How The Young Ones Changed Comedy (2018)

  • NR
  • 05/26/2018 (GB)
  • Documentary, Comedy
  • 1h 30m

Once in every lifetime, comes a sitcom like this.

Overview

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.

Sean Doherty

Director

Cast

Clive Anderson's headshot

Clive Anderson

Mark Arden's headshot

Mark Arden

Ed Bye's headshot

Ed Bye

Adrian Edmondson's headshot

Adrian Edmondson

Ben Elton's headshot

Ben Elton

(Archive Footage)
Stephen Frost's headshot

Stephen Frost

Nick Helm's headshot

Nick Helm

Richard Herring's headshot

Richard Herring

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