Nick Swainey (archive footage) (uncredited)
Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context from which our favourite sitcoms grew. We enjoy a trip through the comedy archive in the company of the people who made some of the very best British sitcoms. From The Likely Lads to I'm Alan Partridge, we find out the inspiration behind some of the most-loved characters and how they reflect the times they were living in.
Therapist
A writer of crime fiction is suffering from writer's block. Haunted by dreams of his wife and child, he seeks solace in a Hitchcock Festival at his local cinema as well as regular sessions with his therapist. A disturbance outside his flat leads to a strange encounter, blurring the line between reality and fantasy.
Dalton Trumbo
Herbert Biberman struggles as a Hollywood writer and director blacklisted as one of The Hollywood Ten in the 1950s.
Teacher
Out of work, scrounger Robert Martin lives with his dysfunctional family - long suffering wife accident prone son and pregnant teenage daughter in a shabby house next door to a giant shopping center in the London suburbs. The Martins are the family from hell! Robert dreams if winning a dream holiday for his family, and when he fails to win yet another competition he flips, out tracks down the elderly winners, ties them up in the cellar and steals their tickets!
Estate Agent
A young novelist falls for a married blond beauty. She's too afraid to leave her thuggish husband and the idea of "accidental" death comes up. The writer doesn't go through with it and they break off. However, she's not done with him yet.
Trendy employees of a small London ad agency try to market beer for an old-fashioned client.
Policeman
필립 킴벌리 경은 영국 첩보(S.I.S. 일명 M.I.6)의 대장이자 영국 내에서도 장래가 촉망되는 인물이다. 하지만 사실 그는 몰래 소련과 내통하고 있는 스파이였다. 이 일이 탄로나자 킴벌리는 소련으로 망명하여 KGB의 보호 감호 속에 십여 년을 지낸다. 그러던 어느 날, KGB는 그를 강제로 성형수술시켜 세르게이 쿠즈민스키라는 새로운 인물을 만들고, 킴벌리는 간경화증으로 사망한 것으로 만든다. 쿠즈민스키라는 주 영소대사관 상무관으로 신분을 위장한 그는 영국에 부임하여 특수 임무를 수행하기로 한다.
