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Comic Roots

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Comic Roots
GenreBiography
StarringKeith Allen
Nicholas Ball
Roy Barraclough
Billy Dainty
Les Dawson
Nev Goodwyn
Irene Handl
Roy Hudd
Michael Palin
Sandy Powell
Alexei Sayle
Paul Shane
Graham Stuart-Harris
Kenneth Williams
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes8
Production
Running time8x30 minutes
Original release
NetworkITV
Release2 August 1982 (1982-08-02) –
2 September 1983 (1983-09-02)

Comic Roots was a British television series from the early 1980s, documenting the biographies and influences of a number of popular comedians of the era.

Episodes included features on Les Dawson, and Alexei Sayle. Sayle converted his own documentary into an impromptu pub crawl.

Episodes

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Series one (1982)

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  1. Les Dawson's Lancashire (2 August 1982)
  2. Roy Hudd's Croydon (9 August 1982)
  3. Irene Handl's London (16 August 1982)
  4. Paul Shane's Rotherham (16 August 1982)

Series two (1983)

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  1. Michael Palin (12 August 1983)
  2. Billy Dainty (19 August 1983)
  3. Alexei Sayle (26 August 1983)
  4. Kenneth Williams (2 September 1983)

References

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