Comedy Connections is a British documentary comedy television series that premiered on BBC One on June 9, 2003. It ended on September 4, 2008. It stars Graham Norton, Doon Mackichan and Julia Sawalha.
Comedy Connections was a BBC One documentary series produced by BBC Scotland that aired from 2003 to 2008. The show looked at the stories behind the production of some of Britain's comedy television programmes, showing how they tied in with the production of other comedy shows. The show featured interviews with some of the cast and crew of the subject programme, as well as footage from the series.
Comedy Connections mostly documented BBC comedies and sitcoms, although two programmes have been f ...
Premise
Comedy Connections was a BBC One documentary series produced by BBC Scotland that aired from 2003 to 2008. The show looked at the stories behind the production of some of Britain's comedy television programmes, showing how they tied in with the production of other comedy shows. The show featured interviews with some of the cast and crew of the subject programme, as well as footage from the series.
Comedy Connections mostly documented BBC comedies and sitcoms, although two programmes have been from ITV and two from Channel 4.
The first series consisted of six episodes, however the rest of the series consist of eight episodes each, the first two series were narrated by Julia Sawalha, however the rest of the series were narrated by Doon Mackichan.
Writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, director-producer Sydney Lotterby and members of the cast give the inside story of Porridge.
June 9, 2003
2
The Good Life
June 16, 2003
3
Are You Being Served
June 23, 2003
Season 2 preview8 episodes total
Season 2 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
The Goodies
June 21, 2004
2
Birds of a Feather
June 28, 2004
3
Father Ted
July 12, 2004
Season 3 preview8 episodes total
Season 3 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Surviving members of Monty Python, together with Carol Cleveland and others involved in the show, recall the making of the series, its influences and its impact.
February 21, 2005
2
Spitting Image
The story behind the succesful satirical puppet show.
February 28, 2005
3
Three of a Kind
The story behind 1980s sketch show Three Of A Kind, which launched the careers of Lenny Henry and Tracey Ullman.