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The Tunnel

Synopsis

In the middle of an industrial wasteland in South East London lies a piece of untold comedy history, the Tunnel Club. A long-gone hive for Britain's wildest acts: a comedian and a notorious heckler tell its story and that of its infamous compere, unsung 'godfather of alternative comedy,' Malcolm Hardee.
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Details

Year
2012
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
34 mins 30 secs
Format
HDSLR
Director
Jody VandenBurg
Producer
Naomi de Pear
Executive Producer
Elizabeth Mitchell
Editor
Domenico Favata
Director of Photography
Ossi Jalkanen
Sound
James Ian Gray, Julia Thompson
Composer
thelistencollective
Principal cast
Simon Munnery, Ben Burke, Harry Enfield, Arthur Smith, Kevin McCarthy, Malcolm Hardee
Still Photographs
Bill Alford

Genre

Comedy

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Far Side Films

Jody VandenBurg

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