50 Years Of BBC 2 Comedy
- TV documentary
- BBC Two
- 2014
- 1 episode
Documentary charting and celebrating five decades of often groundbreaking, boundary-pushing comedy from BBC Two. Features Armando Iannucci, Ricky Gervais, Prunella Scales, Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Documentary
- Broadcast
- 2014
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Episodes
- 1
- Features
- Armando Iannucci, Ricky Gervais, Prunella Scales, Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Michael Palin, Catherine Tate, Sanjeev Bhaskar and more
- Directors
- Sean Doherty
- Producers
- Sean Doherty and Saurabh Kakkar
- Company
50 Years Of BBC 2 Comedy celebrates the proud heritage the channel has in growing and supporting generations of successful comedy talent and making us laugh over five decades.
From Fawlty Towers to The Wrong Mans, Spike Milligan to Shooting Stars, via The Office, M*A*S*H, Victoria Wood, The Fast Show and many, many others.
Contributors to this two-hour-long look back at history include Armando Iannucci, Ricky Gervais, Prunella Scales, Vic & Bob, Michael Palin, Catherine Tate, Sanjeev Bhaskar, The Goodies, Terry Jones, Sarah Millican and Rebecca Front.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Picture
- Colour
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Saturday 24th May 2014 at 9:30pm on BBC Two
- Episode length
- 120 minutes
- All previous repeats
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- Monday 26th May 2014 at 11:05pm on BBC2