Comedy Connections 20 years old

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.

Credits

Cast

Name Character
Graham Norton He was 40 , now 61 years old
Simon Day He was 41 , now 61 years old
Julie Walters She was 53 , now 74 years old
Julia Sawalha She was 34 , now 55 years old
Maxine Peake She was 28 , now 49 years old
Shobna Gulati She was 36 , now 57 years old
Haydn Gwynne She was 46 , now 67 years old
Charlie Higson He was 44 , now 65 years old
Richard Briers He was 69 , 79 years old when he died
Doon Mackichan She was 41 , now 62 years old
Penelope Wilton She was 57 , now 77 years old
Peter Egan He was 56 , now 77 years old
Denis O'Neill
Paul Whitehouse He was 45 , now 65 years old
Guy Jenkin He was 48 , now 69 years old

Crew

Name Job title
Comedy Connections poster
Comedy Connections (20 years)

Ended

  • First Air Date: 2003-06-09
  • Runtime: [30] minutes
  • Number of Episodes: 46