Comedy Playhouse: Where It All Began
A documentary looking back at the original BBC Comedy Playhouse pilot strand, featuring contributions from some of those involved
- Genre
- Documentary
- Broadcast
- 2014
- Channel
- BBC One
- Episodes
- 1
- Features
- Ray Galton, Alan Simpson, June Whitfield, Paul Merton, Hugh Dennis, Beryl Vertue, Bernard Cribbins, Keith Barron and Victoria Wood
- Writer
- Will Ing
- Director
- Breid McLoone
- Producers
- Breid McLoone and Steven Canny
A trip through the Comedy Playhouse archive in the company of the people who made some of the most-loved episodes from the original series, as it returns to BBC One for a new run.
From Steptoe & Son to Last Of The Summer Wine, a series of one-off comedy ideas produced some of the most watched comedy series of the last 50 years.
With commentary and insider knowledge from June Whitfield, Paul Merton, Hugh Dennis and top writing team Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
- Part of
- Production company
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 29th April 2014 on BBC One at 11:05pm
- Episode length
- 35 minutes
- Last repeat
- Wednesday 30th April 2014 at 12:05am on BBC1 Scot