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Perry and Croft: Made in Britain

Perry and Croft: Made in Britain

★ 7.0/10•2014•30m•Comedy•Documentary
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Jimmy Perry and David Croft wrote some of Britain's favourite sitcoms, but these classic comedies are also a unique chronicle of 20th century Britain.

StatusEnded
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateNov 15, 2014

Episodes

E130m

War & Peace

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.

Nov 15, 2014

E230m

A Touch of Class

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.

Nov 22, 2014

E330m

Birds and Bees

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.

Nov 29, 2014

E430m

Wind of Change

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.

Dec 13, 2014

Actors

Jimmy Perry

Jimmy Perry

Himself

David Croft

David Croft

Himself (archive footage)

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