The Picnic
The Picnic, 1976
The first of two short films from The Two Ronnies. Unlike the lavish dialog used in the TV series "The Picnic" is silent, relying instead on visual gags, various sound effects and a musical s...
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...
Till Death Us Do Part
Till Death Us Do Part - 1965
Till Death Us Do Part started life as a Comedy Playhouse pilot, before running for seven series between 1965 and 1975, it became one of the most controversial programs of it's time...
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...
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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Not The Nine O’Clock News, 1979
A true classic of it's time, that's still just as funny today. This comedy sketch show ran for 27 episodes over 4 series between 1979 and 1982 as an alternative to the BBC1 Nine O’Clock News.
Summary
Not...
Strictly Come Dancing – Steptoe Style !
Steptoe and Son - Come Dancing, 1970
Today we are taking a look back at a classic episode of Steptoe and Son from 1970 - Come Dancing. Possibly one of their finest moments, although we would advise readers of...
Last Of The Summer Wine – The Michael Bates Years
Last Of The Summer Wine - The Michael Bates Years
Last of The Summer Wine made it’s debut in January 1973 as an episode of the long running Comedy Playhouse series. It was commissioned almost immediately fo...
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...
Here’s Harry
Here's Harry, 1960, Harry Worth, 1966
Here's someone who rarely gets the recognition he deserves. It seems a shame that someone with such a body of high profile work should have almost disappeared from memo...