Although impressionists experienced a lull in popularity in the 1990s, the recent success of Dead Ringers ( another BBC Radio cross-over ) and Alistair McGowan's Big Impression has been notable.

Alistair McGowan ( born 24 November 1964 ) is an English impressionist, stand-up comic, actor, singer and writer best known to British audiences for The Big Impression ( formerly Alistair McGowan's Big Impression ), which was, for four years, one of BBC1's top-rating comedy programmes-winning numerous awards, including a BAFTA in 2003.

He is best known for his work with Jan Ravens and Ronni Ancona on The Big Impression, formerly Alistair McGowan's Big Impression.

McGowan has a repertoire of well over one hundred impersonations many of which have been covered on Alistair McGowan's Big Impression.

Two releases of ' Alistair McGowan's Football Backchat ' were best sellers in both comedy and sports video charts.

* Alistair McGowan's Big Impression-BBC Comedy Guide

The Big Impression, known as Alistair McGowan's Big Impression for the first three series, is a British comedy sketch show.

Alistair McGowan's Big Impression first aired on BBC One in 2000, with the couple splitting up just before filming began.

* Alistair McGowan's Big Impression

Impressionists such as Ronni Ancona on Alistair McGowan's Big Impression took to satirising Bond's royal reports by posing as Bond and pretending to be the Queen herself, crown and all ; in one sketch it was announced that Bond was to imminently accede to the throne.

* Best comedy entertainment programme: Alistair McGowan's Big Impression

Then in 1999 came Alistair McGowan's Big Impression with Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona, and in 2002 came Dead Ringers.

The second cast line-up consisted of Mack, Tavare, Vine, Taylor and Kitty Flanagan ; replacing Ancona, who left to concentrate on BBC One's Alistair McGowan's Big Impression ( which was shortened to simply Big Impression to reflect Ancona playing as many parts as McGowan himself ).

He was head writer for Spitting Image, and has written for many shows including, Noel's House Party, Dead Ringers and Alistair McGowan's Big Impression.

Other TV shows she regularly worked on include V Graham Norton, Alistair McGowan's Big Impression, Bremner, Bird and Fortune, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, and Perfect World.

Alistair McGowan's Big Impression took to spoofing their personalities on What Not to Wear, as did 2DTV who made cartoon versions of Woodall and Constantine giving Santa Claus a makeover, where they stripped him of his red suit and added a casual shirt and trousers.

* 1999: Writer, Alistair McGowan's Big Impression ( BBC One )

" Woodall has been spoofed on many comedy-themed television shows, including Big Impression, on which impressionist Alistair McGowan took to spoofing her presenting techniques on What Not to Wear.

* Key Animators: Big Jack Bradley, Meryl Edge, Dave Livesey, Denise Heywood, Alistair Fell, Andy Wilson, Claire Grey, Malcolm McGookin and Adrian Bell

In 2009 he performed for the former Chancellor Alistair Darling, when he unexpectedly played Big Spender.

On the show Big Impression, Alistair McGowan and Ronnie Ancona took to spoofing Trinny and Susannah's presenting techniques on What Not to Wear.

In January 2010, Mark Greenwell left the band to be replaced by previous bassist Alistair MacLatchy, and in March 2010, Bal-Sagoth returned to Finland to play a show in Helsinki with fellow English band Skyclad.

After releasing several unsuccessful singles in her mid-teens, she co-hosted a children's TV pop show, Razzamatazz with Alistair Pirrie ; additionally, Stansfield could be seen in 1983 children's television series The Krankies Klub, alongside comedian Jimmy Cricket and rock band Rocky Sharpe and the Replays.

Marilyn's television credits also include two ' PBS Reading Rainbow ' programs featuring Alistair, an AListair program for the BBC, three ABC Weekend Specials featuring PJ Funnybunny and a show based on her children's book, Elizabeth and Larry for Showtime's Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories.

Impressionists Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona were among the regular guests on the show.

Sketches of the show included the moronic, yet fearless ' Croc Botherer ' ( played by Mortimer ), Roy the eerie, lonely toy-shopkeeper ( played by Coogan ), Alistair the hopeless estate agent, who replies to every question with " I don't know ", the swearing chef, and the ' Geordie Astronauts ' ( played by Reeves, Mortimer and Mark Benton ).

Banks parted company with the Alistair Griffin-fronted outfit the following month, whilst Witter completed one further UK tour with The Dukes prior to Shed Seven's Reunion Tour warm-up show in Hull on 25 November.

* The Guns of Navarone ( novel )-1957 novel set during World War II by writer Alistair MacLean

" Having relinquished his British citizenship during World War II, he could not be called " Sir Alistair ".

Only Straw, Brown and Alistair Darling served in the cabinet continuously during Labour's 13 year administration from 1997 to 2010.

In 1936, during the Edward VIII abdication crisis, he assisted the broadcaster Alistair Cooke, who reported on the events for the NBC radio network.

While the question of what happened to the humans and where they went to is never fully resolved during the game, David ' Talin ' Joiner, one of the game's key developers, revealed in an interview that humanity was eradicated by an airborne biological weapon ( a scenario that was inspired by the Alistair MacLean novel The Satan Bug ).

A contemporary art exhibition at the Lucy Mackintosh Gallery in Lausanne, Switzerland, with six British artists: Michael Ashcroft, Juan Bolivar, Andrew Grassie, Justin Hibbs, Alistair Hudson, and Peter Liversidge during April – May 2005.

After Allen Klein arrived at Apple on 3 February, Alistair was sacked along with 16 staff members during one of the first purges by Klein at Apple ( 8 May ).

Also during the third season, Fred Astaire played Alistair Mundy, Alexander's father, also a master gentleman-thief, who says bemusedly, at the start of each episode in which he appears, " I've heard of stealing from the government, but for the government?

It was during this time that he first met Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, in the tunnels of the London Underground.

In the sixteenth century during the Anglo-Scottish Wars the Clan Macnaghten led by Chief Alistair MacNaughten, who was knighted by King James IV of Scotland fought at the Battle of Flodden Field in 1513.

Following the scholar of Christianity Alistair McGrath ( 1998 ), several major areas of theology can be seen to have developed during the Patristic Period: the extent of the New Testament Canon, the role of tradition, the fixing of the ecumenical creeds, the Two Natures of Christ, the doctrine of the Trinity, the doctrine of the Church, and the doctrine of Divine grace.

The core quartet were sometimes augmented live by keyboardists Alistair Lewthwaite and Andy Clegg in the 1980s, and percussionist / vocalist Kwasi Asante during their reunion period ( ex-Magazine drummer Martin Jackson also briefly replaced Lever during 1982-83 while the latter was on sabbatical ).

Alistair Taylor, in the book Yesterday, reports a mysterious incident involving a man who inexplicably appeared near him and McCartney during a walk on Primrose Hill and then disappeared again, soon after McCartney and Taylor had conversed about the existence of God ; this allegedly prompted the writing of the song.

Eventually Katherine was blackmailed by Alistair Crane into remaining as his wife or else Alistair would reveal their daughter Sheridan Crane had murdered Katherine's sister Rachel Barrett ( who turned up alive later anyway ); he later told Sheridan during the New Year's Party of 2006.