How The Young Ones Changed Comedy. Copyright: North One Television
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy

How The Young Ones Changed Comedy

  • TV documentary
  • Gold
  • 2018
  • 1 episode

Documentary about sitcom The Young Ones and its part in the alternative comedy scene. Features Nigel Planer, Alexei Sayle, John Lloyd, Paul Jackson, Lise Mayer and more.

How The Young Ones Changed Comedy. Copyright: North One Television

Key details

Genre
Documentary
Broadcast
2018
Channel
Gold
Episodes
1
Features
Nigel Planer, Alexei Sayle, John Lloyd, Paul Jackson, Lise Mayer, Charlie Higson, Clive Anderson, Richard Herring and more
Directors
Sean Doherty
Producers
Sean Doherty, Nigel Alred, John Quinn and Joe McVey
Company

How The Young Ones Changed Comedy combines archive footage with revelations from many of the stars who were involved both in front of and behind the camera, such as Nigel Planer, Alexei Sayle, John Lloyd, Paul Jackson and Lise Mayer.

Comedians that followed in its wake such as Elis James, Charlie Higson, Clive Anderson and Richard Herring discuss how it influenced them and galvanised the British comedy scene.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Saturday 26th May 2018 at 9:30pm on Gold
Episode length
120 minutes
Most recent repeats
  • Thursday 23rd March 2023 at 10:40pm on Gold
  • Saturday 2nd July 2022 at 2:20am on Gold
  • Sunday 5th June 2022 at 1:25am on Gold

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