CinemaOSMovie · 2018 · 1h 30m

How The Young Ones Changed Comedy

Once in every lifetime, comes a sitcom like this.

70%(2)IMDbDocumentaryComedy

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 bySean Doherty

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 30m
Language
EN
Released
May 26, 2018
Studios
North One Television

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Paul Jackson

Creative team
Directed by
Sean Doherty
Produced by
Zosia Alchimowicz
Sean Doherty

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