John Cleese, Rory Bremner & friends hosted by Tim Vine

For our second exclusive Laughter in Lockdown stream we're jumping forward over seven years to the Autumn of 2016 and what we styled at the time "A Slap Up Feast Of Fun: An Evening Of Music And Laughter. Headlined by none other than comedy icon, writer, actor and Python John Cleese, the evening also featured a set by Rory Bremner, who had lots of material to play with bearing in mind Autumn 2016 was just months before Donald Trump was elected president of the US. The wonderful Monty Python collaborator Neil Innes, who is mainly known for his work in the Rutles and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, opened the show with some quintessentially and intrinsically witty songs. The "music and comedy" theme was further enhanced with a set by the inimitable Ronnie Golden and Aardman Slapstick Comedy Legend and 'I'm Sorry I Haven’t A Clue’ star Barry Cryer, who also might just have slipped a parrot joke or two into the proceedings (spoiler: he totally did). Compering the evening was that king of the one-liner Tim Vine, brilliantly providing the glue that held all the other sets together.