Comedy Connections
Season 5
Series looking at the history of favourite comedy shows.
Where to Watch Season 5
8 Episodes
- One Foot In The Grave
E1One Foot In The GraveDavid Renwick's comedy spawned TV's most cantankerous and miserable pensioner in Victor Meldrew and created a catchphrase - "I don't believe it!" - that seeped into the national consciousness. Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie and Angus Deayton recall a series that mixed comedy with farce and tragedy. Doon MacKichan narrates. - The New Statesman
E4The New StatesmanSeries charting the history of the best of British comedy looks at Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran's 1980s satirical sitcom The New Statesman, which starred Rik Mayall as unscrupulous Tory MP Alan B'stard. It reveals how the series was sold to ITV by writing a fake Who's Who entry for Alan, and how the team were so determined to make the show as accurate as possible that they enlisted the help of a Tory MP at the time, a certain Michael Portillo. - The Office
E6The OfficeSeries charting the history of the best of British comedy looks at Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's cult classic, The Office. It tells how a BBC training scheme video project became a multi-award winning international phenomenon, how Gareth was originally written as a super-macho action man type, and how its makers are actually fond of their creation-from-hell, David Brent. Features exclusive interviews with Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Lucy Davis, Mackenzie Crook, Ralph Ineson and more.
