"Funny Man" chronicles an extended family of UK music-hall entertainers in the late 1920s, an era of decline for variety entertainment, as audiences flocked instead to motion-picture cinemas.
Air Date: 1981-04-23
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Air Date: 1981-04-30
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Air Date: 1981-05-07
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Air Date: 1981-05-14
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Air Date: 1981-05-28
The arrival of an arrogant new leading man upsets the troupe.
Air Date: 1981-06-04
Alec's children ignore his warnings about aspiring to more sophisticated circles, with upsetting consequences.
Air Date: 1981-06-11
Teddy strives to be treated as an adult, and the troupe enjoy a riotous fancy-dress party.
Air Date: 1981-06-18
Both Gwen and Davey are offered life-changing possibilities, but this threatens both the troupe and their own relatio...
Air Date: 1981-06-25
June 1931. Despite a cold, Davey prepares to perform for a major producer and is too preoccupied to see that Gwen's p...
Air Date: 1981-07-02
It's 1932 and Davey is well established in his solo career. Kath tries to accept her now dried out Bobby.
Air Date: 1981-07-09
September 1932. With more members of the troupe moving out of the Lodging House, Alec contemplates the bleak future f...
Air Date: 1981-07-16
It's 1932, and Alec is now back with Elsie and accepts that Music Hall is dying, and that he must move on.
Air Date: 1981-07-23
May 1933. A year on and Alec feels strong enough to help George start on his new tour.