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Make 'em Laugh

Episode 1: Would You Hit a Guy with Glasses?: Nerds, Jerks and Oddballs

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Series chronicling 100 years of American comedy looks at the role of the outsider, from Harold Lloyd to Woody Allen. Show more

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Make 'em Laugh

Episode 3: Slip on a Banana Peel: The Knockabouts

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Series about American comedy. This episode explores slapstick and features Laurel and Hardy, the Three Stooges and the Marx Brothers. Show more

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Episode 4: When I'm Bad, I'm Better: The Groundbreakers

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Series about American comedy looks at how audacious performers from Mae West to Lenny Bruce invoked 'freedom of speech' to bring laughs. Show more

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Episode 5: Never Give a Sucker an Even Break: The Wiseguys

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Series about American comedy looks at the wiseguys who get the final, and funniest, word, from WC Fields in the 30s to Larry David. Show more

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Episode 6: Sock it to Me?: Satire and Parody

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Series about American comedy looks at how performers from Jon Stewart to Mel Brooks have used satire to make fun of the world around them. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 24 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Black comedy. A would-be writer concocts a scheme to dispose of his tyrannical mother in this spoof of Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train. Show more

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Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Documentary about pioneering computer animation studio Pixar, featuring contributions from the studio's bosses and a host of actors who have lent their voices to their creations. Show more

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Narrator:
Stacy Keach
Participant:
George Lucas
Participant:
Tom Hanks
Participant:
Billy Crystal

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Three HD

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Can a man and a woman be friends without sex getting in the way? Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal find out in Rob Reiner and Nora Ephron's classic romantic comedy.

The Graham Norton Show

Series 12

New Year's Eve

Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Oxfordshire

A New Year's Eve special with Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Hugh Jackman and Billy Crystal as well as John Bishop, Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood. Music by Pink. Show more

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Presenter:
Graham Norton
Series Producer:
Jon Magnusson
Director:
Steve Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Cruise
Interviewed Guest:
Rosamund Pike
Interviewed Guest:
Hugh Jackman
Interviewed Guest:
Billy Crystal
Interviewed Guest:
John Bishop
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Hollywood
Interviewed Guest:
Mary Berry
Performer:
undefined Pink

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales HD

Comic western sequel in which the three adventurous city boys travel to Montana armed with a treasure map - only to encounter a familiar face. Show more

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Mitch Robbins:
Billy Crystal
Phil Berquist:
Daniel Stern
Glen Robbins:
Jon Lovitz
Duke Washburn:
Jack Palance
Barbara Robbins:
Patricia Wettig
Director:
Paul Weiland
Clay Stone:
Noble Willingham
Ira Shalowitz:
David Paymer
Barry Shalowitz:
Josh Mostel
Producer:
Billy Crystal
Composer:
Marc Shaiman
Director of photography:
Adrian Biddle

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Wogan: The Best Of

Episode 3: Funny

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Sir Terry Wogan remembers some of the funniest guests he talked to whilst presenting his Wogan show, including Steve Coogan, Harry Enfield, Pete and Dud, and Billy Crystal. Show more

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Presenter:
Terry Wogan
Interviewed Guest:
Steve Coogan
Interviewed Guest:
Harry Enfield
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Cook
Interviewed Guest:
Dudley Moore
Interviewed Guest:
Les Dawson
Interviewed Guest:
Ernie Wise
Interviewed Guest:
Billy Crystal
Series Producer:
Simon Goretzki

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ThreeLatest broadcast: on BBC Three

Through 25 key moments and interviews with the creative team and actors, this programme takes a look at the highs and lows of the award-winning animation studio Pixar. Show more

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Participant:
Billy Crystal
Participant:
George Lucas
Participant:
Tim Allen
Executive Producer:
Mark Cossey
Producer:
Alison Marlow
Series Producer:
Paul Wright
Director:
Richard Mills
Participant:
Holly Hunter
Participant:
Kelsey Grammer
Participant:
Michael Keaton

Duration: 1 hour, 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Animation. A young girl is forced to toil in a hat shop. Her only joy is her friendship with Howl the wizard. But when a witch sees her happiness, she curses her to be old. Show more

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Grandma Sophie:
Jean Simmons
Calcifer:
Billy Crystal
Young Sophie:
Emily Mortimer
Madame Suliman:
Blythe Danner
The Witch of the Waste:
Lauren Bacall

Duration: 1 hour, 47 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Lighthearted drama about two disillusioned Chicago cops who have one last try at catching a dangerous drugs baron before they quit the force to run a bar in the Florida Keys. Show more

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Ray Hughes:
Gregory Hines
Director:
Peter Hyams
Danny Costanzo:
Billy Crystal
Det. Frank Sigliano:
Steven Bauer
Anna Costanzo:
Darlanne Fluegel
Captain Logan:
Dan Hedaya
Det. Tony Montoya:
Jon Gries
Maryann:
Tracy Reed
Julio Gonzales:
Jimmy Smits

The One Show

31/08/2021

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland HD

Jermaine Jenas and Sam Quek are joined by Hollywood legend Billy Crystal. Plus Lee Mack and James Nesbitt, and a catch up with Alex Jones.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jermaine Jenas
Presenter:
Sam Quek
Interviewed Guest:
Billy Crystal
Interviewed Guest:
Lee Mack
Interviewed Guest:
James Nesbitt
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Jones