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May 22, 2013 · No comments

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 …

The League of Gentlemen – 1999

May 21, 2013 · No comments

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

Hi-De-Hi !

May 17, 2013 · 1 Comment

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

Streets Apart

May 16, 2013 · No comments

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

Citizen James

May 14, 2013 · No comments

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

Keeping Up Appearances

May 5, 2013 · No comments

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

Neighbourhood Watch with Wyatt’s Watchdogs

May 1, 2013 · No comments

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

Last Of The Summer Wine – the Michael Bates years

April 23, 2013 · 1 Comment

Last of The Summer Wine made it’s debut in January 1973 as an episode of the long running Comedy Playhouse series. It was commissioned almost immediately for a