Dad’s Army, The Final Episode
Dad's Army, Never Too Old, 1977
Still regularly repeated and enjoyed it's hard to believe that this hugely successful sitcom ended 45 years ago this year.Having begun in 1968 Dad's Army became a regular fi...
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 of the popular sitcom....
Further Up Pompeii (BBC)
Further Up Pompeii, 1975
Further Up Pompeii was a one off Television Special.Made by the BBC it followed on from the two highly successful TV series of the same name that had ended five years previously.
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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...
Comedy Playhouse, 1961
Comedy Playhouse, 1961
After Tony Hancock left the BBC, a replacement comedy show was required. As a result of this, then Head Of Light Entertainment. Tom Sloan, determined not to lose his star writers came u...
Chalk And Cheese
Chalk And Cheese, 1979
Chalk and Cheese was a short lived sitcom made by ITV and staring Michael Crawford and Robin Hawdon.The idea for the series came from a one off comedy also screened in 1977 called: S...
Monty Python’s Flying Circus
Monty Python's Flying Circus, 1969
Back On TV!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...
Potter
Potter, 1979
This largely forgotten classic from the pen of Roy Clarke, ran for three series between 1979 and 1983, Potter was Arthur Lowe’s last work, he died in 1982.As plans for a third series were so a...
Ripping Yarns
Ripping Yarns - 1976
Michael Palin and Terry Jones' spoof of pre-World War II literature aimed at schoolboys. Running for two series totaling only nine episodes between 1976 and 1979.Michael Palin had the...
Frankie Howerd’s First Vist To Pompeii
Up Pompeii - The BBC TV Series, 1970
Innuendos and titters a plenty as Frankie Howerd takes us back to Ancient Rome.After a pilot episode in 1969, as part of BBC's Comedy Playhouse, a full series was commi...