| Comic Roots | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Biography | 
| Starring | Keith Allen Nicholas Ball Roy Barraclough Billy Dainty Les Dawson Nev Goodwyn Irene Handl Roy Hudd Michael Palin Sandy Powell Alexei Sayle Paul Shane Graham Stuart-Harris Kenneth Williams  | 
| Country of origin | United Kingdom | 
| No. of episodes | 8 | 
| Production | |
| Running time | 8x30 minutes | 
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV | 
| Release | 2 August 1982 – 2 September 1983  | 
Comic Roots was a British television series from the early 1980s, documenting the biographies and influences of a number of popular comedians of the era.
Episodes included features on Les Dawson, and Alexei Sayle. Sayle converted his own documentary into an impromptu pub crawl.
Episodes
Series one (1982)
- Les Dawson's Lancashire (2 August 1982)
 - Roy Hudd's Croydon (9 August 1982)
 - Irene Handl's London (16 August 1982)
 - Paul Shane's Rotherham (16 August 1982)
 
Series two (1983)
- Michael Palin (12 August 1983)
 - Billy Dainty (19 August 1983)
 - Alexei Sayle (26 August 1983)
 - Kenneth Williams (2 September 1983)
 
References
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