Documentaries -- General and Unclassified 

Last Edited: 28-Nov-2013 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

This page catalogs documentaries about comedy that not otherwise assigned to a particular person, show or documentary series.

Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
13-Oct-1982

The Comedy Years
Lesley Phillips
produced by Jeremy Riggs
59:53, 14039, m
1995

40 Years Of ITV Sitcoms
[no credits, TV soundtrack]
47:34, 11149, m
01-Apr-1995

You Had To Be There
Jimmy Perry
produced by Joe Clegg
25:27, 5967, m
R2
14-Jan-1996

100 Years of Comedy
Richard Anthony Baker
116:56, 27409, m
R2
1996

Farewell to the Paris Theatre
Separate interview segments:
  1. Humphrey Lyttleton
  2. [Kenneth Horne] Bill Pertwee,
    Betty Marsden
  3. Nicholas Parsons
  4. Peter Goodright
  5. Leslie Phillips & Jon Pertwee
  6. Roy Hudd
presented by Bob Holdness
produced by Alan Evan and Richard Wilcox
full concert
87:06, 20417, m
  1. 8:02, 1887, m
  2. 10:43, 2514, m
  3. 7:09, 1677, m
  4. 11:23, 2670, m
  5. 9:45, 2289, m
  6. 8:26, 1979, m
R2
26-Oct-1997

Funny Old Auntie
Denis Norden, Frank Muir
58:56, 13815, m
R2
10-Dec-1997
17-Dec-1997

Family Album
Micheal Asquith
27:07, 6358, m
27:52, 6535, m
BBC TV1
c. 2000

Laughter in the House
  1. The Early Years
  2. 70s Sitcoms
[no credits, TV soundtrack] 48:41, 11412, m
48:10, 11290, m
2000

Those Who Loot, We Shoot
[no credits, TV soundtrack]
25:55, 6027, m
2000

What a Performance
  1. Cads and Bounders
  2. The Risk Takers
[no credits, TV soundtrack] 48:58, 11478, m
49:43, 11656, m
cassette
2000

Radio Times Comedy
Paul Merton
46:37, 10929, m
14-May-2001

Operation Treasure Hunt Launched
[no credits, TV soundtrack] 5:23, 1266, m
21-Jul-2001

Thou Art Awful, But I Like Thee
[could this be an Archive Hour episode?]
Tim Brooke-Taylor
produced by Ashley Baker
57:11, 13342, m
BBC R2
31-Jul-2001

Revue-ing the Situation, part 2
Henry Goodman
produced by Frank Stirling
57:01, 13303, m
11-Oct-2011

Curb your Judaism -- British Jewish comedy
David Schneider
produced by Simon Jacobs
27:53, 26091, S
28-Dec-2001

Missing and Presumed Wiped
[no credits]
29:28, 6907, m
01-Jan-2002

Fingers on the Buzzer
Tony Hawks
produced by Helen Garrison
27:55, 6547, m
15-Jul-2003

Radio Anarchists
Ned Sherrin
produced by Paul Bajoria
28:05, 6585, m

Documentaries and Collateral Material
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