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
Sally Phillips
Narrator (Voice)
Nick Helm
Mark Lawson
Rik Mayall
(Archive Footage)
Adrian Edmondson
Nigel Planer
Alexei Sayle
Ben Elton
(Archive Footage)
Elis James
Helen Lederer
Christopher Ryan
Rowland Rivron
Stephen Frost
Charlie Higson
Arthur Smith
Clive Anderson
Richard Herring
Mark Arden
Lloyd Peters

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