A History of Alternative Comedy - Production & Contact Info

A History of Alternative Comedy (1999–2002)
TV Mini-series

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A History of Alternative Comedy (1999–2002)

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.

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Director

Peter Higgins

Writer

Jez Stevenson (script)

Producer

Peter Higgins (producer)

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Updated Jan 10, 1999

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Jan 10, 1999 (United Kingdom)

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43 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
Angus Deayton Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	6	Have I Got News for You (1990)
Ben Elton Self - Writer, The Young Ones Self - Writer, The Young Ones See fewer	5	The Young Ones (1982)
Dawn French Self Self See fewer	5	French and Saunders (1987)
Alexei Sayle Self Self See fewer	5	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Rik Mayall Self Self See fewer	5	The Young Ones (1982)
Jo Brand Self Self See fewer	4	Getting On (2009)
Alan Davies Self Self See fewer	4	Jonathan Creek (1997)
Jennifer Saunders Self Self See fewer	4	Absolutely Fabulous (1992)
Donna McPhail Self Self See fewer	4	Packet of Three (1991)
Paul Jackson Self - Controller, BBC Entertainment / Self - Producer, Boom Boom Out Go The Lights / Self - Producer, Saturday Live / Self - Producer, Stomping On the Cat Self - Controller, BBC Entertainment / Self - Producer, Boom Boom Out Go The Lights / Self - Producer, Saturday Live / Self - Producer, Stomping On the Cat See fewer	4	The Young Ones (1982)
Clive Anderson Self Self See fewer	4	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1988)
Jenny Eclair Self Self See fewer	3	Skins (2007)
Arthur Smith Self Self See fewer	3	Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Geoffrey Perkins Self - Producer, Saturday Live & Friday Night Live / Self - Producer, Ben Elton, The Man From Auntie Self - Producer, Saturday Live & Friday Night Live / Self - Producer, Ben Elton, The Man From Auntie See fewer	3	Harry Enfield's Television Programme (1990)
Norman Pace Self Self See fewer	3	The Young Ones (1982)
Gareth Hale Self Self See fewer	3	Family Affairs (1997)
John Lloyd Self - Producer, Not the Nine O'Clock News / Self - Producer, Spitting Image / Self - Producer, Blackadder & Spitting Image Self - Producer, Not the Nine O'Clock News / Self - Producer, Spitting Image / Self - Producer, Blackadder & Spitting Image See fewer	2	Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979)
Hattie Hayridge Self Self See fewer	2	Guardians (II) (2017)
Morwenna Banks Self - Comedian & co-author of 'The Joke's On Us' Self - Comedian & co-author of 'The Joke's On Us' See fewer	2	Damned (2016)
Jack Dee Self Self See fewer	2	Lead Balloon (2006)
Mark Steel Self Self See fewer	2	The Mark Steel Lectures (2003)
Arnold Brown Self Self See fewer	2	Hello Mum (1986)
Denis Leary Self Self See fewer	2	Rescue Me (2004)
Nigel Planer Self Self See fewer	2	The Young Ones (1982)
Tracey Ullman Self Self See fewer	1	The Tracey Ullman Show (1987)
Jenny Lecoat Self Self See fewer	1	Doctors (2000)
Bob Monkhouse Self Self See fewer	1	Carry on Sergeant (1958)
Tony Allen Self Self See fewer	1	Hello Mum (1986)
Andy de la Tour Self Self See fewer	1	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Eddie Izzard Self Self See fewer	1	Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Jim Barclay Self Self See fewer	1	The Young Ones (1982)
Felix Dexter Self Self See fewer	1	Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1994)
Will Durst Self Self See fewer	1	Hey Monster, Hands Off My City (2014)
Peter Rosengard Self Self See fewer	1	Eat the Rich (1987)
Curtis Walker Self Self See fewer	1	Mutant Chronicles (2008)
Don Ward Self Self See fewer	1	Rhod Gilbert and the Award-Winning Mince Pie (2009)
Meera Syal Self Self See fewer	1	Beautiful Thing (1996)
Malcolm Hardee Self Self See fewer	1	The Pall Bearer's Revue (1992)
Scott Capurro Self Self See fewer	1	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Jools Holland Self Self See fewer	1	Spice World (1997)
Graham Norton Self Self See fewer	1	The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Frank Skinner Self Self See fewer	1	The Frank Skinner Show (1995)
Lise Mayer Self - Writer, The Young Ones Self - Writer, The Young Ones See fewer	1	The Young Ones (1982)