Rise in organised and drug related crime

Within British comedy, the issue of crime has been explored to some degree. Though, much of these films focus on crime in the rough areas in London, often depicting East End British gangsters in the criminal underworld.

In many ways, British comedy mocks crime and the fact that criminals may seem more foolish and irrational in serious situations, as seen in Snatch (2000), Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Parole Officer (2001). However the use if drug references and drug culture has been explored in comedy, in order to reflect the fact that smuggling drugs was a serious issue in the late 1990s. These films focus on the comical underworld, where gangsters are pitted against each one another in order to pursue something, as evident in Snatch where the ccriminals are fighting for a diamond and resort to comical means to go about getting the jewel.