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A Touch of Class

Episode 2 of 4

The 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.

The British have long had an obsession with status and this was reflected in Perry and Croft's sitcoms. From the upstairs-downstairs world of You Rang, M'Lord? to the inversion of the class relationship between Captain Mainwaring and Sergeant Wilson in Dad's Army, there were always laughs to be found in the nation's attitudes towards class and social status.

29 minutes

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Sat 13 Feb 2021 20:10
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:07

    Pet Shop Boys

    Opportunities

  • 00:11

    Happy Mondays

    Step On

  • 00:18

    Tommy Steele

    Come On, Let's Go

  • 00:22

    Eric Coates

    Calling All Workers (Worker's Playtime' Theme Tune)

    Performer: Eric Coates Orchestra.

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Executive Producer Caroline Wright
Producer Verity Maidlow

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