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Premiered January 9, 1999. Runtime 30m. Total Runtime 3h (6 episodes) Country United Kingdom. Genres Comedy, Documentary. A six-part series in which Angus Deayton traces the development of a new wave of British comedy.
- January 10, 1999
Apr 16, 2020 · Read reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. In the late 1970s, the alternative comedy scene exploded into life in Britain and completely c…
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Jul 27, 2023 · The book explicitly celebrates the 1980s Alternative Comedy revolution and how it subtly infused much 1990s comedy which was, on the face of it, far less political.
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Alternative comedy came to describe an approach to stand-up comedy that was neither racist nor sexist, defining itself against more traditional comedians playing the Northern working men's clubs who often relied on jokes targeting women and minorities in a form of comedy "civil war".
A History Of Alternative Comedy. TV documentary; BBC Two; 1999; 6 episodes (1 series) Six-part series in which Angus Deayton traces the development of a new wave of British comedy.
A six-part series in which Angus Deayton traces the development of a new wave of British comedy.
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Alternative Comedy Now and Then: Critical Perspectives is the first academic collection focusing on the history and legacy of the alternative comedy movement in Britain that began in 1979 and continues to influence contemporary stand-up comedy.
