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  • Rude Britannia (2010–2010)
  • TV Series | 60 min | Documentary
Rude Britannia (2010–2010)
TV Series | 60 min | Documentary

A history of how the depiction of the vulgar has been a vital part of English satire,starting with the artwork of Hogarth in the eighteenth century and Gay's 'Beggar's Opera',the first home-grown play to lampoon politicians - which leads ...See moreA history of how the depiction of the vulgar has been a vital part of English satire,starting with the artwork of Hogarth in the eighteenth century and Gay's 'Beggar's Opera',the first home-grown play to lampoon politicians - which leads to stage censorship. Leading literary satirists Swift and Pope and Laurence Sterne,author of near-the-knuckle novel 'Tristram Shandy' are followed by political cartoonists Rowlandson, Gillray and Cruikshank,whose often grotesque drawings of the Stuart monarchy are no holds barred whilst poet Byron mocks political villainry in his poems. In Victoria's reign music-hall artists,such as the censor-baiting Marie Lloyd,take up the flag of vulgarity,along with comic creations like the goatish drunk Ally Sloper. The new art of photography leads to under-the-counter postcards of nude women and,thanks to the popularity of the seaside holiday,What the Butler Saw machines and saucy postcards, the master of which is Donald McGill,who,as late as the 1950s,is accused of obscenity,as is his contemporary, music-hall comic Frank Randle. The political cartoonists' tradition is upheld throughout the twentieth century by the likes of Gerald Scarfe and Steve Bell whilst stage censorship is relaxed to allow the often disturbing comedy plays of Joe Orton,one of whose regular actors,Kenneth Williams is a mainstay of the Kenneth Horne BBC radio shows,milestones of innuendo.The BBC becomes known for satirical fare such as TW3 and the sitcoms featuring bigot Alf Garnett though in the 1980s the commercial channel ITV scores a huge hit with 'Spitting Image' in which the great and the good are lampooned in puppet form. Alternative comedy is born,along with the deliberately politically incorrect adult comic 'Viz' and political incorrectness hits back at the Blair government's nannying state with the likes of the blue comedy of Chubby Brown and the gross-out TV sketches of 'Little Britain'. For a change the liberal left are now the critics of 'Rude Britannia',rather than its purveyors Written by don @ minifie-1 See less
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Jun 14, 2010 (United Kingdom)

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31 cast members
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Julian Rhind-Tutt
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
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Bernard Manning
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
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Roy 'Chubby' Brown
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
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John Hamp
Self (as Johnnie Hamp) Self (as Johnnie Hamp)   See fewer
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Simon Grant
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C.P. Lee
Self (as CP Lee) Self (as CP Lee)   See fewer
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Lucy Skeaping
Self - Singer (as Lucie Skeaping) Self - Singer (as Lucie Skeaping)   See fewer
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Vic Gammon
Self (as Dr. Vic Gammon) Self (as Dr. Vic Gammon)   See fewer
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John Mullan
Self (as Professor John Mullan) Self (as Professor John Mullan)   See fewer
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John Sutherland
Self (as Professor John Sutherland) Self (as Professor John Sutherland)   See fewer
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Vic Gatrell
Self (as Professor Vic Gatrell) Self (as Professor Vic Gatrell)   See fewer
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Tim Hitchcock
Self (as Professor Tim Hitchcock) Self (as Professor Tim Hitchcock)   See fewer
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Mina Gorji
Self (as Dr. Mina Gorji) Self (as Dr. Mina Gorji)   See fewer
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Jane Moody
Self (as Professor Jane Moody) Self (as Professor Jane Moody)   See fewer
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