You Never Had It So Rude
How British traditions of satire and bawdy humour continued in the worlds of radio, TV, theatre and comics from the 1960s to the present day.
The final part of a series exploring British traditions of satire and bawdy humour brings the story of a naughty nation up to date and explores how a mass democracy of rude emerged, beginning with the 1960s revolutions and continuing with the today's controversies.
There is a look at how a tradition of rude cartooning came back to life, as cartoonists draw the iconic political figures of the last 50 years: Gerald Scarfe captures Harold Macmillan, Steve Bell does Margaret Thatcher and Martin Rowson depicts Tony Blair.
The rude comic art of Viz is revealed in the characters of Sid the Sexist and the Fat Slags, and the rude theatre of Joe Orton, the rude radio of Round the Horne and the hippy rudeness of underground magazine Oz are also investigated.
And the history of rude television is traced from Till Death Us Do Part to Little Britain via Spitting Image. Finally, there is a look at how rude comedy begins to be seen as offensive in sexist and racist ways.
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Music Played
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Arctic Monkeys
This House Is A Circus
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The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Unsquare Dance
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Reverend and the Makers
Heavyweight Champion Of The World
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Mud
Tiger Feet
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Nicky Chinn & Mike Chapman
Medley: Glamour and Gold
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The Young Ones
Challenged
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The Smiths
This Charming Man
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Robbie Williams
Let Me Entertain You
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Julian Rhind-Tutt |
Producer | Alastair Laurence |
Executive Producer | Michael Poole |
Broadcasts
- Wed 16 Jun 2010 21:00
- Thu 17 Jun 2010 00:25
- Thu 17 Jun 2010 03:15
- Sun 14 Nov 2010 02:45
- Sun 30 Jan 2011 01:30
- Tue 3 Jul 2012 22:00
- Thu 5 Jul 2012 23:10
- Tue 25 Sep 2012 23:45
- Wed 13 May 2015 00:00
- Tue 2 Aug 2016 02:30
- Tue 10 Mar 2020 01:30