Gold to reveal How The Young Ones Changed Comedy

Friday 9 March 2018 The nations favourite comedy channel, Gold will explore the impact of one of the most influential British sitcoms of all time with two brand new UKTV Original retrospectives, How The Young Ones Changed Comedy (1x120) and The Young Ones 20 Greatest Moments (1x60). Produced by North One, they will examine the anarchic shows enduring legacy, its success in opening the floodgates for an entire generation of household name comedians and how it inspired many of todays comic stars.

How The Young Ones Changed Comedy will combine archive footage with revelations from many of the stars who were involved both in front of and behind the camera, such as Nigel Planer, Alexei Sayle, John Lloyd, Paul Jackson, Lise Mayer, while comedians that followed in its wake such as David Baddiel, Charlie Higson, Clive Anderson and Richard Herring will discuss how it influenced them and galvanised the British comedy scene. Meanwhile, The Young Ones 20 Greatest Moments will count down the finest scenes from the show, as selected by comedians and industry experts.

How The Young Ones Changed Comedy and The Young Ones 20 Greatest Moments are commissioned by Joe McVey, commissioning executive, and ordered by Richard Watsham, director of commissioning and Steve North, genre general manager, comedy and entertainment. Executive producer for North One is John Quinn and the series is directed by Sean Doherty.

Joe McVey said:

I can think of no other sit-com that has had a larger influence on modern comedy than The Young Ones. And while watching it in glorious HD may not have the same illicit thrill as watching it on some dodgy VHS passed around the playground most fans of the shows eyesight isnt what it was so its probably for the best. For true fans of the show may I suggest watching it with a youngster and enjoy the repetition of the phrase so thats where that comes from.

Steve North said:

We know Gold viewers loved our retrospective on Only Fools and Horses and are eagerly awaiting our forthcoming documentary about dinnerladies. With The Young Ones proving to be a real shot in the arm for British comedy, it will be fascinating to revisit.

John Quinn said:

Terrifyingly, I am old enough to remember watching the first episode go out as a kid. I had no idea what it was, but the moment Rik Mayall launched into a poetic eulogy to Cliff and Vyvyan made his crashing entrance through the kitchen wall screaming Ive been down the morgue - I got a leg!, I knew I would never look at comedy the same way again. Its a thing of sheer joy to be making this overdue tribute to a genuine game-changer.

How The Young Ones Changed Comedy and The Young Ones 20 Greatest Moments are just the latest UKTV Original retrospectives for Gold, following the huge success of The Story of Only Fools and Horses and the upcoming dinnerladies diaries. Gold continues to commission programming from and about the cream of British comedy, with last years UKTV Original Murder on The Blackpool Express becoming the channels highest ever rating show.

How The Young Ones Changed Comedy and The Young Ones 20 Greatest Moments will both air on Gold in the spring.

For more information please contact:

Ben Duncan, Publicist, UKTV

About Gold

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Dedicated to celebrating the best of British comedy, Gold is the nations favourite comedy channel. Much-loved comedy series such as Only Fools and Horses, The Vicar of Dibley and The Royle Family sit alongside an array of successful UKTV Originals including David Jason: My Life on Screen, The Rebel, The Story of Only Fools and Horses, and Murder on the Blackpool Express, which stars a stunning cast including Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson. The feature length UKTV Original attracted 1.72 million viewers in its first week in 2017, making it Golds highest ever rating show.

The perfect tonic to make you laugh whatever the time of day, Gold shows universally funny content that everyone can enjoy.

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UKTV is a commercial broadcaster reaching over 40m viewers every month.

The award-winning independent has eleven imaginative brands - UKTV Play, Dave, W, Gold, Alibi, Yesterday, Drama, Really, Home, Eden and Good Food. These include the two most popular non-PSB channels in the UK and account for nearly 10% of the British commercial TV market.

The network delivers inspired channels to audiences through Freeview, Sky, Virgin Media, BT, TalkTalk, YouView, Freesat, Amazon Fire and UKTV Play, and distributes its highly valued original programmes to 200 territories. Now celebrating over 20 years at the forefront of digital television, UKTV - an independent commercial joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Discovery, Inc. - is proud to be the first British television broadcaster in The Sunday Times top 100 companies list.

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