Comedy Connections
- TV documentary
- BBC Two / BBC One
- 2003 - 2008
- 47 episodes (6 series)
A series of comedy documentaries, examining one hit comedy show per episode, with cast and crew interviews providing additional background info. Features Julia Sawalha and Doon Mackichan.
Episode menu
Series 5, Episode 7 - Just Good Friends
Series charting the history of the best of British comedy looks at 1980s romantic sitcom Just Good Friends, which starred Jan Francis and Paul Nicholas. It reveals that writer John Sullivan had to fight to get the cast he wanted for the show - BBC bosses weren't convinced that Nicholas was the right man to play loveable rogue Vince, and Francis herself wasn't sure about taking on a comedy role as she wanted to be seen as a serious actress.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 23rd February 2007
- Time
- 10:35pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 40 minutes
Cast & crew
| Doon Mackichan | Narrator |
| John Howard Davies | Self |
| John Sullivan | Self |
| Jan Francis | Self |
| Shaun Curry | Self |
| Paul Nicholas | Self |
| Ann Lynn | Self |
| John Ringham | Self |
| Ray Butt | Self (Archive Material) |
| Andrew Nickolds | Writer |
| Andrea Miller | Director |
| Graham Mitchell | Series Producer |
| Alan Tyler | Executive Producer |
| Toby Stevens | Executive Producer |
| Joe Speirs | Editor |
| Graham Ness | Composer |