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Legends – Remembered

Anyone who watched Monday night’s Royal Variety performance, can’t help but be reminded of why people regard British comedy amongst the best in the world.  Here we had Sir Bruce Forsyth doing his stuff at 80 years old.  We had …

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Great Occasions And The Television

As we are in Diamond Jubilee Weekend we thought a look back at how in sixty years television has brought great state occasions into our living rooms.  Launching

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Countdown To Jubilee – Day 7 – The Royals And Comedy

How Comedy Has Portrayed The Royal Family

Looking back over sixty years no subject has been spared by comedy writers even the Royal family.  From pranks on Beadle's About

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Are These Some Of TV Comedy’s Greatest Moments?

Comedy's Greatest Hits?

We've discussed over the last couple of days how perhaps some comedy's are under-rated.  Well as a tribute to what this site is all about, here

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Dad’s Army

Bridging The Generation Gap

In many posts we've referred to polls conducted to find the most popular sitcom of all time, invariably Only Fools And Horses comes out top. 

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Was Comedy Better In Years Gone By?

Is The Modern Sitcom Starting To Gain the Momentum That Stand Up Has In Recent Years?

This week we've looked at how some of the most famous British sitcoms

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That Was 2011 That Was

And This Was Christmas TV - 2011

Well it's that time of the year again where newspapers and TV companies fill our lives with the joy that was 2011. 

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A Final Evening With The Comedy Legends

Part 3 - Coming Up To Date

We've picked our legends for these posts on the basis they have all done stand up and in our opinion most will

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Dad’s Army – Battle Of The Giants – 1971

Dad's Army remains one of Britain's best loved sitcoms, but it had to wait until 1971 before it got it's first Christmas Special.  What's more it wasn't Christmas

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David Croft – 1922 – 2011

Major David John Croft, OBE (born David John Andrew Sharland; 7 September 1922 – 27 September 2011) was an English writer, producer and director. He is perhaps best

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