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John Howard Davies: A Life In Comedy

John Howard Davies: A Life In Comedy

  • TV documentary
  • BBC Two
  • 2012
  • 1 episode

A tribute to prolific BBC comedy producer John Howard Davies, whose credits range from Fawlty Towers to The Good Life, Steptoe & Son and Monty Python. Features Penelope Keith, Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese, Richard Curtis, Bill Oddie and more.

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Key details

Genre
Documentary
Broadcast
2012
Channel
BBC Two
Episodes
1
Features
Penelope Keith, Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese, Richard Curtis, Bill Oddie, Paul Jackson, John Lloyd, Alan Simpson and more
Directors
Hannah Robson
Producers
Emily Kennedy, Hannah Robson and Janet Lee
Company

Penelope Keith, John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis are among the stars who pay their respects to the late John Howard Davies, producer of some of the BBC's most popular comedy programmes including Monty Python, The Good Life and Fawlty Towers.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Saturday 7th January 2012 at 7:45pm on BBC Two
Episode length
15 minutes

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