British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

60 mins | Comedy, Documentary | Sept. 12, 2016

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

60 mins | Comedy, Documentary | Sept. 12, 2016

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
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.
Producers
Original title British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Directors Breid McLoone
Writers

Cast

Rebecca Front

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Steve Coogan

as Self / Alan Partridge

James Corden

as Self / Smithy

Hugh Dennis

as Self

Lee Mack

as Self

Dick Clement

as Self

Richard Curtis

as Self

Jack Dee

as Self

Michael Grade

as Self

Jonathan Harvey

as Self

Nerys Hughes

as Self

Ian La Frenais

as Self

Graham Linehan

as Self

Jon Plowman

as Self

Anna Raeburn

as Self

Adil Ray

as Self

Beryl Vertue

as Self

Josh Widdicombe

as Self

Trix Worrell

as Self

Caroline Aherne

as Denise Best (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cherie Blair

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tony Blair

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Susie Blake

as Mrs. Inglis (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Bluthal

as Frank Pickle (archive footage) (uncredited)

James Bolam

as Terry Collier (archive footage) (uncredited)

Brian Bovell

as Jez (archive footage) (uncredited)

Owen Brenman

as Nick Swainey (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Briers

as Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kathy Burke

as Linda (archive footage) (uncredited)

Craig Cash

as Dave Best (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Cleese

as Basil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charlie Condou

as Nino (archive footage) (uncredited)

Annette Crosbie

as Margaret Meldrew (archive footage) (uncredited)

Angus Deayton

as Patrick (archive footage) (uncredited)

James Dreyfus

as Tom (archive footage) (uncredited)

Janine Duvitski

as Pippa (archive footage) (uncredited)

James Fleet

as Hugo Horton (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dawn French

as Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nicholas Frost

as Mr. Gleeson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mel Giedroyc

as Beverly-Jane (archive footage) (uncredited)

Michael Gwynn

as Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mathew Horne

as Gavin (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Inman

as Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries (archive footage) (uncredited)

David Jason

as Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sue Johnston

as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)

Felicity Kendal

as Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

Maureen Lipman

as Jane Lucas (archive footage) (uncredited)

Roger Lloyd Pack

as Owen Newitt (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joanna Lumley

as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dermot Morgan

as Father Ted Crilly (archive footage) (uncredited)

Warren Mitchell

as Alf Garnett (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nicholas Lyndhurst

as Rodney Trotter (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ardal O'Hanlon

as Father Dougal McGuire (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jennifer Saunders

as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joanna Page

as Stacey (archive footage) (uncredited)

Trevor Peacock

as Jim Trott (archive footage) (uncredited)

Julia Sawalha

as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)