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Beyond A Joke

Season 1 2009
TV-PG

  • 2009-05-03T23:00:00Z on ITV3
  • 45m
  • 3h 45m (5 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • Documentary
Beyond a joke is a series on ITV3 that explores how comedy reflected contemporary Britain at the close of the 20th Century.

5 episodes

Series Premiere

2009-05-03T23:00:00Z

1x01 A Class Apart

Series Premiere

1x01 A Class Apart

  • 2009-05-03T23:00:00Z45m

How sitcoms of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s reflected the class system in the Britain of the time.

Actors, writers, producers and directors discuss the ways in which their popular sitcoms, including Duty Free, George and Mildred and Rings on Their Fingers, reflected current attitudes to love, sex and marriage in the 1970s and 1980s

2009-05-17T23:00:00Z

1x03 Politically Incorrect

1x03 Politically Incorrect

  • 2009-05-17T23:00:00Z45m

Writers, actors and producers discuss the shift in values revealed by shows such as Love Thy Neighbour, 'Allo 'Allo! and Are You Being Served? With contributions by Edwina Currie and Tony Benn

2009-05-24T23:00:00Z

1x04 Working Life

1x04 Working Life

  • 2009-05-24T23:00:00Z45m

Actors, writers, producers and directors discuss the ways in which their popular shows, including Only Fools and Horses, Hi-De-Hi and Duty Free, have responded to issues in society at the time

2009-05-31T23:00:00Z

1x05 The Legacy

1x05 The Legacy

  • 2009-05-31T23:00:00Z45m

This final episode examines the legacy that the classic comedies left behind, and looks to the future and at how modern day sitcoms have both their inspiration and comedy roots firmly planted in the past. With clips from Benidorm, Dinner Ladies, Early Doors, Blackadder and The Young Ones, archive material, and interviews with Richard Briers, Don Warrington, the late Wendy Richard, Jean Boht and Sally Thomsett.

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