Dead Ringers (comedy)

Dead Ringers is a UK radio and television comedy impressions show broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC2. The programme was devised by Bill Dare, and stars Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Phil Cornwell, Kevin Connelly and Mark Perry. The principal writers are Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain. The other writers are John Finnemore, David Mitchell, Simon Blackwell, Richard Ward, Colin Birch, Jon Culshaw and Jan Ravens.

The actors

The actors behind some impressions include:

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• Jon Culshaw – George W. Bush, Tony Blair, James Bond and Pierce Brosnan, Ozzy Osbourne, Sir Patrick Moore, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Victor Meldrew and Richard Wilson, Brian Sewell, Doctor Who and Tom Baker,Brian Perkins, Simon Cowell, Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall, David Beckham, Chris Tarrant, William Hague, Simon Schama, Russell Crowe, Ricky Gervais, Michael Buerk, Sir Trevor McDonald (on television), George Lucas, Jeremy Clarkson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sir Alan Sugar, David Frost, Ross Kemp, Eminem, Gordon Ramsay, Judge John Deed, Terry Wogan, John Humphrys, Rolf Harris, Jonathan Ross, Dale Winton, Jon Pertwee, Chris Eubank, Frank Bruno (on radio), Richard Whiteley, Morgan Freeman, Katie Price, Bono, Homer Simpson (on radio), John Craven, Griff Rhys-Jones, Billy Connolly, Nick Ross, Senator John Edwards, Phil Spencer, Robbie Williams, Gary Lineker (on radio), Jack Bauer (on radio), Dermot Murnaghan, British Politican Dr John Reid, Mariella Frostrup, Shane Richie, Liam Gallagher, Captain Jack Sparrow, Jar Jar Binks
• Jan Ravens – Anne Robinson, Sophie Raworth, Fiona Bruce, Delia Smith, Patricia Routledge, Margaret Thatcher, Charlotte Green, Norah Jones, Natasha Kaplinsky, Kate Adie, Clarrie Grundy (from The Archers), Germaine Greer, Clare Short, Ann Widdecombe, Hillary Clinton, Meryl Streep, Ellen MacArthur, Queen Elizabeth II, Kirstie Allsopp, Aggie McKenzie, Carol Smillie, Linda Barker, Nigella Lawson, Kirsty Wark, Frodo Baggins, Sharon Osbourne, Lesley Garrett, Jessie Wallace, Tessa Jowell, Amanda Burton, Thora Hird, Judi Dench, Sue McGregor, Barbara Windsor, Carol Vorderman, Gwen Stefani, Madonna, Caroline Quentin, Tom Cruise, C.J. Cregg, Condoleezza Rice, Dido, Emily Buchannan (on radio), Dr Tanya Byron, Julia Thorne, Faye Ripley, Sarah Montague, Diane Sawyer, Clarice Starling (on radio), Trisha Goddard, Marge Simpson (on radio)
• Kevin Connelly – Charles Kennedy, David Dimbleby, Bill Clinton, Dick Cheney, Iain Duncan Smith, Mark Lawson, David Starkey, Des Lynam, Michael Howard, Harry Potter, Sven-Göran Eriksson, James Naughtie, Kenneth Clarke, Andrew Marr, Bill Oddie, Michael Palin, Andrew Neil, Adrian Chiles, President Josiah Bartlet, Boris Johnson, John Simpson (on radio), Andrew Gilligan
• Mark Perry – David Dickinson, John Prescott, Robin Cook, Gandalf and Sir Ian McKellen, Professor Robert Winston, Kim Woodburn, David Blunkett, Tom Paulin, Saddam Hussein, Peter Mandelson, Graham Norton, Martin Jarvis, Trevor McDonald (on radio), Bob Geldof, Ken Livingstone, Brian Blessed, Luciano Pavarotti, Monty Don, Richard Briers, Patrick Stewart,Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Toby Ziegler, Donald Rumsfeld, Adam Hart-Davis, Roger Bolton (on radio), Hannibal Lecter (on radio), Lord Voldemort (On Radio)
• Phil Cornwell – Greg Dyke, Darth Vader, The Duke of Edinburgh, Saruman and Christopher Lee, Don Vito Corleone, Michael Caine, Derren Brown, Alan Rickman, Jack Nicholson, Jamie Oliver, Jacques Chirac, Alistair Darling, Jack Straw, Marlon Brando, Bruce Forsyth, Osama Bin Laden, Senator John Kerry, Leo McGarry, Christopher Eccleston, Prince Charles, Justin Hawkins, Jon Snow, Jimmy Hill, Stelios Haji-Ioannou (on radio), Alistair Cooke (on radio), Tony Robinson, Lord Hutton, Jimmy Saville, Adolf Hitler