Comedy Connections
Comedy Connections is a BBC One documentary series produced by BBC Scotland that aired from 2003 to 2008. The show looked at the stories behind the production of some of Britain's comedy television programmes, showing how they tied in with the production of other comedy shows (hence "connections"). The show featured interviews with some of the cast and crew of the subject programme, as well as footage from the series.
| Comedy Connections | |
|---|---|
| Narrated by | Julia Sawalha Doon Mackichan |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 47 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Mike Bolland (Series 1-2) Gary Chippington (Series 3) Alan Tyler (Series 4-) Toby Stevens (Director) |
| Running time | 30 minutes (series 1 to 3) 40 minutes (series 4 to 6) |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 9 June 2003 – 8 November 2008 |
Comedy Connections mostly documented BBC comedies and sitcoms, although two programmes have been from ITV (three counting Men Behaving Badly which moved from ITV to the BBC after two series) and two from Channel 4.
The first series consists of six episodes while the rest of the series consist of eight episodes each. The first two series were narrated by Julia Sawalha and the rest of the series by Doon Mackichan.