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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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
Jonathan Harvey as Self
Nerys Hughes as Self
Ian La Frenais as Self
Graham Linehan as Self
Jon Plowman as Self
Anna Raeburn as Self
Adil Ray as Self
Beryl Vertue as Self
Josh Widdicombe as Self
Trix Worrell 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)
Charlie Condou as Nino (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)
Nicholas Frost as Mr. Gleeson (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)
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