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A History of Alternative Comedy (1999– )
TV Mini-series

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A History of Alternative Comedy (1999– )

TV Mini-series

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.

Director

Peter Higgins (1999)

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Release date (First episode)

Jan 10, 1999 (United Kingdom)

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43 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
Tony Allen Self Self See fewer		Hello Mum (1986)
Clive Anderson Self Self See fewer		Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1988)
Morwenna Banks Self Self See fewer		Damned (2016)
Jim Barclay Self Self See fewer		The Professionals (1977)
Jo Brand Self Self See fewer		Getting On (2009)
Arnold Brown Self Self See fewer		Hello Mum (1986)
Scott Capurro Self Self See fewer		Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Alan Davies Self Self See fewer		Jonathan Creek (1997)
Andy de la Tour Self Self See fewer		Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Angus Deayton Self Self See fewer		Have I Got News for You (1990)
Jack Dee Self Self See fewer		Lead Balloon (2006)
Felix Dexter Self Self See fewer		Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1994)
Will Durst Self Self See fewer		Shuttlecock (1989)
Jenny Eclair Self Self See fewer		Skins (2007)
Ben Elton Self Self See fewer		The Young Ones (1982)
Dawn French Self Self See fewer		French and Saunders (1987)
Gareth Hale Self Self See fewer		Family Affairs (1997)
Malcolm Hardee Self Self See fewer		The Pall Bearer's Revue (1992)
Hattie Hayridge Self Self See fewer		Guardians (II) (2017)
Jools Holland Self Self See fewer		Spice World (1997)
Eddie Izzard Self Self See fewer		Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Paul Jackson Self Self See fewer		The Young Ones (1982)
Denis Leary Self Self See fewer		Rescue Me (2004)
Jenny Lecoat Self Self See fewer		Doctors (2000)
John Lloyd Self Self See fewer		Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979)
Rik Mayall Self Self See fewer		The Young Ones (1982)
Lise Mayer Self Self See fewer		The Young Ones (1982)
Donna McPhail Self Self See fewer		Packet of Three (1991)
Bob Monkhouse Self Self See fewer		Dentist in the Chair (1960)
Graham Norton Self Self See fewer		Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Norman Pace Self Self See fewer		Three of a Kind (1981)
Geoffrey Perkins Self Self See fewer		Harry Enfield's Television Programme (1990)
Nigel Planer Self Self See fewer		The Young Ones (1982)
Peter Rosengard Self Self See fewer		Eat the Rich (1987)
Jennifer Saunders Self Self See fewer		Absolutely Fabulous (1992)
Alexei Sayle Self Self See fewer		Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Frank Skinner Self Self See fewer		The Frank Skinner Show (1995)
Arthur Smith Self Self See fewer		Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Mark Steel Self Self See fewer		The Richard Blackwood Show (1999)
Meera Syal Self Self See fewer		Beautiful Thing (1996)
Tracey Ullman Self Self See fewer		The Tracey Ullman Show (1987)
Curtis Walker Self Self See fewer		Mutant Chronicles (2008)
Don Ward Self Self See fewer		Rhod Gilbert and the Award-Winning Mince Pie (2009)