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Ken Dodd On TV

1970's BBC Comedy
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 ...

The Two Ronnies

1970's BBC Comedy
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The Two Ronnies, 1971 Perhaps one of television’s most loved Saturday night shows, The Two Ronnies ran for a staggering 98 episodes over 12 series.First appearing in that now famous sketch about class with...

Ronnie Barker – Seven Of One

1970's BBC Comedy
Seven Of One - 1973 Seven Of One was a series made by Ronnie Barker in 1973.  It was effectively a series of possible sitcom pilot episodes.  It was a similar idea to a series Barker had done two years earlier...

Whoops Baghdad – 1973

1970's BBC Comedy
Frankie Howerd's Full Of Eastern Promise Whoops Baghdad was effectively a harmless re-working of Up Pompeii, screened on the BBC in 1973, it ran for one series only totalling six episodes.Written by the sa...

His Lordship Entertains

1970's BBC Comedy
His Lordship Entertains, 1972 His Lordship Entertains was the second outing for Ronnie Barker's Lord Rustless character, who we had first seen three years earlier in  Hark at Barker.As well as getting a wh...

Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads ?

1970's BBC Comedy
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Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads ? 1973 Originally broadcast over two series in 1973 and 1974, This was the colour follow up to the successful 1960's series The Likely Lads.Whatever Happeneed To The Li...
Martin Jarvis stars as Oliver Pryde in BBC 70's sitcom rings on their fingers

Rings On Their Fingers

1970's BBC Comedy
Rings On Their Fingers, 1978 There are so many sitcoms that get forgotten about, despite their poularity at the time of broadcast.  Rings On Their Fingers is a perfect example running for twenty episodes over ...