The groundbreaking and irreverent '80s British sketch comedy series

Attention, comedy fans: this is the real thing. Not The 9 O'Clock News is scathing, no-holds barred Brit humor at its best. Rapid-fire skits starring Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) are as politically incorrect as they are side-bustlingly funny, sparing no one as they take on the British Royal Family, Margaret Thatcher, Scotland Yard, country music, Christianity, devil worship, punk rock, and bathroom etiquette. This show is so irreverent, in fact, that when the pilot was due to air in April 1979, the BBC cancelled it due to its incendiary political content. When it last aired, the greatest comedy group to hit England since Monty Python's Flying Circus stormed the airwaves and revolutionized British and American television alike. Discover the show that set the standard for the anarchic cynicism that defined the alternative comedy of the 80's.