TISWAS
Today Is Saturday Watch And Smile - Tiswas 1974 -1982
The hugely popular Cult Saturday morning children's TV series which ran from 1974 to 1982, produced for the ITV network by ATV Network Limited.Tiswas ...
Rentaghost, 1976
Rentaghost, 1976
Readers of a certain age will remember this kids comedy series with varying fondness.Rentaghost was the long running kids TV Comedy that perhaps ran for too long and towards the end of it'...
Celebrity Squares
Celebrity Squares - 1975
It was prime time Saturday night viewing at it's peak as one of Britain's best loved comics (Bob Monkhouse) proved he was still king of the game show.Celebrity Squares was in fact ...
Come Back Mrs Noah
Come Back Mrs Noah - 1977
A Forgotten Gem Or The Worst Sitcom in history ?After a pilot episode in 1977, Come Back Mrs Noah ran for five more episodes in one series.The series was written by the succe...
If There Weren’t Any Blacks….
....You'd Have To Invent Them
A one off made for television play from the pen of Johnny Speight. Made by London Weekend Television for ITV and originally screened in Black and White in 1968.This dark, but...
Going Straight – 1978
Fletch Is Out Of Prison And Going Straight
Direct spin-off from Porridge and sadly often forgotten, Going Straight ran for only six episodes in 1978.Although not as well received as Porridge the show did w...
Wilfrid Brambell In Profile
Wilfrid Brambell, 1912 - 1985
Irish film and TV actor Wilfrid Brambell will always be best known for his roles in the hit BBC comedy Steptoe and Son and as Paul Mc Cartney's fictional Grandfather in The Beatle...
Bless Me Father
Bless Me Father, 1978
Bless Me Father marked something of a departure for Arthur Lowe taking him away from the middle class ‘bank manager’ type roles that he had become associated with and placing him in charg...
Michael Bentine’s Potty Time
Michael Bentine's Potty Time, 1973
Originally the fourth member of the Goons, Michael Bentine popped up on children's television in the early 1970's with this wacky show.The show was screened on ITV and ra...
Spike Milligan – ‘Q’
Q.... 1969
'Q' was Spike Milligan's surreal TV comedy sketch show ran for ten series, totaling thirty eight episodes.Each series was identified by a number from 1 - 9, the final series was entitled There's...