Comic Roots. Copyright: BBC
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.
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Series 2, Episode 2 - Billy Dainty
"Dear Mum, I'm crying as I write this letter, so please excuse the tearstains..." wrote 12-year-old Billy after he got his first taste of show business as the only boy in a troupe of Dancing Babes.
Further details
"Dear Mum, I'm crying as I write this letter, so please excuse the tearstains..." wrote 12-year-old Billy after he got his first taste of show business as the only boy in a troupe of Dancing Babes.
Things didn't get a lot better. He grew up to become the back legs of a dancing donkey. Among other things in tonight's programme he meets up again with his front legs, sings with his sister Betty and gives an unlikely rendition of Hamlet.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 19th August 1983
- Time
- 8pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes