Comedy Connections
Format	Documentary
Narrated by	Julia Sawalha Doon Mackichan
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	38
Production
Executive producer(s)	Mike Bolland
Running time	30 minutes (series 1 to 3) 40 minutes (series 4 and 5)
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One
Original run	9 June 2003 – 2 March 2007
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Comedy Connections is a BBC One documentary series produced by BBC Scotland that aired from 2003 to 2007. The show looked at the stories behind the production of some of Britain's comedy television programmes, showing how they tie in with the production of other comedy shows (hence "connections"). The shows feature interviews with some of the cast and crew of the subject programme, as well as footage from the series. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... Julia Sawalha (born 9th September 1968) is a British actress best known for her roles of Lynda Day (editor of The Junior Gazette in Press Gang), Saffron Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous and Lydia Bennet in the 1995 miniseries of Pride and Prejudice. ... Doon Mackichan Doon Mackichan (born 1962, Fife) is a Scottish comedian. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC, and the first in the United Kingdom. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 61st day of the year (62nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC, and the first in the United Kingdom. ... Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... BBC Scotland (BBC Alba in Gaelic) is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ...

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In 2005, the BBC broadcast Drama Connections, which using the same format, looked at the history of popular British television dramas; this was followed by Movie Connections in 2007, focusing on popular British films. Drama Connections is a BBC One documentary series which looks at the stories behind the production of some of Britains best loved drama television programmes, showing how they tie in with the production of other drama shows (hence the name). ... Movie Connections is a BBC One documentary series which looks at the stories behind the production of popular British films, showing how they tie in with the production of other movies (hence the name). ...

Episodes

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Series One (2003)

1. Porridge (9 Jun 2003)
2. The Good Life (16 Jun 2003)
3. Are You Being Served? (23 Jun 2003)
4. Men Behaving Badly (30 Jun 2003)
5. Butterflies (7 Jul 2003)
6. Only Fools and Horses (14 Jul 2003)

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Series Two (2004)

1. The Goodies (21 Jun 2004)
2. Birds of a Feather (28 Jun 2004)
3. Father Ted (12 Jul 2004)
4. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (18 Jul 2004)
5. Keeping Up Appearances (26 Jul 2004)
6. The Young Ones (2 Aug 2004)
7. Hi-de-Hi! (9 Aug 2004)
8. Red Dwarf (30 Aug 2004)

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Series Three (2005)

1. Monty Python's Flying Circus (21 Feb 2005)
2. Spitting Image (28 Feb 2005)
3. Three of a Kind (7 Mar 2005)
4. Harry Enfield and Chums (14 Mar 2005)
5. Goodness Gracious Me (21 Mar 2005)
6. Not the Nine O'Clock News (28 Mar 2005)
7. A Bit of Fry and Laurie (4 Apr 2005)
8. The Two Ronnies (11 Apr 2005)

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Series Four (2006)

1. The Fast Show (6 Mar 2006)
2. dinnerladies (13 Mar 2006)
3. Drop the Dead Donkey (20 Mar 2006)
4. Shooting Stars (3 Apr 2006)
5. To the Manor Born (10 Apr 2006)
6. 'Allo 'Allo! (24 Apr 2006)
7. That Was The Week That Was (1 May 2006)
8. Ever Decreasing Circles (8 May 2006)

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Series Five (2007)

1. One Foot in the Grave (12 Jan 2007)
2. Bread (19 Jan 2007)
3. It Ain't Half Hot Mum (26 Jan 2007)
4. The New Statesman (2 Feb 2007)
5. Don't Wait Up (9 Feb 2007)
6. The Office (16 Feb 2007)
7. Just Good Friends (23 Feb 2007)
8. Alas Smith and Jones (2 Mar 2007)

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External links

• Comedy Connections at bbc.co.uk
• Comedy Connections at the Internet Movie Database
• Comedy Connections at TV.com