Absence Quote by Dick Clement

The BBC say we need more working-class comedies, which is rubbish. We need funny comedies; it doesn't matter where they come from.

— June Whitfield

We know that the British public are obsessed with class.

— Lady Colin Campbell

The British are absolutely hung up on class, and whenever they start to really - class for the English is like sex for Americans:…

— Gore Vidal

England is strictly class-based. What's surprising is how many films are still made with a load of people in silly frocks running around gardens…

— Stephen Daldry

I feel that a lot of British comedy is often too bombastic, too obvious, dressing up and shouting and pulling funny faces.

— Ricky Gervais

There is so much cross-pollination between the U.S. and Britain in terms of comedians. British TV comedies work well in the U.S. American stand-ups…

— John Oliver

Britain's obsession with class has always been there.

— Jean Marsh

It's a lucky kink for comedy writers that particular English obsession and interest with class and social difference. It maybe is not good for…

— Jesse Armstrong

In Britain, class is a neurosis. You judge people from the moment they open their mouth and start speaking: what their accent represents in…

— Dan Fox

Years ago, there was a variety theatre in every British town, and people paid to go down and see it. Comedy was the main…

— Norman Wisdom

The British have turned their sense of humour into a national virtue. It is odd, because through much of history, humour has been considered…

— Theodore Zeldin

In the U.K., there is a sort of obsession with class.

— Laura Carmichael