How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
- Released on
- Runtime
- 90 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Clive Anderson
- Mark Arden
- Ed Bye
- Adrian Edmondson
- Ben Elton
- Stephen Frost
- Nick Helm
- Richard Herring
- Charlie Higson
- Paul Jackson
- Elis James
- Mark Lawson
- Helen Lederer
- John Lloyd
- Rik Mayall
- Lise Mayer
- Lloyd Peters
- Sally Phillips
- Nigel Planer
- Geoff Posner
- Rowland Rivron
- Christopher Ryan
- Alexei Sayle
- Arthur Smith
Director
- Sean Doherty
Producers
- Zosia Alchimowicz
- Sean Doherty
- Nigel Alred
