Rude Britannia

Challenging and provocative series exploring British traditions of satire, bawdy and lewd humour and the nation's taste for ridicule and mockery

Rude Britannia - A History Most Satirical, Bawdy, Lewd and Offensive

Georgian Britain was openly rude, as the art of Hogarth and Cruikshank and the literature of Pope, Swift, Byron and Sterne shows.

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Rude Britannia - Presents Bawdy Songs and Lewd Photographs

How traditions of satire and bawdy and lewd humour survived the era of Victorian values and thrived in the first half of the 20th century.

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Rude Britannia - You Never Had It So Rude

How British traditions of satire and bawdy humour continued in the worlds of radio, TV, theatre and comics from the 1960s to the present day.

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