''Who Do You Do?'' was a British

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from 1972 to 1976. Many notable impressionists/comedians appeared on the show. The format was quickfire, with many items lasting only 30 seconds. It was revived in 1985 as '' Copy Cats.''Lewisohn, Mark (1998). ''Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy''. BBC Books. p. 816. . Writers of the show included

Barry Cryer Barry Charles Cryer (23 March 1935 – 25 January 2022) was an English writer, comedian, and actor. As well as performing on stage, radio and television, Cryer wrote for many performers including Dave Allen, Stanley Baxter, Jack Benny, Rory B ...

and

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. The latter was also script editor.

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Faith Brown Faith Brown (born Eunice Irene Carroll; 28 May 1944) is an English actress, singer, comedian and Impressionist (entertainment), impressionist. She was a star of the ITV (TV network), ITV impressions show ''Who Do You Do?'', and was The Voice in t ...

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* Dustin Gee *

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* David Jacobs * Karen Kay *

Roger Kitter Roger Daniel Kitter (20 October 1949 – 3 January 2015) was an English actor, comedian and impressionist (entertainment), impressionist, best known for playing Captain Alberto Bertorelli in 'Allo 'Allo! (series 7), series 7 of the British sitc ...

Eddie Large Edward Hugh McGinnis (25 June 1941 – 2 April 2020), better known by the stage name Eddie Large, was a British comedian. He was best known as one half of the double act Little and Large, with Syd Little (the stage name of Cyril Mead). Early l ...

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Paul Melba Paul Melba (born Francis Staunton; 1936 – 11 August 2020) was an English comedian and impressionist, known as a star of the ITV (TV network), ITV impressions show ''Who Do You Do?'' and as one of the first comics to appear on ''The Comedians (1 ...

Johnny More Johnny More (14 February 1934 – 8 December 2015) was an English comedy impressionist. He is perhaps best remembered as a star of the ITV impressions show '' Who Do You Do?'' and its 1980s successor '' Copy Cats''Lewisohn, Mark (1998). ''Radio ...

Arthur Mullard Arthur Ernest Mullard ( né Mullord; 19 September 1910His obituary in ''The Times'' gives his date of birth as 10 November 1910 but conflicts with the birthdate given in his death registration. His year of birth appears as 1908, 1910, 1912 and 19 ...

Lance Percival John Lancelot Blades Percival (26 July 1933 – 6 January 2015), known as Lance Percival, was an English actor, comedian and singer, best known for his appearances in satirical comedy television shows of the early 1960s and his ability to impr ...

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* Joan Turner * Bill Wayne

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