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 ...
one of the the most popular sitcoms of the 1970's and still popular today The Good Life

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. ...
mike yarwood impersonates larry grayson

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...