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 6, Episode 3 - The Liver Birds
Series charting the history of the best of British comedy. A look at The Liver Birds, a groundbreaking sitcom centred around the lives of two young Liverpudlian women. Not only was it one of the earliest successful shows to be written by and starring women, it also survived the loss of two central characters and was so well loved in the 1970s that it returned for a controversial reunion in the 1990s.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 1st August 2008
- Time
- 10:35pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 40 minutes
Cast & crew
| Doon Mackichan | Narrator |
| Sydney Lotterby | Self |
| Carla Lane | Self |
| Polly James | Self |
| George Layton | Self |
| Nerys Hughes | Self |
| Elizabeth Estensen | Self |
| Michael Angelis | Self |
| Gillian McNeil | Director |
| Paul Gallagher | Series Producer |
| Alan Tyler | Executive Producer |
| Toby Stevens | Executive Producer |
| Hilary McCusker-Thompson | Editor |
| Graham Ness | Composer |