Perry and Croft: Made in Britain

2014
Ended
Comedy · Documentary
~30m / ep
1 season
7.0/10

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.

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E1. War & Peace
Nov 15, 2014 · 30m
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.
E2. A Touch of Class
Nov 22, 2014 · 30m
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.
E3. Birds and Bees
Nov 29, 2014 · 30m
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.
E4. Wind of Change
Dec 13, 2014 · 30m
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.