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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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Hi-De-Hi Cast

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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Neighbourhood Watch with Wyatt’s Watchdogs

Wyatt's Watchdogs - 1988

Running for six thirty minute episodes over just one series this was Brian Wilde's first TV outing since his departure from Last Of

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Rising Damp – The Movie

Rising Damp - The Movie, 1980

Almost two years after the TV series finished, Rigsby hit the big screen with Rising Damp - The Movie. Failing to capture the magic

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Monty Python – Live At The Hollywood Bowl

Monty Python - Live At The Hollywood Bowl - 1982

Live At The Hollywood Bowl was the film of a concert show filmed at The Hollywood Bowl.  Originally the

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Remembering London Weekend Television – Part 4

Me And My Girl, 1984

There is so much comedy doing the rounds on various channels these days, but it never ceases to amaze me just how many have

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Remembering London Weekend Television – Part 3

Agony, 1979 - 1981

Agony was the ITV sitcom that ran for 31 episodes (3 Series) between 1979 and 1981.  It was voted in that now famous poll to

Are You Being Served?

Are You Being Served ?

Are You Being Served ? 1972 - 1985

Posted this week as part of our tribute to the comedy that came out of BBC's Television Centre, but also in

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Comic Relief – Day 5

Only Fools And Horses - Yuppy Love - 1989

Voted in the top two of a Radio Times Poll of the funniest comedy moments and rightly so.  Of all

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