<Li> Arthur Atkinson, parody of 1940s music hall entertainers such as Max Miller and Arthur Askey, played by Paul Whitehouse, introduced by Tommy Cockles (played by Simon Day), himself a parody of presenters of TV history . Atkinson delivers mostly nonsensical jokes, and repeats his two signature phrases "How queer!" and "Where's me washboard?" This never fails to make the audience laugh (indicated by stock footage of real 1940s comedy show audiences). The only exception was a huge scandal caused by Atkinson saying the word "shit" in public . (Whitehouse, all series) </Li> <Li> Billy Bleach, tousle - mopped, interfering pub know - it - all who gets it all wrong, usually ending up with others losing money . His catchphrases include "Hold the bells" and "Someone's sitting there, mate". This character starred in his own series, Grass which was shown on BBC Three, later on BBC Two . (Simon Day, all series) </Li> <Li> Bob Fleming, the ageing, incompetent West Country host of Country Matters, who has an extremely bad cough . His surname is a pun on phlegm - ing . Country matters is a Shakespearean euphemism for cunnilingus, from Hamlet . In addition to Bob, two of his friends - Clive Tucker, who can't stop shouting' Arse!' (Whitehouse) and Jed Thomas, who can't stop sneezing (Williams) - make regular appearances on his show . These two characters switched names from series 2 onwards . (Higson, all series) </Li> <Li> Brilliant Kid . In the first draft of the script for the pilot, this character was called Eric and was described as "a young Yorkshire man" but in the series he is never named . He delivers an edited monologue listing everyday things, all of which he declares to be "brilliant!" or "fantastic!" as he walks through a series of random backgrounds (filmed in widely varied locations ranging from the Tees Valley to Iceland) during which the quality and format of the images also randomly changes (e.g. from colour to black - and - white). In one episode he expresses doubt about whether everything really is' brilliant' or not, and as he's walking through one background, an abandoned funfair, he debates with himself half - heartedly ("Everything is brilliant...right? I mean...it might not be...nah, it is!") (Whitehouse, all series) </Li>

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