British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Release: 2016-09-12
·Runtime: 60m
·★ 5.7
Comedy
Documentary
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
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
Nerys Hughes
as Self
Ian La Frenais
as Self
Graham Linehan
as Self
Adil Ray
as Self
Josh Widdicombe
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)
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)
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)
Trevor Peacock
as Jim Trott (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joanna Page
as Stacey (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jennifer Saunders
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Julia Sawalha
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)