British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves (2016)
1h
Running Time
September 12, 2016Release Date
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves (2016)
1h
Running Time
September 12, 2016Release Date
Plot.
Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context from which our favourite sitcoms grew. We enjoy a trip through the comedy archive in the company of the people who made some of the very best British sitcoms. From The Likely Lads to I'm Alan Partridge, we find out the inspiration behind some of the most-loved characters and how they reflect the times they were living in.
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Cast & Crew.

Rebecca Front
Self - Narrator (voice)

Steve Coogan
Self / Alan Partridge

James Corden
Self / Smithy

Hugh Dennis
Self

Lee Mack
Self

Dick Clement
Self

Richard Curtis
Self

Jack Dee
Self

Michael Grade
Self

Jonathan Harvey
Self

Nerys Hughes
Self

Ian La Frenais
Self

Jonathan Harvey
Self

Graham Linehan
Self

Breid McLoone
Director

Jon Plowman
Self

Anna Raeburn
Self

Adil Ray
Self

Beryl Vertue
Self

Josh Widdicombe
Self

Trix Worrell
Self

Caroline Aherne
Denise Best (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cherie Blair
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tony Blair
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Susie Blake
Mrs. Inglis (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Bluthal
Frank Pickle (archive footage) (uncredited)

James Bolam
Terry Collier (archive footage) (uncredited)

Brian Bovell
Jez (archive footage) (uncredited)

Owen Brenman
Nick Swainey (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Briers
Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kathy Burke
Linda (archive footage) (uncredited)

Craig Cash
Dave Best (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Cleese
Basil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charlie Condou
Nino (archive footage) (uncredited)

Annette Crosbie
Margaret Meldrew (archive footage) (uncredited)

Angus Deayton
Patrick (archive footage) (uncredited)

James Dreyfus
Tom (archive footage) (uncredited)

Janine Duvitski
Pippa (archive footage) (uncredited)

James Fleet
Hugo Horton (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dawn French
Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nicholas Frost
Mr. Gleeson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mel Giedroyc
Beverly-Jane (archive footage) (uncredited)

Michael Gwynn
Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mathew Horne
Gavin (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Inman
Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries (archive footage) (uncredited)

David Jason
Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sue Johnston
Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)

Felicity Kendal
Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

Maureen Lipman
Jane Lucas (archive footage) (uncredited)

Roger Lloyd Pack
Owen Newitt (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joanna Lumley
Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dermot Morgan
Father Ted Crilly (archive footage) (uncredited)

Warren Mitchell
Alf Garnett (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nicholas Lyndhurst
Rodney Trotter (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ardal O'Hanlon
Father Dougal McGuire (archive footage) (uncredited)

Trevor Peacock
Jim Trott (archive footage) (uncredited)
Media.

Details.
This Movie Is About.
retrospective
sitcom
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