It’s The One With The Hippo !
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, 1976
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin was a series of novels which were developed into a British sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter in the title role, by their author Da...
The Morecambe And Wise Show
The Morecambe And Wise Show, 1968
After contract negotiations with ATV failed and following Eric Morecambe’s desire to appear in colour for their next series it was off to the BBC. In 1968 the first of their ...
Last Of The Summer Wine – Part One
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...
Here They Come It’s……..
The Goodies, 1970
The Goodies had met as undergraduates at Cambridge University. Up until 1973 they were also regulars on the long running BbC Radio series I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again.
The Goodies serie...
Come The Man, Come The Hour
Dad's Army, 1968
Happy Birthday Dad's Army ! 50 Today
It was fifty years ago today that one of television's most popular sitcoms first arrived on our TV screens.
Fifty years on and it's still entertainin...
Wodehouse Playhouse
Wodehouse Playhouse, 1974
Wodehouse Playhouse was a series of standalone comedies based around the short stories of PG Wodehouse.
After the screening of a pilot episode in 1974 it ran for three series, tota...
Department Store Antics At Grace Brothers
Are You being Served? 1972
Are You Being Served, started life as an episode in the long running BBC Comedy Playhouse series.
Set in the men's and women's departments of the fictional Grace Brothers Departm...
My Wife Next Door
My Wife Next Door, 1972
Unless you are a sitcom fanatic, then My Wife Next Door, a little gem from the BBC is somthing of a rarity, in that up until recently there were no DVD releases and it is one of many th...
Terry And June Make Their TV Debut
Happy Ever After - 1974
This is one of those sitcoms that needs dusting down and re-showing if only out of pure nostalgia. Happy Ever After was the forerunner to Terry and June. It ran for five series totali...
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 filmed before Her Majes...