Comic Roots
- TV documentary
- BBC One
- 1982 - 1983
- 8 episodes (2 series)
Factual series in which a number of top comic names reveal their early lives and what made them so funny.
Key details
- Genre
- Documentary
- Broadcast
- 1982 - 1983
- Channel
- BBC 1
- Episodes
- 8 (2 series)
- Company
Series of biographical documentaries in which some of the greatest names from the world of comedy talk about their backgrounds and guide cameras around the locales in which they grew up.
Contributors include Alexei Sayle, Kenneth Williams and Les Dawson.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Picture
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Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 2nd August 1982 at 6:50pm on BBC One
- Most recent repeats
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- Saturday 20th July 2024 at 11:30pm on BBC4 - Series 2, Episode 4
- Saturday 1st July 2023 at 11:40pm on BBC4 - Series 2, Episode 4
- Tuesday 27th June 2023 at 10:20pm on BBC4 - Series 2, Episode 4