Talking Pictures - Season 2 - Eps 16: Great British Comedies
Sylvia Syms looks back on the great British comedy stars who over the years have had cinema audiences rolling in the aisles with laughter. Featuring rarely-seen interviews from the BBC's archives, the programme starts with the great George Formby and the early days of British cinema, and works its way forwards in time, exploring, amongst others, the classic Ealing comedies, the much-loved Doctor series, the saucy postcard humour of the Carry On films, Peter Sellers and the Pink Panther series, and the ground-breaking movies of Monty Python.
About Talking Pictures
Title: Talking Pictures
First Air Date: 2013-01-05
Last Air Date: 2025-08-28
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 5.8/10 (from 5 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 6
Total Episodes: 87
Network: BBC Two
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: BBC
Synopsis
A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen, using archive footage to tell the story of their lives and careers.
Cast
Celia Imrie
Narrator
