1960's

galton and simpson present their personal favourite episodes from their work in part one it's tony hancock in the blood donor

Galton and Simpson Present – Our Favourite Hancock – Part 1

September 10, 2020

1960's, 1960's BBC Comedy, BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter, TV Comedy

Hancock, The Blood Donor, 1961 To celebrate the 60th anniversary, in 2014, of the first broadcast of Hancock's Half Hour on BBC Radio. Comedy scriptwriting legends Ray Galton and Alan Simpson presented a very ...

Title Card from tony hancock's final comedy series hancock down under

Tony’s Last Half Hour..

June 23, 2020

1960's

Hancock Down Under -1968 After failing to re-spark his career after the break with Galton and Simpson in 1961, Tony Hancock found himself in Australia after being contracted to make a 13-part series, Hancock ...

Curry And Chips

April 10, 2020

1960's, 1960's ITV Comedy, ITV Comedy, TV Comedy

Curry And Chips - 1969 Perhaps the most controversial sitcom ever made. Curry And Chips was a six part comedy based on an idea from Spike Milligan and featured an all star cast.The series was supposed to ...

Carry On Cowboy

January 12, 2020

1960's, Carry On

Carry On Cowboy - 1965 In the eleventh of the successful film franchise the team turn their attentions to the wild west. It sees the debut of some more of the better known regulars in Peter Butterworth, who w...

That’s My Boy – 1963

September 22, 2019

1960's, 1960's ITV Comedy, ITV Comedy, TV Comedy

We spend many hours looking for often forgotten or rare sitcoms, so you can imagine our delight when out of the blue into our inbox popped an email from DVD retailer Network On Air. It detailed a sitcom we had...

Wilfrid Brambell In Profile

May 5, 2019

1960's, 1970's, Comedy Actors

Wilfrid Brambell, 1912 - 1985 Irish film and TV actor Wilfrid Brambell will always be best known for his roles in the hit BBC comedy Steptoe and Son and as Paul Mc Cartney's fictional Grandfather in The Beatle...

spikle milligan poses as a policeman for his BBC TV series 'Q'

Spike Milligan – ‘Q’

January 30, 2019

1960's, 1960's BBC Comedy, 1970's, 1970's BBC Comedy, 1980's, 1980's BBC Comedy

Q.... 1969 'Q' was Spike Milligan's surreal TV comedy sketch show ran for ten series, totaling thirty eight episodes.Each series was identified by a number from 1 - 9, the final series was entitled There's...

Hark at Barker

January 27, 2019

1960's, 1960's ITV Comedy, 1970's, 1970's ITV Comedy

Hark at Barker, 1969 Hard to believe this show is fifty years old. An often overlooked ITV show from the late, great Ronnie Barker. Hark at Barker ran for fifteen episodes over two series between 1969 and 19...

Christmas Night With The Stars

December 16, 2018

1950's, 1950's BBC Comedy, 1960's, 1960's BBC Comedy, 1970's, 1970's BBC Comedy

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...

Beyond Our Ken

November 19, 2018

1950's, 1950's BBC Comedy, 1960's, 1960's BBC Comedy, Radio

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 ...

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The Vicar Of Dibley In Lockdown

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John Sessions Dies

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Catherine Tate in Nan's Christmas Carol

America Decides

Up The Convicts

Galton and Simpson Present – Our Favourite Hancock – Part 1

Galton and Simpson Discuss The Beginnings Of Hancock.

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British Classic Comedy Talk to Galton and Simpon – Hancock, 1961

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Galton and Simpson Present – Our Favourite Hancock – Part 1

Tony’s Last Half Hour..

Curry And Chips

Carry On Cowboy

That’s My Boy – 1963

Wilfrid Brambell In Profile

Spike Milligan – ‘Q’

Hark at Barker

Christmas Night With The Stars

Beyond Our Ken