BBC Documentaries

Comedy Playhouse: Where it All Began

Directed by Breid McLoone
TV-PG
2014 • E104    Apr 28, 2014    60m
A trip through the Comedy Playhouse archive in the company of the people who made some of the most-loved episodes from the original series, as it returns to BBC One for a new run.

From Steptoe and Son to Last of the Summer Wine, a series of one-off comedy ideas produced some of the most watched comedy series of the last 50 years. With commentary and insider knowledge from June Whitfield, Paul Merton, Hugh Dennis and top writing team Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

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  • Breid McLooneDirector

 

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