Genres
Duration
60 min
Director
Breid McLoone
Rating
5.7
Release Date
September 12, 2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Original title: British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
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Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context from which our favourite sitcoms grew. We enjoy a trip through the comedy archive in the company of the people who made some of the very best British sitcoms. From The Likely Lads to I'm Alan Partridge, we find out the inspiration behind some of the most-loved characters and how they reflect the times they were living in.
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves cast
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Rebecca Front
Character:
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Steve Coogan
Character:
Self / Alan Partridge
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James Corden
Character:
Self / Smithy
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Hugh Dennis
Character:
Self
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Lee Mack
Character:
Self
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Dick Clement
Character:
Self
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Richard Curtis
Character:
Self
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Jack Dee
Character:
Self
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Michael Grade
Character:
Self
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Jonathan Harvey
Character:
Self
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Nerys Hughes
Character:
Self
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Ian La Frenais
Character:
Self
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Graham Linehan
Character:
Self
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Jon Plowman
Character:
Self
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Anna Raeburn
Character:
Self
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Adil Ray
Character:
Self
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Beryl Vertue
Character:
Self
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Josh Widdicombe
Character:
Self
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Trix Worrell
Character:
Self
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Caroline Aherne
Character:
Denise Best (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Cherie Blair
Character:
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Tony Blair
Character:
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Susie Blake
Character:
Mrs. Inglis (archive footage) (uncredited)
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John Bluthal
Character:
Frank Pickle (archive footage) (uncredited)
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James Bolam
Character:
Terry Collier (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Brian Bovell
Character:
Jez (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Owen Brenman
Character:
Nick Swainey (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Richard Briers
Character:
Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Kathy Burke
Character:
Linda (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Craig Cash
Character:
Dave Best (archive footage) (uncredited)
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John Cleese
Character:
Basil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Charlie Condou
Character:
Nino (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Annette Crosbie
Character:
Margaret Meldrew (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Angus Deayton
Character:
Patrick (archive footage) (uncredited)
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James Dreyfus
Character:
Tom (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Janine Duvitski
Character:
Pippa (archive footage) (uncredited)
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James Fleet
Character:
Hugo Horton (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Dawn French
Character:
Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Nicholas Frost
Character:
Mr. Gleeson (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Mel Giedroyc
Character:
Beverly-Jane (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Michael Gwynn
Character:
Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Mathew Horne
Character:
Gavin (archive footage) (uncredited)
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John Inman
Character:
Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries (archive footage) (uncredited)
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David Jason
Character:
Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Sue Johnston
Character:
Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Felicity Kendal
Character:
Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Maureen Lipman
Character:
Jane Lucas (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Roger Lloyd Pack
Character:
Owen Newitt (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Joanna Lumley
Character:
Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Dermot Morgan
Character:
Father Ted Crilly (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Warren Mitchell
Character:
Alf Garnett (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Nicholas Lyndhurst
Character:
Rodney Trotter (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Ardal O'Hanlon
Character:
Father Dougal McGuire (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Trevor Peacock
Character:
Jim Trott (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Joanna Page
Character:
Stacey (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Jennifer Saunders
Character:
Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Julia Sawalha
Character:
Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
