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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

Last on

Sat 13 Feb 202120:10
BBC Two

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Music Played

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Opportunities

  • Happy Mondays

    Step On

  • Tommy Steele

    Come On, Let's Go

  • Eric Coates

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

    Performer: Eric Coates Orchestra.

Credits

Executive ProducerCaroline Wright
ProducerVerity Maidlow

Broadcasts

  • Sat 22 Nov 201420:00
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
  • Sat 22 Nov 201420:15
    BBC Two Northern Ireland
  • Fri 28 Nov 201419:00
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Tue 22 Dec 201515:45
    BBC Two
  • Sun 20 Mar 201618:30
    BBC Two except Scotland & Wales
  • Sat 2 Apr 201618:00
    BBC Two Wales
  • Sat 13 Feb 202120:10
    BBC Two except Scotland