The Benny Hill Show
The Benny Hill Show, 1955
One of the longest running comedy shows on British Television The Benny Hill Show ran for forty years from it's early days in the 1950's to 1992. Initially the show aired on BBC1, tr...
The Alpine Holiday
Hancock's Half Hour, The Alpine Holiday, 1957
The first episode of series two sees a change of cast. Sid James featured in the Hancock's Half Hour TV series but is absent in this episode.
Instead Hancock s...
Christmas Night With The Stars
Christmas Night With The Stars 1958 - 1972
The variety television show broadcast each Christmas Night by the BBC between 1958 and 1972. Although the show ended in 1972 the BBC did resurrect the format in 1982...
Tony Hancock’s Christmas Special
Hancock's 43 minutes, 1957
Hancock's 43 minutes came at the end of the third series of his BBC television series.
Christmas Specials as we now know them were unheard of in the day, consequently this was the...
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 ...
Keeping Up With The Jones’ In……
Beggar My Neighbour, 1966
Originally broadcast in 1966 as part of the BBC's long running Comedy Playhouse series. Beggar My Neighbour went on to run for three series between 1967 and 1968. In 1967 a short ep...
The Norman Evans Show, 1956
As part of our series of posts looking at the changing face of entertainment over the last 70 years we came accross this little gem.
Les Dawson often referred to fellow comedian, Norman Evans as the inspirat...
The Goon Show, 1951
Considered by many as the greatest radio show of all time. A legend within it's own lifetime The Goon Show was a British Radio Comedy Program that ran for 238 episodes and 12 specials over 9 years. It was cre...
The East Cheam Repertory Company, 1957
Hancock's 43 Minutes, BBC TV series, Christmas Special, 1957
Personally I'm going to miss my weekly Hancock fix on the radio, when next week the latest series of Missing Hancocks comes to an end next Monday 21...
Tony’s Going On An Economy Drive
Hancock's Half Hour, The Economy Drive
With all the constant talk of cuts and osterity it reminded me of a little gem from Hancock's Half Hour.
Taken from the start of the fifth television series there are ...