A History of Alternative Comedy Taboo, or not taboo? (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | 29 min

A History of Alternative Comedy

Taboo, or not taboo? (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV Episode | 29 min

Alternative comedy saw sex and sexual terms taken out of the realms of innuendo and openly placed on television. Speakers including Ben Elton, Jo Brand and French and Saunders look at the changing attitudes to sex and censorship.

Director

Peter Higgins

Writer

Jez Stevenson (script)

Producer

Peter Higgins (producer)

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 7, 1999

Release date

Feb 7, 1999 (United Kingdom)

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19 cast members

Name	Known for
Angus Deayton Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	Have I Got News for You (1990)
Jo Brand Self Self See fewer	Getting On (2009)
Alan Davies Self Self See fewer	Jonathan Creek (1997)
Paul Jackson Self - Producer, Stomping On the Cat Self - Producer, Stomping On the Cat See fewer	The Young Ones (1982)
Jennifer Saunders Self Self See fewer	Absolutely Fabulous (1992)
Dawn French Self Self See fewer	French and Saunders (1987)
Donna McPhail Self Self See fewer	Packet of Three (1991)
Jenny Eclair Self Self See fewer	Skins (2007)
Clive Anderson Self Self See fewer	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1988)
Rik Mayall Self Self See fewer	The Young Ones (1982)
Ben Elton Self Self See fewer	The Young Ones (1982)
Denis Leary Self Self See fewer	Rescue Me (2004)
Geoffrey Perkins Self - Producer, Ben Elton, The Man From Auntie Self - Producer, Ben Elton, The Man From Auntie See fewer	Harry Enfield's Television Programme (1990)
Alexei Sayle Self Self See fewer	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Hattie Hayridge Self Self See fewer	Guardians (II) (2017)
Morwenna Banks Self - Comedian & co-author of 'The Joke's On Us' Self - Comedian & co-author of 'The Joke's On Us' See fewer	Damned (2016)
Scott Capurro Self Self See fewer	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Graham Norton Self Self See fewer	The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Frank Skinner Self Self See fewer	The Frank Skinner Show (1995)