Spike Milligan – ‘Q’
Q.... 1969
'Q' was Spike Milligan's surreal TV comedy sketch show ran for ten series, totaling thirty eight episodes.Each series was identified by a number from 1 - 9, the final series was entitled There's...
It Ain’t Half Hot Mum!
It Ain't Half Hot Mum! - 1974
Whilst in 1945 there were celebrations for VE day the war was not yet over for those fighting the Japenese.It was those troops that the Royal Artillery Concert Party depicted ...
Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers, 1975
A timeless classic that remains funny no matter how many times you watch it. Broadcast on BBC 2 over two series of six episodes each, the first in 1975 and the second in 1979, Fawlty Tower...
Les Dawson Is Watching Out For You In – The Dawson Watch
The Dawson Watch, 1979
It 's hard to believe this show is The Dawson Watch was a BBC sketch show starring the much missed Les Dawson. It ran for nineteen episodes between 1979 and 1980.Despite the popul...
The Les Dawson Show
The Les Dawson Show 1978 - 1989
Another classic show from the much missed Les Dawson, of which our research turned up very little information. This was the second of four shows he did for the BBC (five, if yo...
Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em – Christmas Special 1974
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em - Christmas Special 1974 - Jessica's First Christmas
Could this be the funniest Christmas Special ever made ?"Who's going to see the Queen on Christmas Day then ?" Frank asks the b...
Christmas Night With The Stars
Christmas Night With The Stars 1958 - 1972
The variety television show broadcast each Christmas Night by the BBC between 1958 and 1972. Although the show ended in 1972 the BBC did resurrect the format in 1982...
Butterflies, Christmas 1979
Butterflies, Christmas With The Parkinsons, 1979
Butterflies, 1979, it's hard to believe that this classic is now almost forty years old.Hugely popular in it's day Butterflies only ever served up one full...
Morecambe and Wise Christmas Legends?
Morecambe and Wise - The Christmas Specials, 1969 - 1983
The Morecambe and Wise annual Christmas shows became a national iinstitution, as much a part of Christmas as turkey.With the exception of 1974, ther...
Till Death Us Do Part – Christmas Special
Till Death Us Do Part - 1972 Christmas Special - Jesus Christ Superstar
One of the great comedies and one of our best loved characters – Alf Garnett. Till Death Us Do Part started life in the 1960’s and retur...