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  • 2014-11-15T20:00:00Z
  • 30m
  • 2h (4 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • BBC
  • Comedy, Documentary
Jimmy Perry and David Croft wrote some of Britain's favorite sitcoms, but these classic comedies are also a unique chronicle of 20th century Britain.

4 episodes

Series Premiere

2014-11-15T20:00:00Z

1x01 War & Peace

Series Premiere

1x01 War & Peace

  • 2014-11-15T20:00:00Z30m

A look at how, from Dad's Army to It Ain't Half Hot Mum, the comedies of Jimmy Perry and David Croft portrayed the British at war and still shape the way we think of the wartime years today.

2014-11-22T20:00:00Z

1x02 A Touch of Class

1x02 A Touch of Class

  • 2014-11-22T20:00:00Z30m

Series looking at how the comedies of Jimmy Perry and David Croft chronicled 20th century Britain continues by examining the nation's obsession with status.

2014-11-29T20:00:00Z

1x03 Birds and Bees

1x03 Birds and Bees

  • 2014-11-29T20:00:00Z30m

A look at the changes in morality and attitudes towards romance and relationships in Britain over the years and how these were reflected in the comedies of Perry and Croft.

2014-12-13T20:00:00Z

1x04 Wind of Change

1x04 Wind of Change

  • 2014-12-13T20:00:00Z30m

A look at the end of eras and the beginnings of new identities, and how the situation comedies of Jimmy Perry and David Croft reflected old ideas as they faded and a new British identity as it was being forged.

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