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The Morecambe And Wise Show

The Morecambe And Wise Show 1968 – 1977 (BBC) 1978 – 1983 (Thames) Running as a tribute to Eddie Braben who sadly passed away yesterday.  We will be looking at Eddie Braben when we spend a week looking back at …

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The League of Gentlemen – 1999

Somthing a little different.  This show has been labelled with a bit of every tag in TV: Horror, Comedy, Cult.  Officially it was written as a comedy. The League

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Carry On Screaming

Carry On Screaming - 1966

The Carry On franchise was continuing to churn out material as we reach the twelfth installment in the hugely successful series. A parody of the

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Two in Clover

Two in Clover - 1969

Another seldom heard of sitcom from ITV, this one stars Sid James. Two in clover ran for two series between 1969 and 1970, for thirteen

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Hi-De-Hi !

We're running this post today as a tribute to Paul Shane who played Ted Bovis in the hit show, whose death was announced yesterday.  Ted Bovis remains one

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Streets Apart

Streets Apart, 1988

Reading a newspaper article recently about Amanda Redman leaving New Tricks got me thinking, what was that sitcom I could remember her in, after a lot

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Citizen James

Citizen James - 1960

A forgotten BBC comedy starring the late Sid James.  With Hancock's Half Hour behind him James strikes out in his own sitcom, Citizen James ran

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Carry On Constable

Sid James joins the Carry On Team in Carry On Constable -1960

Carry On Constable was the fourth in the long running film series and marked the debut of

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Bless This House 1971 – 1976

In celebration of a week that would have seen Sid James reach 100 we are commemorating his works. Perhaps Sid James’ finest moment.  Produced for ITV by Thames Television,

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Keeping Up Appearances

Keeping Up Appearances, 1990

Another Roy Clarke classic, only this time set away from Yorkshire.  Clarke's wonderful comic creation Hyacinth Bucket is one of British Sitcoms finest characters.  Keping

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