Comic Roots

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.

Series one (1982)

 * 1) Les Dawson's Lancashire (2 August 1982)
 * 2) Roy Hudd's Croydon (9 August 1982)
 * 3) Irene Handl's London (16 August 1982)
 * 4) Paul Shane's Rotherham (16 August 1982)

Series two (1983)

 * 1) Michael Palin (12 August 1983)
 * 2) Billy Dainty (19 August 1983)
 * 3) Alexei Sayle (26 August 1983)
 * 4) Kenneth Williams (2 September 1983)