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How The Young Ones Changed Comedy

"Once in every lifetime, comes a sitcom like this."

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.

Top Cast

  • Clive Anderson

    Clive Anderson

  • Mark Arden

    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

    Charlie Higson

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.

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