Comic Roots
Stagione 1
Series documenting the biographies and influences of a number of popular comedians of the era.
Dove guardare Comic Roots • Stagione 1
4 Episodi
- Les Dawson's LancashireE1
Les Dawson's LancashirePawnbrokers, poverty, policemen and boxers-these are a few of Les's Collyhurst memories. But it was a Manchester community which stuck together and lives on in the minds of those who have left it to the ravages of the developers. Lancashire mill folk and Blackpool landladies are also a fertile source of fun for Les - so they feature in this amiable amble around the people and places of his past. With Roy Barraclough. - Irene Handl's LondonE3
Irene Handl's LondonIrene Handl is one of Britain's funniest actresses, appearing in countless plays and films in a succession of working-class parts. Yet her own London background is vastly different. Born of foreign parents over 80 years ago, she grew up in a household staffed with servants, and in this film she talks about the childhood experiences that later became the basis of so many comic roles in films like A French Mistress, Morgan and I'm All Right Jack. - Paul Shane's RotherhamE4
Paul Shane's RotherhamThe one-time miner from South Yorkshire, now one of the stars of Hi-De-Hi! shows us round his native Rotherham; retracing his steps from Hovis to Bovis! The school which failed to train him and the colliery which failed to restrain him led to the pub which paid a pittance and the club which proved the pit's answer to his prayers. Rotherham's other famous comic son, Sandy Powell - making his last recorded television appearance -and the town's singing mp, Stan Crowther , join Paul in a celebration of Rotherham old and new.