Wodehouse Playhouse
Wodehouse Playhouse, 1974
Wodehouse Playhouse was a series of standalone comedies based around the short stories of PG Wodehouse.
After the screening of a pilot episode in 1974 it ran for three series, tota...
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...
My Wife Next Door
My Wife Next Door, 1972
Unless you are a sitcom fanatic, then My Wife Next Door, a little gem from the BBC is somthing of a rarity, in that up until recently there were no DVD releases and it is one of many th...
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...
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...
The Goods Meet The Royals…
The Good Life, When I'm Sixty Five, 1978
This popular ground breaking sitcom gave us a glimpse into the future with it's green themed issues. When I'm Sixty Five was the final episode filmed before Her Majes...
Much More Than A Dead Parrot……
Monty Python's Flying Circus, 1969 - 1974
Monty Python's Flying Circus became a television phenomenon that would change the face of British Television Comedy forever.
First airing on BBC1 in October of 1969...
Dave Allen’s At Large…..
Dave Allen At Large - 1971
The original sit down comedian from his early shows.
Dressed in a suit, sat on his stool with his trademark glass of whiskey ( it was actuallly Ginger Ale) and a cigarette the mas...
Steptoe And Son Ride Again – 1973
They're Back for a second Feature Film - Steptoe And Son Ride Again - 1973
It's hard to believe that more than 40 years after it's final TV broadcast Steptoe and Son is as popular as it ever was..
Harold’s ...
The Ken Dodd On TV
The Ken Dodd Laughter Show, 1979
Ken Dodd. A showbusiness legend who made us laugh for over 60 years, that's an achievement worth remembering, how many of today's comics will reach this milestone? Of course ...