All posts in 1960′s BBC Comedy

May 14, 2013 · No comments

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 for three series and thirty two episodes between 1960 and 1962. …

Monty Python’s Flying Circus

March 27, 2013 · No comments

Monty Python's Flying Circus 1969 - 1974

A television phenomenon that changed the face of British Television comedy forever. First airing on BBC1 in October of 1969 the series

The Likely Lads 1964 – 1966

March 24, 2013 · No comments

A classic of it's time and now often forgotten, alongside regular repeats of it's successor Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads and lack of surviving material. This black-and-white

Comic Relief – Day 4

March 13, 2013 · No comments

Monty Python's Flying Circus

If you're looking at comedy you've got to include the classic Monty Python (we've an all new feature in the coming weeks on Monty Python). We've

Comic Relief – Day 2

March 11, 2013 · No comments

Hancock - The Blood Donor - 1961

"a pint ? have you gone raving mad ?" Continuing our look back at some of comedy's finest moments. These are our pick

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

March 8, 2013 · No comments

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

Marriage Lines

February 26, 2013 · No comments

Marriage Lines - 1961

Early Richard Briers, Marriage lines was the BBC sitcom that ran for five series through forty six episodes between 1961 and 1966. Originally entitled The

Not Only, But Also

January 26, 2013 · No comments

Not Only...But Also - 1964 - 1970

This was a great comedy in it's day and even now stands the test of time, but like so many we cover

Up Pompeii – The BBC TV Series

January 6, 2013 · No comments

So we forgot that 2012 was twenty years since the death of Frankie Howerd's death, so all this week it's all about Frankie Howerd. After a pilot episode in