Sykes And A….
Sykes And A....
The BBC sitcom starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques that aired for sixty episodes (59 and 1 short) over nine series on BBC1 from 1960 to 1965.Sykes And A was ther first time Eric Sykes a...
The Gnomes Of Dulwich – 1969
There's not much in the way of pictures and no video in existence for this little gem, but we thought you'd find it interesting anyway. It's always good to find something you've never come across before.Th...
Hancock’s Half Hour, TV Show, 1956
Happy Birthday Tony !
It was 60 years this very day: that Tony Hancock arrived on our TV screens from radio with his hugely successful sitcom: Hancock's Half Hour. Between the radio series of the same name an...
Carry On Cleo – 1964
Carry On Cleo - 1964
We've reached 1964 and the tenth film in the series, Carry On Cleo. This was the one that produced perhaps the most famous line in comedy history when Kenneth Williams utters those immort...
Steptoe And Son: The Radio Series
Steptoe And Son - The Radio Series - 1966 - 1976
There was a time when Radio was the medium of the day, then Television arrived and as we have seen some great radio comedy edged it's way onto our TV screens.
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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...
The Goon Show, 1951
Considered by many as the greatest radio show of all time. A legend within it's own lifetime The Goon Show was a British Radio Comedy Program that ran for 238 episodes and 12 specials over 9 years. It was cre...
Marriage Lines
Marriage Lines - 1961
Early Richard Briers, Marriage lines was the BBC sitcom that ran for five series through forty six episodes between 1961 and 1966. Originally entitled The Marriage Lines, the show was la...
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...