How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy

Movie·2018·1h 30m

How The Young Ones Changed Comedy

Once in every lifetime, comes a sitcom like this.

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

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The Story

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.

Producer

Sean Doherty, Zosia Alchimowicz

Cinematography

Jon Stapleton

Editor

Mark Heasman

Themes

behind the scenesmaking oftalking headsitcom1980s

Production House

North One Television

Audience Score

70%

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Skip10%
Timepass22%
Go for it39%
Perfection29%

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Cast

Clive Anderson

Clive Anderson

Mark Arden

Ed Bye

Ed Bye

Adrian Edmondson

Adrian Edmondson

Ben Elton

Ben Elton

(Archive Footage)

Stephen Frost

Stephen Frost

Nick Helm

Nick Helm

Richard Herring

Richard Herring

Charlie Higson

Paul Jackson

Elis James

Elis James

Mark Lawson

Mark Lawson

Helen Lederer

Helen Lederer

John Lloyd

John Lloyd

Rik Mayall

Rik Mayall

(Archive Footage)

Lise Mayer

Lloyd Peters

Sally Phillips

Sally Phillips

Narrator (Voice)

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Crew

Sean Doherty

Director, Producer

Zosia Alchimowicz

Producer

Jon Stapleton

Director of Photography

Mark Heasman

Editor

Dan Wilkes

Editor

Nigel Alred

Producer

Joe McVey

Executive Producer

Craig Harbour

Editor

John Quinn

Executive Producer

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