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...
No ! Not Those Larkins, The Original Larkins…
The Larkins, 1958
As the title suggested it's not The Larkins as recently seen on ITV , or those from the original Darling Buds Of May.The Larkins was an early ITV sitcom that ran for forty episodes over s...
The Arthur Haynes Show
The Arthur Haynes Show, 1956
In 2023 this is another huge talent in his day that gets forgotten about, yet his ITV show made Arthur Haynes one of the most popular comedians in Britain at the time.The show ...
The Tony Hancock Show, ITV
Jack Hylton Presents: The Tony Hancock Show, 1956
Mention Tony Hancock and most people would think of those classic BBC shows on TV and radio. However Hancock's Half Hour was not Tony Hancock's first proper ...
Arthur Askey Appears Before Your Very Eyes!
Before Your Very Eyes! 1952
Perhaps the earliest TV show we've featured. Before Your Very Eyes was a TV sketch show that ran initially on the BBC and later on ITV. The title was taken from Askey's catchphras...
Educating Archie
Educating Archie, 1950
Educating Archie started life as a long running Radio Comedy in 1950 on the BBC Light Programme, a huge hit with audiences despite it being a ventriloquist on the radio, it attractted av...
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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