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...
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...
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...
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...
Galton And Simpson Life After Hancock
By 1961 the BBC had screened what would be Tony Hancock's the final series for the corporation: Hancock.By now Galton and Simpson had written the scripts to thirteen series of Hancock’s Half Hour, six on th...