All posts tagged 1960′s BBC Comedy

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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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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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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

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Monty Python’s Flying Circus

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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Comic Relief – Day 4

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 2

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

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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

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Marriage Lines

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

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Not Only, But Also

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

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Fifty Years old Today – That Was The Week That Was !

That Was the Week That Was - 1962 - 1963

The fore-runner to The Frost Report, That Was The Week That Was, ran for two series in 1962 and

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