Comic Roots

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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[]

Series one (1982)[]

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)[]

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

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