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

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