How The Young Ones Changed Comedy (2018)
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.
Director: Sean Doherty
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Clive Anderson as |
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Mark Arden as |
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Ed Bye as |
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Adrian Edmondson as |
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Ben Elton as (Archive Footage) |
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Stephen Frost as |
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Nick Helm as |
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Richard Herring as |
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Charlie Higson as |
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Paul Jackson as |
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Elis James as |
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Mark Lawson as |
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Helen Lederer as |
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John Lloyd as |
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Rik Mayall as (Archive Footage) |
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Lise Mayer as |
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Lloyd Peters as |
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Sally Phillips as Narrator (Voice) |
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Nigel Planer as |
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Geoff Posner as |
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Rowland Rivron as |
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Christopher Ryan as |
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Alexei Sayle as |
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Arthur Smith as |
| Directing | Sean Doherty | Director |
| Production | Zosia Alchimowicz | Producer |
| Camera | Connor Harris | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Jamie Barratt | Accountant |
| Camera | Jon Stapleton | Director of Photography |
| Production | Emily McSorley | Production Manager |
| Production | Sean Doherty | Producer |
| Editing | Mark Heasman | Editor |
| Editing | Dan Wilkes | Editor |
| Production | Nigel Alred | Producer |
| Production | Joe McVey | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Craig Harbour | Editor |
| Production | Kristina Allen | Production Assistant |
| Art | Martyn Kilvert | Graphic Designer |
| Sound | Mike McGinn | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Joseph McCann | Art Direction |
| Production | Sam Davies | Production Assistant |
| Production | John Quinn | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Cliff Reeves | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Jim Tanner | Researcher |
| Production | Nicola Breadin | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Kate McSwiney O'Rourke | Coordinating Producer |