Season 1
3 episodes · 2007
Episode 1. The Fun Factory
2007-09-10 · 60 min
Concentrating on the work of comic geniuses such as Leo Baxendale, programme one takes us from the launch of The Dandy through to the comics of the mid-1960s to examine how the anarchic humour of these cheap, colourful publications…
Episode 2. Boys and Girls
2007-09-17 · 60 min
From Dan Dare, Captain Hurricane and Roy of the Rovers to the distressed damsels of Bunty, Girl and School Friend, part two celebrates the gender-defining comics of post-war Britain. Includes interviews with celebrity fans such as…
Episode 3. X-Rated: Anarchy In The UK
2007-09-24 · 60 min
In the 1970s and 1980s comic books became darker, more graphic and more adult. This programme features interviews with ground-breaking writers such as Alan Moore, who spearheaded this new wave of comics.
