When Comedy Changed Forever

The history of British comedy from the 1970s to today, showing how the work of Reeves and Mortimer provided a link between old-style acts such as Bernard Manning and modern phenomena like Little Britain.

Ralph Ineson

(Narrator)

Vic Reeves

(Self (archive material))

Bob Mortimer

(Self (archive material))

Matt Lucas

(Self)

Jonathan Ross

(Self)

Johnny Vegas

(Self)

Bernard Manning

(Self (archive material))

Roy Walker

(Self)

Les Dawson

(Self (archive material))

Simon Day

(Self)

Frank Carson

(Self (archive material))

Alexei Sayle

(Self)

Bill Oddie

(Self)

Ash Atalla

(Self)

Ben Elton

(Self (archive material))

Harry Enfield

(Self (archive material))

Leigh Francis

(Self)

Ninia Benjamin

(Self)

Dawn French

(Self (archive material))

Jo Brand

(Self (archive material))

Andrew Collins

(Self)

Steve Coogan

(Self (archive material))

Jon Thoday

(Self)

Harry Hill

(Self (archive material))