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All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky
1.3: Not Only But Also. Released 6 November 2025.
Following the success of Beyond the Fringe, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore came to television with three series in a more whimsical tone than the biting stage show which shot them to fame, but still infused with Cook’s astonishing wordplay and Moore’s immense charm. We watched a selection of favourite sketches.
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Abigoliah Schamaun
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Join us next time for The Goon Show. We’ll be listening to series 5 episode 2, The Lost Goldmine and series 7, episode 19, The Mysterious Punch Up The Conker. Both are readily available on Audible, on CD or floating around the internet.
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All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky
1.2: The Young Ones. Released 23 October 2025.
The first full expression of the anarchic style of alternative comedy was BBC2’s The Young Ones. 12 episodes were broadcast between 1982 and 1984 and they’re all currently available on iPlayer. The show made stars of Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson and kickstarted Ben Elton’s career as a comedy writer.
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Abigoliah Schamaun
Tom Salinsky
Join us next time for Not Only But Also. We’ll be watching a compilation of famous sketches, many of which you can find on YouTube. Our list comprises One Leg Too Few. Pete and Dud Famous Ladies. Bargo. Masterpiece. Alan A’Dale. A Bit of a Chat. Teaching Ravens to Fly Underwater. North Circular. Pete and Dud at the Art Gallery.
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All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky
1.1: Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Released 9 October 2025
The seminal comedy show which ran for 45 episodes between 1969 and 1974 on BBC1 (first three series) and BBC2 (final series). It made stars of writer-performers Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and animator Terry Gilliam. We watched series two, episode two and series three, episode ten.
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Abigoliah Schamaun
Tom Salinsky
Join us next time for The Young Ones. We’ll be watching series one, episode two Oil, and series two, episode one, Bambi.
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All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky
Episode 0: In the Beginning.
To kick off our journey through British comedy, we surveyed our first set of eight shows, all LANDMARKS of the genre.
1. Monty Python’s Flying Circus (which influenced all the comedy after it)
2. The Young Ones (which brought anarchic alternative comedy to the BBC)
3. Not Only But Also (early TV incarnation of Britain’s foremost satirists)
4. The Goon Show (who inspired all of the foregoing)
5. Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (incredible stand-up and sketch from someone with no role models to look up to)
6. The Office (created a whole new genre of sitcom)
7. The Day Today (birthplace of so many modern comedy legends)
8. I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue (ridiculously long-running masterpiece of silliness)
That’s our plan for the next eight episodes. We do hope you can join us. Here’s a long list of social media systems where you can find the podcast and us.
The podcast
Abigoliah Schamaun
Tom Salinsky
Join us next time for our first proper episode on Monty Python’s Flying Circus. We’ll be watching series two, episode two and series three, episode ten.
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