Series 1, Episode 3 - Modern Times

Yes Minister kicked off the 1980s, with series like The Young Ones and Blackadder taking up the 'alternative comedy' mantle from the stand-up circuit: this episode examines them and their leading of sitcom into the 1990s, right back round to Men Behaving Badly.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 7th April 1999
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 50 minutes
Cast & crew
Regular cast | |
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Julie Walters | Narrator |
Guest cast | |
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Alan Davies | Self |
Rik Mayall | Self |
Caroline Quentin | Self |
Ben Elton | Self |
Jonathan Lynn | Self |
Derek Fowlds | Self |
Antony Jay | Self |
Nigel Hawthorne | Self |
John Sullivan | Self |
Paul Jackson | Self |
Richard Curtis | Self |
Trix Worrell | Self |
Maurice Gran | Self |
Laurence Marks | Self |
David Renwick | Self |
Martin Clunes | Self |
Neil Morrissey | Self |
Simon Nye | Self |
Beryl Vertue | Self |
John Howard Davies | Self |
Leslie Ash | Self |
Production team | |
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Gabrielle Osrin | Director |
Paul Tilzey | Producer |
Nicholas Rossiter | Executive Producer |
Gabrielle Osrin | Producer |

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