The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything is a collection of television comedy sketches, produced in 1999, broadcast in two parts on 2 and 4 January 2000 on BBC One. Based on well-known historical events, it took its title and concept from the 1969 London Weekend Television series The Complete and Utter History of Britain.

Cast

The Ages of Man

A version of the class sketch which had previously been broadcast as part of the BBC Millennium programme on 31 December 1999.

1066

The Battle of Hastings staged and described in the style of a modern football match, a version of a sketch from The Complete and Utter History of Britain.

Geordie of the Antarctic

A parody of Scott of the Antarctic.

The First Spin Doctor

Treaty of Westphalia

Marriage Guidance

The Nice-But-Dim Family

Philosophy of a Hairdresser

Body Zone

A Victorian Evening

Explorers Explorers Explorers

Holby Village Hospital

Early British Comedy

When Columbo discovered America

Looking Forwards