Talking Comedy

Caught three of these on the Beeb in the afternoon last week I think it was, which appeared to have been fillers when the sport finished early or whatever, the premise of the title being just clips from when various chat shows - Kenneth Williams, Ken Dodd and Frankie Howerd so far(?)
The end titles indicated that they were made in 2015, which made me wonder if they were repeats, but if so why hadn't I seen them before and if it is a new series why the f**k is it being used to fill in the afternoon schedule when some twats have finished early banging a ball about.
Not ground breaking TV I grant you, but interesting to see the various clips from various shows that I hadn't seen before or had forgotten about.

Yes, I caught those too and, like you, found them interesting. They don't seem to have been broadcast before according to the BBC website.

They are showing two more episodes next week - Pete & Dud on Tuesday 6 December at 3pm and Rowan Atkinson on Wednesday 7 December at 3pm.

Blow! I shall miss both of those as I have to be rat-arsed in the pub by 3:00pm. Lord help us! A vicars work is never done these days..

Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 30th November 2016, 11:46 AM

Caught three of these on the Beeb in the afternoon last week I think it was, which appeared to have been fillers when the sport finished early or whatever, the premise of the title being just clips from when various chat shows - Kenneth Williams, Ken Dodd and Frankie Howerd so far(?)
The end titles indicated that they were made in 2015, which made me wonder if they were repeats, but if so why hadn't I seen them before and if it is a new series why the f**k is it being used to fill in the afternoon schedule when some twats have finished early banging a ball about.

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If only there was a website containing all such useful information...!

For clarity: a series of 10 was produced and began broadcasting in odd batches from Easter 2015. These are the final bunch coming up now.

Bloody secretive Beeb.

Well, I watched the Pete and Dud one and as I said in the early 60s (when I had a touch of the Emperor's New Clothes) and I will say it again, I am at a loss to see why Peter Cook was considered such a comedy genius. Business man I grant you what with The Establishment club and shrewdly investing in Private Eye, but comedy? No way.

Dudley Moore had more talent in his little finger than Cook had in his whole body and an example of Cook's so called humour was the abysmal film "Bedazzled". Dudley Moore made Pete and Dud what it was and Cook knew this inasmuch as he knew he was winging it on Moore's talent and was very jealous of Dud's talent both as a musician and comedian - this manifesting itself in Cook's "ironic" put down of Dudley, who took it on the chin and remained with Peter for longer maybe than he should have done - a classic example of this is the awful Derek and Clive, which I feel sure Dudley only did to help Cook and which I think he was later embarrassed at having made. 'Effin and blindin' in some sort of semi porn late night "chat" is not humour or even clever.

I agree with you about Derek and Clive anyway. Sixth form humour.

Dudley was a lovable perfomer & an accomplished pianist, and they were great as a team & as a couple of mates

But if you're talking comedy genius, then Dudley is not near the same league
Even if Peter's output (or what's left of it) doesn't really do him justice.
Peter Cook just had something special, I don't know who you'd stick in the same bracket;, Milligan, Humphries?

OK, but nope I just can't see it, and now I am going to cry as you have put him in the same bracket as Milligan..................who WAS a comedy genius.