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British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

2016 · 60 min

A warm, brisk trip through comedy history, full of affectionate clips and insider anecdotes that feels like a pleasant, easy-watch celebration.

Directed by
Breid McLoone
Genres
Comedy, Documentary
Starring
Rebecca Front, Steve Coogan, James Corden
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Breid McLoone
Genres
Comedy, Documentary
Starring
Rebecca Front, Steve Coogan, James Corden
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • media
  • class
  • identity
  • work
  • friendship
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour7
Realism9
Romance0
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, documentary
Directed by
Breid McLoone
Starring
Rebecca Front, Steve Coogan, James Corden, Hugh Dennis, Lee Mack, Dick Clement, Richard Curtis, Jack Dee
Runtime
60 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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