A History of Alternative Comedy

1999-2002
1 season

Angus Deayton traces the development of a new wave of British comedy. After years of sedate, "safe" comedy, TV humor took on a sharper, sometimes harsher edge thanks to a strong upsurge in comedy clubs and cabarets.

1999-2002
1 season

Angus Deayton traces the development of a new wave of British comedy. After years of sedate, "safe" comedy, TV humor took on a sharper, sometimes harsher edge thanks to a strong upsurge in comedy clubs and cabarets.

A History of Alternative Comedy

Actor

Angus Deayton

Self - Presenter

Ben Elton

Self, Self - Writer, The Young Ones

Dawn French

Self

Alexei Sayle

Self

Rik Mayall

Self

Jo Brand

Self

Alan Davies

Self

Donna McPhail

Self

Clive Anderson

Self

Jennifer Saunders

Self

Paul Jackson

Self - Controller, BBC Entertainment, Producer, Saturday Live, Self - Producer, Boom Boom Out Go The Lights, Self - Producer, Stomping On the Cat

Jenny Eclair

Self

Arthur Smith

Self

Geoffrey Perkins

Self - Producer, Saturday Live & Friday Night Live, Self - Producer, Ben Elton, The Man From Auntie

Norman Pace

Self

Gareth Hale

Self

Hattie Hayridge

Self

Jack Dee

Self

Morwenna Banks

Self - Comedian & co-author of 'The Joke's On Us'

Mark Steel

Self