ITV’s First Sitcom – The Army Game
The Army Game, 1957
Doctor Who At 60!As Doctor Who prepares to celebrate 60 years we are going back in time to look back at it's comedy connections. Today it's the turn of the original Doctor William Hart...
Hancock’s Half Hour, TV Show
Hancock's Half Hour, 1956
The original radio series is often referred to as the first British sitcom. Hancock’s Half Hour, transferred onto television alongside the popular radio show of the same name in...
Platinum Jubilee Comedy – 1950’s
The 1950's - The Great British Sitcom Is Born
This year sees the platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. That's 70 years on the throne.We thought we'd flick back and look at some of the comedy hi...
Beyond Our Ken
Beyond Our Ken, 1958
Beyond Our Ken was the predecessor to Round The Horne. Running for 7 series clocking up 101 episodes plus 2 christmas specials. Eric Merriman had previously written material for Kenneth ...
Tony Hancock, Profiled
Tony Hancock 12th May, 1924 - 24th June, 1968
Continuing our look at some of the biggest and most important names from comedy over the last 70 years. Today it's the lad himself: Tony Hancock.Regarded by m...
Life with the Lyons, 1950
Not so much a sitcom as a comedy soap opera, this vintage series started life on the BBC Light Program in 1950, where it ran until 1961. In 1955 the show made the move to television where it ran until 1960.
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