The Comedy Years
- TV documentary
- ITV3
- 2019
- 4 episodes (1 series)
Documentary series looking at how TV comedy shows portrayed society in 1979, 1984, 1998 and 2003. Features Shaparak Khorsandi, Jon Culshaw, Debra Stephenson, Dom Joly, Ann Widdecombe and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 4 - 2003
Further details
The Comedy Years: 2003 features interviews with stars of comedy past and present - revealing the comedy moments that inspired them - including the likes of Joel Dommett, Shappi Khorsandi, Dom Joly, Joel Beckett, Ewen MacIntosh, Ninia Benjamin, Clive Anderson and John Thomson.
This episode looks back at comedy from 2003. The final specials of The Office took a swipe at the world of reality television and instant celebrity - and the love triangle between Tim, Lee and Dawn reached a memorable conclusion.
Ordinary members of the public found themselves the unwitting comedy stooges of TV hidden camera shows like Trigger Happy TV and 3 Non-Blondes.
It was also the year Bruce Forsyth made a memorable appearance as guest host of Have I Got News For You and comedy legend Bob Monkhouse performed his last ever stand-up gig to an audience of fellow comics in a small London pub.
Meanwhile, the original run of award-winning comedy drama series Cold Feet bowed out with a tragic storyline.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 22nd April 2019
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- ITV3
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Shaparak Khorsandi (as Shappi Khorsandi) | Self |
| Jon Culshaw | Self |
| Debra Stephenson | Self |
| Dom Joly | Self |
| Ann Widdecombe | Self |
| John O'Farrell | Self |
| Andrew Collins | Self |
| Anil Gupta | Self |
| Alastair Campbell | Self |
| Barry Cryer | Self |
| Hugh Bonneville | Narrator |
| John Thomson | Self |
| Joel Dommett | Self |
| Brian Conley | Self |
| Ninia Benjamin | Self |
| Susannah Doyle | Self |
| Ewen MacIntosh | Self |
| Joel Beckett | Self |
| Colin Edmonds | Self |
| Kerry Allison | Director |
| Gavin Barclay | Director |
| Stuart Ramsay | Series Producer |
| Kerry Allison | Producer |
| Gavin Barclay | Producer |
| Mark Scantlebury | Executive Producer |
| Mark Robinson | Executive Producer |
| Jude Bibby | Post Producer |
| Mike Eccles | Editor |
| Daniel Ward | Editor |
| Dave Woodyer | Editor |