Rude Britannia. Copyright: BBC
Rude Britannia
- TV documentary
- BBC Four
- 2010
- 3 episodes (1 series)
Challenging and provocative series exploring British traditions of satire, bawdy and lewd humour and the nation's taste for ridicule and mockery. Features Julian Rhind-Tutt.
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- Genre
- Documentary
- Broadcast
- 2010
- Channel
- BBC Four
- Episodes
- 3 (1 series)
- Features
- Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Producers
- Alastair Laurence and Michael Poole
- Company
Originally broadcast as part of the BBC's Rude On Four season, seeking to "explode the national stereotype of Britain as a polite country of restraint and decorum", Rude Britannia charts the British tendency toward and history of biting satire, mockery, and a distinct lack of reverence for authority, from the early 1700s onwards.
From Hogarth and Tristram Shandy to Marie Lloyd, Spitting Image and Little Britain, this three-part documentary takes an often enlightening and occasionally shocking look at the real history of British humour.
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