From Ab Fab to Yes Minister, Monty Python to The Full Monty and Laurel and Hardy to Billy Connolly, British comedy comes in all shapes and forms and has thrown out the most memorable characters, both fictional and genuine. Journalists, writers, actors and comedians have taken it upon themselves to tell us exactly how and why these people who, intending only to cause laughter, become institutions instead.Janie Hampton’s contribution to British Comedy Greats is Joyce Grenfell – Her Life.