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The Big Impression
The Big Impression, known as Alistair McGowan's Big Impression for the first three series, is a British comedy sketch show. It features Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona impersonating personalities from entertainment and sport. Four series and a number of specials were made by Vera Productions and it was first broadcast on BBC One between 2000 and 2004.
The series has won five awards, including the 2003 BAFTA comedy programme prize.
Production.
McGowan and Ancona first met at a comedy club, and later started
They announced him for "The Californian", which was not made, but Cregar was then cast in the big-budget historical movie "Hudson's Bay" (1941), opposite Paul Muni. He followed this up supporting Tyrone Power in "Blood and Sand" (also 1941), although he came down with measles during production, forcing filming to shut down for a week. Cregar made a major impression in both films – the latter in particular was a big success.
He was then cast as Francis