Documentary Comedy
This documentary explores the legacy of one of the most notorious British sitcoms of all time. Launching alternative comedy onto our screens, the show made household names of its performers and writers and proved to be a huge influence, despite the BBC reportedly being baffled by what they'd commissioned back in 1982. Never before had a flagship comedy show contained so much violence, depravity and anarchy - it was a shot across the bow to mainstream comedians that things would never be the same again.
Directed by
Sean Doherty
Adrian Edmondson
Nick Helm
Sally Phillips
Narrator (Voice)
Ben Elton
(Archive Footage)
Nigel Planer
Rik Mayall
(Archive Footage)
Alexei Sayle
Christopher Ryan
Helen Lederer
Stephen Frost
Elis James
Rowland Rivron
Clive Anderson
Richard Herring
Mark Lawson
Arthur Smith
Mark Arden
Charlie Higson
Lloyd Peters

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