Snakes and Ladders

A dry, satirical comedy that imagines a divided Britain with a bleak but funny edge, mixing class-swap farce with pointed social commentary.

Created by

Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran

Genres

Comedy

Starring

Lynsey Baxter, Adrian Edmondson, Phil McCall

Overview

In the future (1999), the UK is subdivided into two regions by barbed wire and border patrols. Northern Britain is cold, bleak and impoverished, while sunny South Britain is a place of relative luxury. When Lord Tewkesbury, the owner of rich conglomerate, decides his son Giles needs more real-life experience, he arranged for Giles to work under an assumed name. Unfortunately, this results in Giles being sent to North Britain to do menial labor, while previously impoverished Gavin is transferred to sunny South Britain.

How it feels

Satirical, cynical, bleak and absurd. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Class, politics, identity, power

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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