Season 1
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Two visionary writers navigate friendship and rivalry, crafting timeless sitcoms that reflect a changing Britain and their own lives.
Episodes
From Dad's Army to It Ain't Half Hot Mum, the comedies of Perry and Croft portrayed the British at war and still mold the way that we think of the war years even today.
The British obsession with social status was reflected in Perry and Croft's comedies from the upstairs-downstairs world of You Rang M'Lord to the relationship between Capt. Mainwaring and Wilson.
This penultimate edition of the series looks at changes in morality and attitudes towards romance and relationships in Britain and how these were reflected in the sitcoms of Perry and Croft.
A look at how the sitcoms of Perry and Croft encapsulated the end of an era. Reflecting old ideas as they faded and a new British identity as it was being formed.
Jimmy Perry and David Croft wrote some of Britain's favorite sitcoms, but these classic comedies are also a unique chronicle of 20th century Britain.