"You're a woman, Harry!" 20 years on this suddenly has a whole new level.

Jeremy Irons was actually second choice for Snape he's awesome!

The priceless scene, "All they gave me was to say is LEMON SHERBET, LEMON SHERBET, LEMON SHERBET and What's the matter Harry?"

So many great bits but I took an unreasonable joy from Alison Steadman doing Maggie Smith. Just super.

I love Jennifer's impression of JK lol.

“On lord of the rings, they had chocolate hob nobs” I don’t know why that cracks me up every time lmao

Miranda Richardson playing Emma Watson playing Hermione is the best thing I've ever seen. She's got the bratty overacting and over confidence perfectly.

oh god Jeremey irons as snape is perfect!! 4:00

Jeremy Irons is just so fantastic in this...

They should've done a whole series out of this,it's cold blooded hilarious!!!

"God I'm gorgeous!" xD

This has to be my favourite CR sketch of all time. I remember rolling around on the floor in hysterics when I first watched it. Casting the shortest man in British light entertainment Ronnie Corbett (RIP) as Hagrid is hilarious. I just love it. The funniest thing ever.

Alan Rickman (RIP) played Hans Gruber in the first Die Hard film before later playing Severus Snape in all Harry Potter films. Jeremy Irons played Hans Gruber's brother Simon Gruber in the third film Die Hard with a Vengeance before later playing Severus Snape in this Harry Potter Comic Relief spoof. Wow, what a connection between Harry Potter and the Die Hard films... and also the Gruber family and Severus Snape.

This is the funniest spoof of Harry Potter ever. I love the whole behind the scenes jokes. Especially when the actors haven’t read the books and resent having to do the movie.

The more I see Jennifer Saunders, the more I believe she should be the next Doctor.

Never realised before it was Allison Steadman playing McGonagall. She's hilarious. My favourite is still Jeremy Irons swishing Snape.

As an American I appreciate this Brit talent so much! I adore Maggie Smith, and Alison Steadman's portrayal is so fun! (Also, the absence of Hollywood plastic freaky faces is very appreciated.) I'm 74 yrs old and never watched HP movies, barely even know the story, but this barrage of talent and humor had me captivated and giggling the whole way. THANKS FOR POSTING. 😂❤

It would be wrong to claim that either Dawn French or Jennifer Saunders were "underrated"; but Jen _really_ deserves to be mentioned more when people talk about impersonations she has a legitimately *uncanny* ability to embody everything about the person she is portraying, from the absolute personification to the most absurd caricature, in speech, expression and action I honestly believe she is one of the greatest comedy talents of all time

9:23 the Hogwarts Express turning into Thomas the Tank Engine I can't even 😂

The "special effects" were hilarious! And what a great impersonation of Maggie Smith. Thanks for posting. 😊

Harry Potter? Very good wig this time, much better length, more natural swing. Sinister good looks, better cufflinks. Elongates the fingers, my idea, slow blink, god i'm gorgeous......

"I don't use computers to write, I still use wet wipes." Lol!

‘ I think he’s talking parcel force’ 🤣🤣

You kind of can imagine all these top actors vying for screen time in these films. The cast of teachers was really excellent.

Jeremy Irons as Snape is iconic.

"Abra kadabra, a fwah fwah fwah, and thats magic!"

Welcome... ... back.

(17:24) Alex Ferns a Scottish actor (Trevor Morgan from EastEnders) played Draco Malfoy in the Comic Relief in 2003.

Truly brilliant. I’ll never be able to watch the remaining episodes without thinking of this bit. French and Saunders have been my favorites for almost 30 years.

And the voice over on this is the late great Robbie Coltrane aka the real Hagrid

Miranda Richardson from Black Adder is so good at playing strange women. Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French are always funny. Jeremy Irons is great as always.

"Am i Slytherin? No i can understand every word, dear" 🤣😂🤣😂

I remember seeing this first time round in the good old days. A timeless classic and made me laugh even louder this time round🤣🤣🤣… Thank you for uploading👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽‼️🧙🏽🪄💫💕

I laughed so hard at this! Brilliant... I used to love watching Basil! 🤣

That’s Allison Steadman doing an amazing Maggie Smith!!!

Basil as Dobby is perfect.

So glad I went looking again for this clip... how can you dislike such a witty and epic parody? LOOOOVE IT :D

Jeremy Irons playing super sassy Snape

Nigel Planer looks exactly like Richard Harris.

Is that Robbie (Hagrid) Coltrane doing the voice-over? Greatly missed Robbie, a wonderful comic & serious actor.

Ever since I saw the Borgias, I can't get enough of Jeremy Irons. He's like a drug.

Now I want to watch 7 feature-length features of this version.

Brilliant. Spotted the fab Ade Edmonson too, bonus.

I can’t believe they got trevor from east Enders to play draco malfoy brilliant 😆

9:23 - Is no-one going to talk about Thomas? XD

I’m American who loves British comedy, lots of us grew up with Monty Python and later found shows like WILTY etc. on KZfaq so I’ve only ever seen Jonathan Ross or Ronnie on those panel shows. Jonathan as a host 😂 and Ronnie is just hilarious I understand the hype. These 2 as Ron and Harry are hilarious too 😂😂😂

Idk how I found this, but it’s a new Christmas classic ❤😂😂😂😂❤

Adrian Edmondson..."Action!" :D

I knew Jeremy Irons as the voice of Scar in The Lion King and I was starting to consider him as possible character of Severus Snape.

this is the sequel we deserve!

Love Basil as Dobby and I love the way he mentions Mr.Derek, reference to his original show (1968-1980)

This is better than the films. I would pay to watch a full film of this 😂😂

"Elongates the fingers, my idea."

Just the title to this has me laughing. Love French and Saunders at the movies 🎥🤣

This is still one of the funniest things I've ever seen, jfc

Wow, Jeremy Iron's Snape is pretty impressive.

Dumbledore stating “I’ve never read the books” is actually unfortunately very spot on as Michael Gambon did not read the boos, and this was aired right when they were filming prisoner of Azkaban…… How very eerie!

Jennifer Saunders absolutely CRUSHED the role of Ron

I can't believe it took me this long, but is that Miranda Richardson (Rita Skeeter) as Hermione? Like that would be rather ironic tbh lol.

I do genuinely believe that Jeremy irons could of played snape very very well if he was cast instead of the late Alan Rickman

Trevor from EastEnders as Malfoy. 😂😂

It was great to see Ronnie Corbett as Hagrid. 😅

I need this to be a full movie! 😂

this is hilarious. how have i missed this until now

Makes me wonder when Dawn French was cast as the Fat Lady portrait, as Prisoner of Azkaban came out a year after this sketch. And of course Miranda Richardson went on to be Rita Skeeter.

SO true to the book! SO lifelike! SO Real! ❤ Thank you!

this is hilarious!! i love jeremy irons so much! 🥺❤️

I'm watching this again because of Alison Steadman. What's the matter Harry?

brilliant giggle. Totally enjoyed this.

Watching this again years later, I had no idea that was Jeremy Irons playing Snape!!!

Nigel Planer here looks very like Richard Harris (Dumbledore in the first few films).

The choice of Basil Brush for Dobbie is fucking inspired! Seeing him chinwagging with Jeremy Irons in their improvised green room is a lovely touch, while Irons - the embodiment of the self-obsessed actor on set we all love to hate pulls at his hair morosely, peering into his little mirror. Priceless! 🏆🧹

This is one of the funniest things I've ever watched.,.. how have I never seen this before 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Glaswegian Malfoy 😂😂😂

It's rare to hear "The Gorbals" get a mention that isn't associated with someone getting jumped or stabbed

Inspired having Ronnie Corbett as Hagrid and Basil Brush as Dobbie

Funny. Rather unkind to Rupert Grint, but otherwise full of laughs.

The best part of this is the howler being those fad paper question things that were popular in the early 00’s 😭

Love the cheesy special effects! 😂

'Malfoy' 'Hello Darling' 😀😀

I've just realised this was narrated by Hagird! Hahaa

Trevor from Eastenders as Malfoy Lmao 😂

I liked the LotR /Gollum reference. STUDIO C has a skit where Gandalf is mistaken for Dumbledore by Harry and Harry is mistaken for Frodo, by Gandalf, and...

I love Basil Brush!

I love seeing Madam Du Plonge in this!!!

6:38 it's junk howler😂

Why do I really like Jeremy Irons as snape?

“I think he’s talking Parsel-Force… But I wish he wouldn’t, because it’s making me want to pee!!!”

"The Color of Magic \ The Light Fanastic" movie, Jeremy plays the Patrician; only Alan Rickman could have come close.

The Ron impressions 😂😂

That intro with JK Rowling is hilarious nowadays.

“Oh do shut up darling. None of us have got enough lines. All we’ve got is a few reaction shots” 😂😂😂😂😂

This parody will always still stay ingrained in my mind for years to come. It was funny asf when it was shown on comic relief and still is today 😂❤️

Brilliant!!!!

Alison Steadman's eyebrows!! LOL

Missing Ronnie Corbett ! X

As much as I am a fan of Dawn French, every time the camera switches to Ms Saunders I start laughing, she steals every scene she is in.

It's quite telling now how none of the adult actors have read any of the books, except maybe an audio tape.

Love French and saunders Ron's annoying face is so true 👍

"I still use wet wipes."