The Fun Factory

Armando Iannucci presents a series which explores the history of British comics. He looks back to a golden age when children's humour comics sold in their millions, and reveals the artists and writers behind the magical worlds where grown-ups are terrorised and kids rule. Desperate Dan, Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx and the Bash Street Kids - from the pages of the Beano and Dandy appeared characters so funny and alive they were as much a part of childhood as sweets and nits. For seventy years these brilliant inventions enchanted generations of young readers.

Comics Britannia explores a golden age when children's humour comics sold in their millions. Oscar-winning animator Nick Park, cartoonist Steve Bell, children's laureate Michael Rosen and writer Jacqueline Wilson confess their lifelong passion for the comic strips of childhood.