All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 War & Peace

    • November 15, 2014
    • BBC Two

    A look at how, from Dad's Army to It Ain't Half Hot Mum, the comedies of Jimmy Perry and David Croft portrayed the British at war and still shape the way we think of the wartime years today.

  • S01E02 A Touch of Class

    • November 22, 2014
    • BBC Two

    Series looking at how the comedies of Jimmy Perry and David Croft chronicled 20th century Britain continues by examining the nation's obsession with status.

  • S01E03 Birds and Bees

    • November 29, 2014
    • BBC Two

    A look at the changes in morality and attitudes towards romance and relationships in Britain over the years and how these were reflected in the comedies of Perry and Croft.

  • S01E04 Wind of Change

    • December 13, 2014
    • BBC Two

    A look at the end of eras and the beginnings of new identities, and how the situation comedies of Jimmy Perry and David Croft reflected old ideas as they faded and a new British identity as it was being forged.