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Episode 1: Would You Hit a Guy with Glasses?: Nerds, Jerks and Oddballs

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Series chronicling 100 years of American comedy looks at the role of the outsider, from Harold Lloyd to Woody Allen. Show more

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Episode 3: Slip on a Banana Peel: The Knockabouts

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Series about American comedy. This episode explores slapstick and features Laurel and Hardy, the Three Stooges and the Marx Brothers. Show more

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Episode 4: When I'm Bad, I'm Better: The Groundbreakers

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Series about American comedy looks at how audacious performers from Mae West to Lenny Bruce invoked 'freedom of speech' to bring laughs. Show more

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Episode 5: Never Give a Sucker an Even Break: The Wiseguys

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Series about American comedy looks at the wiseguys who get the final, and funniest, word, from WC Fields in the 30s to Larry David. Show more

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Episode 6: Sock it to Me?: Satire and Parody

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Series about American comedy looks at how performers from Jon Stewart to Mel Brooks have used satire to make fun of the world around them. Show more