legend Billy Bremner.

It was a parody of Paul Hardcastle's number one hit, 19, with Bremner impersonating cricket commentators, including Richie Benaud and Brian Johnston, and replacing references to the Vietnam War with references to the England cricket team's disastrous 1984 home series against the West Indies in which the England captain David Gower had averaged 19.

In an era of hard men – Bremner, Harris, Smith, etc., Gray also had the distinction of never being booked in his career.

Revie had inherited Jack Charlton and Billy Bremner from the previous manager, and both players became cornerstones of the team during Revie's reign.

The papers quoted Wolves midfielder Danny Hegan and former Leeds United goalkeeper Gary Sprake's claims that Revie's captain Billy Bremner had tried to arrange a bribe.

Leeds got back into the game and equalised through Billy Bremner but Liverpool were not to be denied as Ian St. John headed home the winner late on during the second period and Liverpool had finally won their first ever FA Cup.

By the time he left in 1985, he had played under three of his old team-mates: Clarke, Eddie Gray and Billy Bremner.

He subsequently assisted and played for his former Leeds skipper Billy Bremner at Doncaster Rovers, and had a second spell playing for and managing Bristol City.

Bremner married early in his life and had numerous sons and daughters.

Hughes scored Celtic's first goal in that match, after Billy Bremner had given Leeds an early lead and levelled the aggregate score.

In 1976, Cherry became Leeds captain after Billy Bremner left and won his first England cap, his own career progressing on a personal level as Leeds United's standards as a club started to slip.

He has also presented a BBC Radio 4 series, Rory Bremner's International Satirists, in which Bremner talks to comedians and impressionists from various European countries.

In September 2009, he presented a BBC Four documentary, Rory Bremner and the Fighting Scots, about the history of Scots serving in the British Army.

The fight was shown that night on BBC television and both were fined £ 500, with Keegan being suspended for three games and Bremner eight.

David Vine, who was the main presenter of the BBC programme from 1973 to 1985, said " in 1972, Ron Pickering, myself, Don Revie, Billy Bremner and TV producer Barney Colehan sat in a hotel in Leeds and formulated Superstars but the BBC dismissed the idea.