behind the scenes,making of,talking head,sitcom,1980s

How The Young Ones Changed Comedy (2018)

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Once in every lifetime, comes a sitcom like this.

This documentary explores the legacy of one of the most notorious British sitcoms of all time. Launching alternative comedy onto our screens, the show made household names of its performers and writers and proved to be a huge influence, despite the BBC reportedly being baffled by what they'd commissioned back in 1982. Never before had a flagship comedy show contained so much violence, depravity and anarchy - it was a shot across the bow to mainstream comedians that things would never be the same again.

Cast & Crew

Director
Sean Doherty
  • Profile picture of Clive Anderson
    Clive Anderson
  • Profile picture of Mark Arden
    Mark Arden
  • Profile picture of Ed Bye
    Ed Bye
  • Profile picture of Adrian Edmondson
    Adrian Edmondson
  • Profile picture of Ben Elton
    (Archive Footage) Ben Elton
  • Profile picture of Stephen Frost
    Stephen Frost
  • Profile picture of Nick Helm
    Nick Helm
  • Profile picture of Richard Herring
    Richard Herring

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Keywords

  • behind the scenes
  • making of
  • talking head
  • sitcom
  • 1980s