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 4 - Working Life
In a period dominated by strikes, the three day working week and mass unemployment, this edition examines how comedies drew their inspiration from this political unrest, and gave those living through it something to laugh at.
Further details
Featuring clips from Only Fools And Horses, The Good Life, The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin, The Rag Trade, Agony, and On The Buses.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 25th May 2009
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- ITV3
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Tony Benn | Self |
| Carla Lane | Self |
| Nina Myskow | 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 |
| Wendy Richard | Self |
| Alwyn W. Turner | Self |
| Phil Mealey | Self |
| Tony Audenshaw (as Antony Audenshaw) | Self |
| Anna Raeburn | Self |
| Kate Robbins | Self |
| John Sullivan | Self |
| Keith Barron | Self |
| Dave Lamb | Narrator |
| Pamela Power | Self |
| Paul Shane | Self |
| Vicky Thomas | Director |
| Vicky Thomas | Producer |
| Rachel Ashdown | Executive Producer |
| Neil Stewart | Editor |