Vintage Satire With David Frost….
The Frost Report, 1966
Legendary satire show hosted by David frost. The successor to That Was The Week That Was, The Frost Report ran for 29 episodes over two series. It is probably most notable for introduc...
Could This Be ITV’s Best Sitcom?
On The Buses, 1969
On The Buses was a hugely successful sitcom that was initially rejected by the BBC, who did not see any great comedy potential in the idea, despite the writers having had previous success fo...
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...
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...