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One for the history books! TV Week picks some of the best celebrity TV cameos

We spy with our little eye, a celebrity cameo.

There is nothing quite as satisfying as spotting a celebrity cameo in one of our favourite television series.

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The 2000s was known for an iconic celebrity appearance, particularly when Brittany Spears portrayed a lost-in-love receptionist on How I Met Your Mother.

Friends was also known for the odd celebrity siting โ€“ who could forget show stealer Brad Pitt as Will who had a secret hatred for Rachel?

Below, TV WEEK has listed some of our favourite celebrity TV cameos.

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Brittany Spears

How I Met Your Mother

The โ€œOops!โ€ฆ I Did It Againโ€ pop sensation (above) added an extra million viewers to the ratings (and gave her troubled career a boost) in 2008 when she played Abby, a daft and obsessive receptionist, in two episodes of the US sitcom.

When Ted (Josh Radnor, above) was nice to her, she developed a crush on him, but, when it was unrequited, quickly moved on to his friend Barney (Neil Patrick Harris).

When the pair spent the night together and the misogynistic Barney failed to call her back, Abby made it her mission to warn women about his womanising before he had a chance to seduce them, hilariously cramping his style.

Stream How I Met Your Mother on Disney Plus from $13.99/mth.

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Cher

Will & Grace

When Cher-obsessed Jack (Sean Hayes, above) encountered the singer (above) at a restaurant, he mistook her for a drag queen โ€“ and later insulted her singing of a line from โ€œIf I Could Turn Back Timeโ€. Only when the star slapped him, instructed him to โ€œsnap out of itโ€ and walked out, did Jack realise who she really was.

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Emma Bunton

Neighbours

Emma โ€“ Baby Spice in the Spice Girls โ€“ played a passer-by who found the ring Karl Kennedy (Alan Fletcher, above) had accidentally dropped just as he was readying to propose to Susan (Jackie Woodburne) on an open-topped bus in London. A grateful Karl, who had leapt off the bus to search for it, thanked Emma, but had no idea who she was!

Stream Neighbours on Paramount Plus from $9.99/mth, with a 7-day free trial.

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Daniel Radcliffe

Extras

The likeable Harry Potter star played an unlikeable, fictionalised version of himself โ€“ an oversexed teen who tries to chat up every woman on the set of his new film. When Daniel (above) joins film extras Andy Millman (Ricky Gervais) and his friend Maggie (Ashley Jensen) for lunch uninvited, he accidentally flicks a condom onto the head of British acting legend Dame Diana Rigg (above).

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David Beckham & Courtney Cox

Modern Family

The football legend and the Friends star played themselves in Modern Family, preparing to take part in a celebrity 10-pin bowling tournament together.

Stream Modern Family on Disney Plus from $13.99/mth.

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Elle Macpherson

Friends

Aussies were delighted to see supermodel Elle (above left) in Friends โ€“ as dancer Janine, Joeyโ€™s (Matt LeBlanc, above far left) new roommate. Joey was keen, but Janine soon moved out after telling him she didnโ€™t want to hang out with Monica (Courteney Cox) and Chandler (Matthew Perry, both above) two nights in a row โ€“ because Monica was too loud and Chandler was โ€œblahโ€.

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Kim Kardashian

2 Broke Girls

Feeling guilty overan earlier no-show, Keeping Up With The Kardashiansโ€™ Kim (far left) gave best friends Max (Kat Dennings, centre) and Caroline (Beth Behrs, left) a thrill by dropping by their cupcake shop.

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Olivia Coleman

The Bear

As Terry, the softly spoken, mushroom-peeling executive chef and mother figure, the British Oscar-winner (left) spread a wise warmth in The Bear kitchen.

Stream The Bear on Disney Plus from $13.99/mth.

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Shane Warne

Kath & Kim

The late cricket legend (left), proving he was a good sport too, played Wayne Shaun, a Shane Warne impersonator who sports-mad Sharon (Magda Szubanski, left) fell in love with โ€“ and married.

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Hamish Blake & Zoey Foster Blake

Bluey

Funnyman Hamish and his author wife Zoรซ voiced Jack Russell Terrier parents in one episode โ€“ while in another, Hamish voiced Employee, a Labrador staffer at Hammerbarn, and Zoรซ was Checkout Dog, a poodle.

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Ed Sheeran

Home and Away

Home and Away fans thought it โ€œperfectโ€ when the chart-topping UK singer-songwriter (above) turned up unexpectedly in Summer Bay โ€“ to surprise Marilyn (Emily Symons, left), his nanny when sheโ€™d lived in the UK. Marilyn had no idea that โ€œTeddyโ€ โ€“ the little boy sheโ€™d looked after all those years before, had become an international pop star โ€“ so was baffled when he was mobbed wherever they went together. Later, Ed performed his hit single โ€œThinking Out Loudโ€ at Angeloโ€™s, working wonders on the Bayโ€™s love-torn residents.

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