The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure
- TV factual
- BBC Two
- 2014
- 1 episode
A broadcast of some rare and previously unseen comedy moments from BBC Two's history. Features John Lloyd, Bill Bailey, Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Paul Whitehouse and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Factual
- Broadcast
- 2014
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Episodes
- 1
- Creators
- Sean Doherty
- Features
- John Lloyd, Bill Bailey, Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Paul Whitehouse, Rob Brydon, Phil Cornwell, John Sessions and more
- Directors
- Sean Doherty
- Producers
- Sean Doherty, Grant Philpott and Saurabh Kakkar
- Company
As part of its 50th birthday celebrations, BBC Two is allowing all-areas access to their precious comedy vaults. This programme pulls from the shelf some rare and unseen comedy moments from some of the greatest names in comedy.
There are pilots which have never been broadcast before, including Miranda Hart's Joke Shop, Stephen Fry's first appearance as the quizmaster in QI and a sitcom from the band Madness.
There is also rare comedy treats from Spike Milligan, Pete & Dud, Rik Mayall and Billy Connolly, and Sacha Baron Cohen's first incarnation of Borat, an Albanian called Christo.
Packed with archive treasure illustrating how groundbreaking and innovative BBC Two has been for British comedy, insightful analysis is provided by the guest interviews which boast some of the biggest names in television.
Tamsin Greig is the narrator.
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- Production
- Studio
- Picture
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Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Sunday 11th May 2014 at 9pm on BBC Two
- Episode length
- 1 hour
- All previous repeats
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- Friday 12th March 2021 at 9:00pm on BBC2
- Monday 29th December 2014 at 12:00am on BBC2