Alan Yentob talks to comedians in Britain and America, exploring their backgrounds and influences and their passion for making people laugh.
This insightful look at the art of stand-up features contributions from some of our most popular comedians, such as Billy Connolly, Eddie Izzard, Jack Dee, Omid Djalili, Frank Skinner, David Baddiel, Shappi Khorsandi, Simon Amstell, Dara O Briain, Chris Addison, Jack Whitehall, Ed Byrne and Jim Davidsoncumentary from BBC One, 2011.
Blue Rondo a la Turk. I'm sold already
Rallekon 2 days ago
Who's the know nothing black girl?
bahramf 1 week ago
@storm610 yes!!
sallyrhiannon 2 weeks ago
aren't the interviews filmed in the room used for the speech lessons in the King's Speech?
storm610 3 weeks ago 2
@Muffinmanv2 could be, but I can't see him being to busy to do a 10 minute interview
@FinishTheNewLine Although what you say is true, that he is more of a TV comedy writer, I wouldn't say he isn't accomplished stand-up comedian.....
Manestra00 3 weeks ago
@Manestra00 As much as I love the guy I don't think he's considered an accomplished stand-up by the circuit comedians. He's appreciated for his TV writing though.
FinishTheNewLine 4 weeks ago
@Manestra00 He is a busy man, he might have simply denied their offer.
Muffinmanv2 1 month ago
Ok watched all the parts(not fully) but was kinda shocked that they didn't even mention Ricky Gervais.....I know he's uberpopular now but not even mentioning him in a documentary about comedy with all those British comedians??
Manestra00 1 month ago
@86kinky86 To be fair, I can't think of a documentary by any corporation in any country that isn't overproduced.
genericnerdyusername 1 month ago
I hate how overproduced these BBC documentaries are. plus all the random sentences. I guess its the british way to do it. I don;t like it.
86kinky86 1 month ago