Timeshift — Season 1, Episode 6: he Rise and Fall of the Comedy Straight Man

Episode synopsis

Timeshift celebrates the comedy double act's unsung half, with archive footage of Morecambe and Wise, Benny Hill and the Monty Python team. Contributors include Syd Little and Barry Cryer. Narrated by Mark Lamarr.

About Timeshift

Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Grunwick Strike
• E2The Cannabis Years
• E3The Writer's Trade
• E4The Sailing Sixties
• E5Attenborough: The Controller Years
• E7A Shadow Over Europe
• E8Whatever Happened to the Working Class?
• E9Notting Hill Riots
• E10What Have the Germans Done for Us?
• E11Greenham Common Changed My Life
• E12Car Crazy
• E13The Magic Roundabout Story