Comedy Connections (2008)
Series looking at the history of favourite comedy shows.
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Episode 1 - Till Death Us Do Part
Release Date: 18 Jul. 2008Cast and crew look back at the BBC sitcom Till Death Us Do Part (1965), which starred Warren Mitchell as a loudmouth working-class bigot.
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Episode 2 - Yes Minister
Release Date: 25 Jul. 2008Cast and crew look back at the 1980s BBC sitcom Yes Minister (1980), which starred Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne and satirised the relationship between government ministers and their civil servants.
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Episode 3 - The Liver Birds
Release Date: 1 Aug. 2008Cast and crew look back at the BBC sitcom about two young women sharing a flat in Liverpool, The Liver Birds (1969), which starred Nerys Hughes and Polly James.
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Episode 4 - Ripping Yarns
Release Date: 8 Aug. 2008Cast and crew look back at Ripping Yarns (1976), a comedy starring vehicle for Michael Palin which featured spoofs on Boys' Own adventures.
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Episode 5 - Rab C. Nesbitt
Release Date: 15 Aug. 2008Cast and crew look at the BBC sitcom Rab C. Nesbitt (1988), which starred Gregor Fisher as a Scottish slob.
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Episode 6 - Sorry!
Release Date: 22 Aug. 2008Cast and crew look back at the 1980s BBC sitcom Sorry! (1981), which starred Ronnie Corbett as a middle-aged librarian still living with his mother.
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Episode 7 - Dad's Army
Release Date: 29 Aug. 2008Cast and crew look back at one of the BBC's most popular and frequently repeated sitcoms, Dad's Army (1968), which was based on the Home Guard during the Second World War.
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Episode 8 - Little Britain
Release Date: 4 Sep. 2008Cast and crew look back at the bad taste sketch comedy Little Britain (2003).
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Episode 9 - Geoffrey Perkins
Release Date: 8 Nov. 2008A tribute to the late comedy producer, writer and actor Geoffrey Perkins.