Comic Roots (1982)

Country

United Kingdom

How it feels

This British TV series from the early 1980s looks at the lives and influences of popular comedians from that time. Each episode focuses on a different comedian, with one featuring Alexei Sayle turning his documentary into an impromptu pub crawl.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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