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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 …

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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

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Michael Bates – In Profile

April 23, 2013 · No comments

Michael Bates, 1920 - 1978

We've done our best with the information we have been able to find, but should anyone be able to fill in the blanks, let

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Last Of The Summer Wine – Comedy Playhouse Pilot

April 17, 2013 · No comments

Last Of The Summer Wine - Of Funerals And Fish - 1973

  Who would have thought in 1973, when The Last Of The Summer Wine was just another episode

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Dad’s Army Marches On

April 1, 2013 · No comments

Dad's Army, The Lost Episodes, 2007 - 2008 and Dad's Army Marches On - 2010

Dad's Army is a national institution, enjoying regular repeats on the BBC.  It's as

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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

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Are You Being Served ?

March 25, 2013 · 1 Comment

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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Today Is Comic Relief Day

March 15, 2013 · No comments

Unless you've been on planet Mars, you'll know that today is comic relief day, the day when comedy does it's bit for some very good causes.  You can

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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

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Comic Relief – Day 3

March 12, 2013 · No comments

Dad's Army - Keep Young And Beautiful - 1972

When your talking classic comedy moments and Dad's Army, you almost certainly would come up with the Deadly Attachment.  However,

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