Eric Sykes – The Specials
Eric Sykes - The ITV Specials
One of Britain's best loved comedy genius'. Eric Sykes will be perhaps best remembered for his classic comedies: Sykes And A and Sykes.There were also a number of one offs, i...
The Howerd Confessions, 1976
The Howerd Confessions, 1976
Aside from Up Pompeii it's often difficult to pin Frankie Howerd down on TV. He appeared on all the big shows and had plenty of TV success that often fails to get a mention.Th...
The Cannon and Ball Show
The Cannon and Ball Show, 1979
Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball at their peak were the must see Saturday night TV.Making their first TV appearance in 1972 in the Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club variety sh...
Harry Worth’s Final Sitcom, How’s Your Father?
How's Your Father? 1979
How's Your Father? is another little gem from the much missed Harry Worth. How's Your Father? was a Yorkshire Television production. Created by the same team who brought us two other ...
Stanley Baxter On TV
The Stanley Baxter Show 1963
The Stanley Baxter Picture Show 1972
These lavish productions are almost forgotten these days, so we thought we'd dig out two of Baxter's popular shows and remind people that come...
Leave It To Charlie
Leave It To Charlie, 1978
Proving he was more than just Clegg, Peter Sallis starred in Leave It To Charlie an ITV sitcom that ran for twenty six episodes over four series between 1978 and 1980.'Leave It To...
Bill Maynard’s Having The Life Of Riley
The Life Of Riley, 1975
A short lived sitcom starring Bill Maynard, that ran for just one series of seven episodes.There is quite a tangled back story to this sitcom. It started life as an un-broadcast pi...
The Lovers
The Lovers, 1970
Frightening that this popular sitcom is fifty years old. Just sit and take that in, FIFTY, now that's classic comedy!Running for thirteen episodes over two series between 1970 and 1971, T...
Thirty Minutes Worth
Thirty Minutes Worth, 1972
Harry Worth remains an underestimated comic with much of his work never making the repeat schedules of the many digital TV channels we have these days.Thirty Minutes Worth initia...
Rising Damp
The Course Of True Love Never Runs Smooth In Rising Damp
Without doubt ITV's finest sitcom and definitely worthy of it's classic status.Rising Damp ran for twenty eight episodes over four series between 19...