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Video Nasty. Image shows left to right: Con (Cal O'Driscoll), Billy (Justin Daniels Anene), Zoe (Leia Murphy)
Video Nasty

Video Nasty

  • TV comedy drama
  • BBC Three
  • 2025
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Comedy drama set in 1985 about three teenagers who go on an quest to complete a cult VHS collection. Stars Justin Daniels Anene, Cal O'Driscoll, Leia Murphy, Simone Kirby, Milo Callaghan and more.

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Press clippings

Video Nasty: the true story behind the 1980s-set banned horror movie series

The six-part comedy-drama about teens trying to complete their illegal horror movie collection tells a fun story about the real evil in moral panics.

Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 9th January 2025

Video Nasty review

A bumpily chaotic but endearing joyride that will feel like a period drama for anyone under 40.

Keith Watson, The Telegraph, 8th January 2025

First look images for Video Nasty

Video Nasty tells the story of three mostly normal (but kind of weird) teenagers who go on an epic quest to complete a cult horror VHS collection.

BBC, 4th December 2024

Video Nasty comedy drama coming to BBC Three next year

BBC Three has ordered Video Nasty, a comedy drama about the 1980s "video nasties" moral panic.

British Comedy Guide, 21st March 2024

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