Alexei Sayle Movies

The Fringe, Fame and Me is the story of how a small Scottish arts festival that began 75 years ago this year became a national institution – a...

In true Peter Richardson fashion, "30 Years Of Comic Strip" defies the conventional norms of a retrospective documentary. It brings together some of...

A look back at the origins of the ground breaking BBC comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus.

A ski run in Italy, a supermarket manager in Luton, a sandwich bar in London EC2, Arena opens the bonnet of the Ford Cortina, Britain's most popular,...

Michael Grade traces the raucous history of the music hall in a revelatory journey that takes him from venues such as Wilton's Music Hall in London...

Les Dogs are the band playing in a large marquee to celebrate the wedding of Geoffrey and Angela. During the reception, the fathers of the groom and...

Carl Moss leaves jail,where he has taken the rap for his evil twin Sterling,and has been declared a model prisoner. Pauline Sneek,his probation...

The history of British comedy from the 1970s to today, showing how the work of Reeves and Mortimer provided a link between old-style acts such as...

A tongue-in-cheek "behind the scenes" look at the Comic Strip comedy club in the early 1980s, which gave rise to 'The Comic Strip Presents'

Convicts Mick and Gary are being escorted to the dentist when their prison van has an accident and they wind up at a remote farmhouse occupied by...

A clown is not happy with his job at his father's circus so he gets into politics, and some weeks later he is the Prime Minister John Major. But...

Comedian Alexei Sayle, playwright Arnold Wesker and writer David Aaronovitch recall fascinating episodes from their communist childhood.

Mickey and Mo head to Liverpool for the chance of a big score

Three alternative comedians get involved in a pyramid-selling organization, Pathway, in order to finance their act. They gain great success by...

Larry, a young criminal, is taught to walk away from a crime scene and never run by his Uncle Henry, a hitman. However he is a purse snatcher and...

The hardships faced by a woman trying to survive a bloody civil war while caring for the abandoned child of the deposed former ruler.

Drama-documentary which explores the life and work of the writer Hector Hugh Munro, better known by his pen name Saki, whose short stories satirised...

The story of Francis Cooper and his mother; Emily Maddison and that man's face; and Craig MacKay and his cat.

A look back at the making of the insane sitcom and the impact it caused.

A young man's odyssey from a small town in Colorado to Budapest, in search of his estranged girlfriend.