Love Thy Neighbour – The Movie
Love Thy Neighbour - The Movie, 1973
During the 1970's many of the most popular sitcoms of the day made it to the big screen.
Perhaps one of the best film spin offs, Love Thy Neighbour took it's turn in 197...
It’s The One With The Hippo !
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, 1976
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin was a series of novels which were developed into a British sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter in the title role, by their author Da...
Here They Come It’s……..
The Goodies, 1970
The Goodies had met as undergraduates at Cambridge University. Up until 1973 they were also regulars on the long running BbC Radio series I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again.
The Goodies serie...
Candid Camera
Smile You're On Candid Camera
Judging by the response we get to this post Candid Camera is as popular now as it was when it last appeared on our TV screens over 40 years ago.
Candid Camera was adapted from ...
Come The Man, Come The Hour
Dad's Army, 1968
Happy Birthday Dad's Army ! 50 Today
It was fifty years ago today that one of television's most popular sitcoms first arrived on our TV screens.
Fifty years on and it's still entertainin...
Hospital Antics With Figgis And Friends……
Only When I Laugh, 1979
Only When I Laugh was the hit Sitcom made for ITV by Yorkshire Television,
Set in an NHS Hospital Men's Surgical Ward, the series ran for twenty nine episodes over four series.
S...
Department Store Antics At Grace Brothers
Are You being Served? 1972
Are You Being Served, started life as an episode in the long running BBC Comedy Playhouse series.
Set in the men's and women's departments of the fictional Grace Brothers Departm...
Terry And June Make Their TV Debut
Happy Ever After - 1974
This is one of those sitcoms that needs dusting down and re-showing if only out of pure nostalgia. Happy Ever After was the forerunner to Terry and June. It ran for five series totali...
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...
Blakey’s Off To Retire In Spain…….
Don't Drink The Water, 1974
Not many people remember this On The Buses spin-off. Don't drink The Water ran for thirteen episodes over two series.
Regrettably the series failed to capture the success of On ...