Beyond A Joke. Copyright: Granada Productions
Beyond A Joke (2009)
- TV documentary
- ITV3
- 2009
- 5 episodes (1 series)
Series exploring how sitcoms reflect contemporary Britain at the close of the 20th century, featuring archive news footage, interviews and clips. Features John Cleese, Paul Nicholas, Tony Benn, Carla Lane, Jonathan Harvey and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - Class Apart
A look at how comedy in the 1970s and 1980s represented the changing class system.
Further details
The main comedies examined in this episode are Fawlty Towers, Till Death Us Do Part, On The Buses, Bread, George And Mildred, Rising Damp, The Good Life, The Upper Crusts, To The Manor Born, Are You Being Served?, Dad's Army and Porridge.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 4th May 2009
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- ITV3
- Length
- 60 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Cast & crew
| John Cleese | Self |
| Tony Benn | Self |
| Carla Lane | Self |
| Don Warrington | Self |
| Ian Lavender | Self |
| Nina Myskow | Self |
| Andrew Sachs | Self |
| Edwina Currie | Self |
| Vanessa Feltz | Self |
| Jayne Tunnicliffe | Self |
| Jean Boht | Self |
| Richard Briers | Self |
| Sally Lindsay | Self |
| Jo Brand | Self |
| David Nobbs | Self |
| Trevor Bannister | Self |
| Frank Thornton | Self |
| Wendy Richard | Self |
| Dick Clement | Self |
| Sam Kelly | Self |
| Alwyn W. Turner | Self |
| Phil Mealey | Self |
| Dave Lamb | Narrator |
| Vicky Thomas | Director |
| Vicky Thomas | Producer |
| Rachel Ashdown | Executive Producer |
| Neil Stewart | Editor |