

2019–2019 · ITV3 · Ended
The Comedy Years looks back at how comedy shaped and defined specific years over the past 4 decades. Each episode mixes classic comedy archive with social history and pop culture nostalgia and shows how each year's comedy reflected a changing Britain – from the Thatcher era of satire of Not The Nine O'clock News and Spitting Image to ground breaking comedy series like The Royle Family, The Young Ones and The Office.
Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday at 21:00 (Europe/London)
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S01E04 · 2003
2019-04-22
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1979
2019-04-19 · 60 min
1984
2019-04-20 · 60 min
1998
2019-04-21 · 60 min
2003
2019-04-22 · 60 min
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