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...
ITV’s First Sitcom – The Army Game
The Army Game, 1957
Another show that takes a well known name out of their comfort zone, in this case William Hartnell, who was famed for playing straight parts, he would of course go on to be the first Doctor...
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...
The Larkins
The Larkins, 1958
The Larkins was an early ITV sitcom that ran for forty episodes over six series.The show originally ran for four series between 1958 and 1960. It took a break and with some changes to th...
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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