Mark Kermode's Secrets Of Cinema: British Comedy
- TV documentary
- BBC Four
- 2021
- 1 episode
Mark Kermode examines the tropes and commonalities of British comedy films.
Press clippings
Watch Mark Kermode find 1950s attitudes in 1950s films
The new series of Mark Kermode's Secrets Of Cinema began with an episode on British comedy films. As ever, Kermode was terrific at demonstrating how persistent certain characters and ideas in his chosen genre have proved to be.
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One of the bright spots of the first lockdown was Staged, in which David Tennant and Michael Sheen played themselves communicating on Zoom.
James Walton, The Spectator, 16th January 2021Mark Kermode's Secrets Of Cinema: British Comedy review
Here he is on nude scenes in Calendar Girls and The Full Monty: 'So it's interesting that two of the most popular comedies from the past 25 years see very different sets of characters shedding social convention by shedding their clothes.'
Are you laughing yet?
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 12th January 2021Mark Kermode's Secrets Of Cinema: British Comedy review
It will come as little surprise to anyone who's encountered Mark Kermode's film criticism on the radio or in print that his TV essay on British comedy movies is incisive, informed and intelligent, yet effortlessly accessible.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th January 2021