The Steptoes Get Spooky
Steptoe And Son, Seance In A Wet Rag And Bone Yard, 1974
Seance In A Wet Rag and Bone Yard would be the last regular Steptoe and Son episode.Closing series 8 there would be a final Christmas Special later ...
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 ...
Is This One Of The Most Under Rated Sitcoms?
Butterflies, 1978
From the pen of Carla Lane (Liver Birds and Bread) came this clever sitcom about a frustrated housewife and her family. Strangely, despite it's popularity it was broadcast on BBC2. Over fou...
Steptoe And Son Are Having housing Problems,,
Steptoe And Son, Men Of Property, 1970
Men Of Property was the final episode in the popular sitcom's 5th series.Series five was the first to be produced in colour but today sadly only a black and white cop...
Steptoe And Son – The Sketches
Steptoe And Son - The Sketches - 1962 - 1978
Everybody remembers the popular TV series, two movies and possibly the radio series, but this collection of sketches often gets passed by. We've covered some befor...
Harvest Festival, Comedy Style, Part 3
The Good Life, Backs To The Wall, 1975
In the final part of our Harvest Festival posts we've saved the best till last as we drop in on the Goods as they try to bring in their harvest.Backs To The Wall was ...
Harvest Festival, Comedy Style, Part 2
Dad's Army, All Is Safely Gathered In, 1972
As this year marks 180 years of the modern Harvest Festival we are looking at how comedy has looked at the festival. In the previous post we saw Terry and Arthur mi...
Mike Yarwood’s Second Stint At The Beeb
Mike Yarwood In Persons, 1976
Mike Yarwood had been part of the line up for BBC show Three Of A Kind (another story for another time) and shot to fame with his own BBC show 'Look Mike Yarwood' ending in 1976.
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Look, Mike Yarwood
Look, Mike Yarwood, 1971
In Tribute to Mike Yarwood, who died yesterday, aged 82Mike Yarwood's BBC shows were part of the Saturday night legends genre (those Saturday night shows everyone remembers: Genera...
Jungle Patrols With The Concert party
It Ain't Half Hot Mum, The Jungle Patrol, 1974
Coming from the very first season of the popular sitcom Jungle Patrol was the fifth episode of the eight that made up the first season.It sees the concert par...