Cult British TV comedy : from Reeves and Mortimer to Psychoville /
Hunt, Leon,1961-
Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,
2013.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-253) and index.
1. From alternative to cult: mapping post-alternative comedy -- 2. Britain's top light entertainer and singer: Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer and the cultification of light entertainment -- 3. 'Careful now': Graham Linehan-a case study in post-alternative sitcom -- 4. Patchy in places: developments in post-alternative sketch comedy -- 5. Community and intimacy: from laugh track to commentary track -- 6. The 'Zooniverse' and other (furnished) comic worlds -- 7. Are you sitting uncomfortably? From 'cringe' to 'dark' comedy -- 8. Near the  knuckle? It nearly took my arm off! British comedy and the 'new offensiveness'.
Television comedies