All posts in 1950′s BBC Comedy

March 8, 2013 · No comments

It’s Friday, It’s Five To five, and It’s CRACKERJACK !

Crackerjack 1955 – 1984 Crackerjack was the long running kids TV Comedy/variety show that ran for a mammoth 29 years and over 400 shows. probably best known for it’s famous prize game Double or Drop and it’s comic sketches courtesy …

The Goon Show 1951 – 1960

November 22, 2012 · No comments

Considered by many as the greatest radio show of all time. A legend within it's own lifetime The Goon Show was a British Radio Comedy Program that ran

Hancock’s Half Hour (The Radio Shows)

November 20, 2012 · No comments

Hancock's Half Hour (The Radio Shows) 1954 - 1959

Perhaps this was Tony Hancock at his best. Supported by Sid James and Bill Kerr with a young Kenneth Williams

The Benny Hill Show

February 3, 2012 · 1 Comment

One of the longest running comedy shows on British Television The Benny Hill Show ran for forty years from it's early days in the 1950's to 1992. Initially

Take It From Here

April 17, 2011 · No comments

Take It From Here - 1948

Take It From Here was the popular Sunday BBC Radio comedy program, written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden. It ran from 1948

Before Round The Horne We Were Beyond Our Ken

February 6, 2011 · No comments

Beyond Our Ken 1958 - 1964 Beyond Our Ken was the predecessor to Round The Horne. Running for 7 series clocking up 101 episodes plus

Classic Radio Comedy With Ted Ray In…..

January 23, 2011 · No comments

Ray's A Laugh 1949 - 1961

Ted Ray was the popular British comedian of the 1950's and 1960's. He's probably best remembered for his Radio Show "Ray's A Laugh"

Christmas Night With The Stars

December 25, 2010 · No comments

Christmas Night With The Stars 1958 - 1972

The variety television show broadcast each Christmas Night by the BBC between 1958 and 1972. Although the show ended in 1972

Happy Christmas Tony Hancock Style

December 5, 2010 · No comments

Hancock's Happy Christmas - 1956

A Christmas Special from Tony Hancock’s popular radio series. Summary “Christmas is going to be just like any other day in this house – dead miserable”