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The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999)

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything poster
Directed by
Matt Lipsey
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 08m
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film is a series of comedy sketches about famous moments in history. It makes fun of major historical events with a humorous take.

comediclightheartedparodicsketch-likebriskplayfulwhimsicalsatirical

What happens

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything is a collection of television comedy sketches, produced in 1999, broadcast in two parts on 2 and 4 January 2000 on BBC One. Based on well-known historical events, it took its title and concept from the 1969 London Weekend Television series The Complete and Utter History of Britain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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