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

How The Young Ones Changed Comedy

Once in every lifetime, comes a sitcom like this.

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DocumentaryComedy

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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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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

90 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

26 May 2018

Country

United Kingdom

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

Paul Jackson

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

Lise Mayer

Lloyd Peters

Lloyd Peters

Sally Phillips

Sally Phillips

Narrator (Voice)

Nigel Planer

Nigel Planer

Geoff Posner

Geoff Posner

Rowland Rivron

Rowland Rivron

Christopher Ryan

Christopher Ryan

Alexei Sayle

Alexei Sayle

Arthur Smith

Arthur Smith

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