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...
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 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...
Carry On Cruising, 1962
Carry On Cruising became the sixth film in the popular series when it hit cinemas in 1962, it was also the first of the series to be filmed in colour.
All the regulars line up for a trip on the high seas, apar...
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...
Galton And Simpson Present – Our Favourite Hancock – Part 2
Twelve Angry Men - 1959
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first broadcast of Hancock's Half Hour on BBC Radio, comedy scriptwriting legends Ray Galton and Alan Simpson are presenting a very special seri...