Comic Roots
- TV documentary
- BBC One
- 1982 - 1983
- 8 episodes (2 series)
Factual series in which a number of top comic names reveal their early lives and what made them so funny.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 4 - Paul Shane's Rotherham
The one-time miner from South Yorkshire, now one of the stars of Hi-De-Hi!, shows us round his native Rotherham; retracing his steps from Hovis to Bovis!
Further details
The one-time miner from South Yorkshire, now one of the stars of Hi-De-Hi!, shows us round his native Rotherham; retracing his steps from Hovis to Bovis!
The school which failed to train him and the colliery which failed to restrain him led to the pub which paid a pittance and the club which proved the pit's answer to his prayers.
Rotherham's other famous comic son, Sandy Powell - making his last recorded television appearance - and the town's singing MP, Stan Crowther, join Paul in a celebration of Rotherham old and new.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 23rd August 1982
- Time
- 6:45pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 40 minutes