Alan Davies' Teenage Revolution

Alan Davies' Teenage Revolution (2010)

EndedDocumentary showComedy, History

Actor and comedian Alan Davies grew up in the 1980s, an era when it seemed everything from race relations to sexual politics, jobs and the economy - was going through a revolution. And it was the conflicts of that decade that helped shape Alan - and shaped the Britain we live in today. Packed with archive footage and home videos, this three-part series offers Alan's very personal history of the 1980s. Starting as a rebellious teenager in suburban Essex, it tells the story of coming of age in Thatcher's Britain.

Network
Scheduleevery Thursday at 21:00 (60 min)

Last Episode

Get Up, Stand Up
Season 1Episode 360 min

Get Up, Stand Up

Get Up, Stand Up, charts the end of the 1980s, its legacy and the beginning of Alan's comedy career. Alan tracks down some of the inspirational figures who for him defined the era, from Rory Bremner to Neil Kinnock. In 1988, after four years of studying drama at university, Alan joined the ranks of the unemployed. He traces the beginnings of his desire to perform on stage, and how this eventually propelled him to climb the slippery slope of stand-up comedy. But not the old style comedy of racist, sexist, homophobic gags. In the 1980s, it sometimes seemed as if comedy, theatre and TV drama were the only opposition that Mrs Thatcher was unable to defeat. She may have had them all in her sights, but the Poll Tax demonstration at the close of the decade hastened the end of her political career, and Alan was there to see it.

Sep 23, 2010

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EpisodeNameAirdate
S01E03Get Up, Stand UpSep 23, 2010
S01E02Which Side are You OnSep 16, 2010
S01E01The Rebel from SuburbiaSep 9, 2010
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Alan Davies

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