Season 1

Episodes • 2014

Jimmy Perry
David Croft
War & Peace

1. War & Peace

30 min

From Dad's Army to It Ain't Half Hot Mum, the comedies of Perry and Croft portrayed the British at war and still mold the way that we think of the war years even today.

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A Touch of Class

2. A Touch of Class

30 min

The British obsession with social status was reflected in Perry and Croft's comedies from the upstairs-downstairs world of You Rang M'Lord to the relationship between Capt. Mainwaring and Wilson.

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Birds and Bees

3. Birds and Bees

30 min

Looks at changes in morality and attitudes towards romance and relationships in Britain and how these were reflected in the sitcoms of Perry and Croft.

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Wind of Change

4. Wind of Change

30 min

A look at how the sitcoms of Perry and Croft encapsulated the end of an era. Reflecting old ideas as they faded and a new British identity as it was being formed.

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