Email1. Ricky Gervais, co-creator of The Office
2. Steve Coogan, creator of Alan Partridge
3. Graham Norton, V Graham Norton
4. = Lorraine Heggessey/Jane Root, controllers of BBC1 and BBC2 respectively
6. Talkback Productions, independent production company behind They Think It's All Over, Smack the Pony and Da Ali G Show
7. Paul Whitehouse: the Fast Show, Happiness
8. Sacha Baron Cohen: Ali G
9. Danielle Lux, the Channel 4 head of entertainment
10. Jonathan Ross: Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, They Think It's All Over
11. Frank Skinner: The Frank Skinner Show
12. Jane Lush, the BBC controller of entertainment commissioning
13. = Dawn French/Jennifer Saunders: Absolutely Fabulous, The Vicar of Dibley, French and Saunders
15. Peter Kay: Phoenix Nights, John Smith ads
16. Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer: Shooting Stars
17. Kathy Burke: Gimme Gimme Gimmer, Kevin and Perry
18. Sanjeev Bhaskar and Meera Syal: Goodness Gracious Me, The Kumars at No 42
19. Jon Plowman, the BBC head of comedy entertainment
20. Chris Morris: The Day Today, Brass Eye, Jam
21. Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly: SM:TV Live, Pop Idol
22. Fred Barron, the creator of My Family
23. Sally Phillips, Doon MacKichan, Fiona Allen: Smack the Pony, Gladiatress
24. Caroline Raphael, the commissioning editor of drama and comedy at BBC Radio 4
25. The League of Gentlemen
26. Tiger Aspect, producer of Gimme Gimme Gimme, The Vicar of Dibley, Mr Bean
27. Dom Joly: Trigger Happy TV, This is Dom Joly
28. Hat Trick Productions, the producer of Have I Got News For You and The Kumars at No 42
29. Caroline Ahern: The Fast Show, Mrs Merton, The Royle Family
30. Jack Dee: various stand-up shows, Celebrity Big Brother
31. Victoria Wood: Dinnerladies
32. Richard Curtis: Mr Bean, Blackadder, The Vicar of Dibley
33. Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona: Alistair McGowan's Big Impression
34. Jasper Carrott
35. Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson: Spaced
36. Simon Nye: Men Behaving Badly, Wild West
37. Rory Bremner
38. Johnny Vegas
39. Chris Evans
40. Charlie Higson: The Fast Show's Swiss Toni
41. Off the Kerb: Addison Cresswell's agency represents Jack Dee and Jonathan Ross
42. Ruby Wax
43. Sophie Clarke-Jervoise, the BBC head of comedy
44. Dead Ringers
45. Craig Cash, the co-writer of The Royle Family
46. Avalon, management company
47. John Sullivan, the writer of Only Fools and Horses
48. Harry Hill: Harry Hill's TV Burp
49. Sue and Beryl Vertue, mother and daughter team behind Coupling
50. Johnny Vaughan
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