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.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 3 - You've Never Had It So Rude!!
Further details
The final part of the series exploring British traditions of satire and bawdy humour brings the story of a naughty nation up to date and explores how a mass democracy of rude emerged, beginning with the 1960s revolutions and continuing with the today's controversies.
There is a look at how a tradition of rude cartooning came back to life, as cartoonists draw the iconic political figures of the last 50 years: Gerald Scarfe captures Harold Macmillan, Steve Bell does Margaret Thatcher and Martin Rowson depicts Tony Blair.
The rude comic art of Viz is revealed in the characters of Sid the Sexist and the Fat Slags, and the rude theatre of Joe Orton, the rude radio of Round The Horne and the hippy rudeness of underground magazine Oz are also investigated.
And the history of rude television is traced from Till Death Us Do Part via Spitting Image to Little Britain. Finally, there is a look at how rude comedy begins to be seen as offensive in sexist and racist ways.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 16th June 2010
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC Four
- Length
- 60 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
---|---|---|
Thursday 17th June 2010 | 12:25am | BBC4 |
Thursday 17th June 2010 | 3:15am | BBC4 |
Sunday 14th November 2010 | 2:45am | BBC4 |
Sunday 30th January 2011 | 1:30am | BBC4 |
Tuesday 3rd July 2012 | 10:00pm | BBC4 |
Thursday 5th July 2012 | 11:10pm | BBC4 |
Tuesday 25th September 2012 | 11:45pm | BBC4 |
Wednesday 13th May 2015 | 12:00am | BBC4 |
Tuesday 2nd August 2016 | 2:30am | BBC4 |
Tuesday 10th March 2020 | 1:30am | BBC4 |
Cast & crew
Julian Rhind-Tutt | Narrator |
Martin Rowson | Guest |
Steve Bell | Guest |
Andy Medhurst | Guest |
Christopher Paul Lee (as Dr CP Lee) | Guest |
Gerald Scarfe | Guest |
Richard Eyre | Guest |
Simon Callow | Guest |
John Lloyd | Guest |
Charles Shaar Murray | Guest |
Mick Farren | Guest |
John Sutherland (as Professor John Sutherland) | Guest |
Mark Lawson | Guest |
Dominic Sandbrook | Guest |
Johnnie Hamp | Guest |
Roger Law | Guest |
Natalie Haynes | Guest |
John O'Farrell | Guest |
Simon Donald | Guest |
Francis Whately | Director |
Alastair Laurence | Series Producer |
Michael Poole | Executive Producer |
Glenn Rainton | Editor |