1950's ITV Comedy

Arthur Askey Appears Before Your Very Eyes!

January 29, 2021

1950's BBC Comedy, 1950's ITV Comedy

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

March 31, 2020

1950's, 1950's ITV Comedy, 1960's ITV Comedy

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

January 3, 2020

1950's ITV Comedy, Radio

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

October 14, 2018

1950's ITV Comedy, 1960's ITV Comedy

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...

The Tony Hancock Show, ITV

October 1, 2018

1950's ITV Comedy

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 prope...

Life with the Lyons, 1950

February 6, 2015

1950's, 1950's BBC Comedy, 1950's ITV Comedy, Radio

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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