Arthur Lowe Joins The Clergy…
Bless Me Father, 1978
Bless Me Father marked something of a departure for Arthur Lowe taking him away from the middle class ‘bank manager’ type roles that he had become associated with and placing him in charg...
Galton and Simpson Make A Stop Off At ITV
The Galton And Simpson Comedy, 1969
In a 2014 interview writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson told us how in the early days of their career "We wrote a letter to the big comedy writers of the time, Frank Muir an...
Please Sir ! 1968
Classic comedy from the London Weekend Television stable. Please Sir! ran for 55 episodes between 1968 and 1972. Newly qualified teacher Bernard Hedges is given the task of taming the most unruly class at Fenn...
Faces Of Jim,1961
Faces Of Jim, is an umbrella title that relates to three series of individual sitcoms that aired between 1961 and 1963, starring Jimmy Edwards.
The idea which of course followed the Comedy Playhouse idea, wa...
The Worker, 1965
Perhaps the television series for which Charlie Drake will be best remembered and which almost certainly has had influences on other sitcoms.
The Worker was produced for ITV by Associated Television and Lond...
That’s My Boy – 1963
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...
No – That’s Me Over Here! 1967
Continuing our look at the career of Ronnie Corbett, today we go back to just after the Frost report and an early sitcom: No – That's Me Over Here!
Created by some fairly well known writers (tongue firmly in...
Jokers Wild 1969
From the golden age of TV (the 1970's) we look back at this classic panel game. Produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV Jokers Wild ran for 8 series between 1969 and 1974. The show was hosted by comedian and...
Two in Clover, 1969
Another seldom heard of sitcom from ITV, this one stars Sid James.
Two in clover ran for two series between 1969 and 1970, for thirteen episodes. It was around this time that colour was fast becoming the mu...
All Star Comedy Carnival, 1969
We mentioned this in our history of Christmas Specials post. ITV's answer to BBC's Christmas Night With The Stars. It ran along similar lines to the BBC offering, but had a much heavier emphasis on the comedy...