Love Thy Neighbour – Pilot Episode
Not So Much Forgotten, As Never Shown On TV!
Like many great TV shows Love Thy Neighbour started with a pilot episode, that was never broadcast. Written by the same writers who scripted the series that follow...
The Ghosts Of Motley Hall
The Ghosts Of Motley Hall, 1976
BBC had Rentaghost, so in the days when there were only three channels there had to be a ghost series on ITV.Largely forgotten about in these days of repeating classic old s...
Romany Jones
Romany Jones - 1972
All to often when talking about that golden age of comedy (1970's) some great ITV gems get forgotten about.Romany Jones is one such example. Created by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe ...
In Loving Memory, 1979
In Loving Memory, 1979
A Thora Hird classic. This sitcom set in an undertakers was ten years before it saw the light of day, having originally been aired as a pilot for a potential series (it's those Pilot Ep...
Celebrity Squares
Celebrity Squares - 1975
It was prime time Saturday night viewing at it's peak as one of Britain's best loved comics (Bob Monkhouse) proved he was still king of the game show.Celebrity Squares was in fact ...
Ronnie Corbett’s Forgotten Sitcom…..
The Prince Of Denmark, 1974
Following on from the success of "Now Look Here" Ronnie Corbett returned for a short lived sequel.The Prince Of Denmark ran for just one series of six episodes in 1974.Summa...
The Norman Conquests
The Norman Conquests, 1977
No it's not a history lesson, wrong year any way. The Norman Conquests was a trilogy of plays written in 1973.The plays each had their own title: Table Manners, Living Together ...
Rising Damp – Christmas Special
Rising Damp - For The Man Who Has Everything - Christmas Special - 1975
Despite running for 4 series Rising Damp only ever had 1 Christmas episode. It came at the end of series two while Frances De La Tour wa...
Dick Emery At ITV
Dick Emery At ITV, 1979 - 1980
By 1979, still at the height of his popularity Dick Emery decided to move from the BBC to ITV. It was a move that proved to be short-lived as he returned to the BBC in 1980....
Lucky Feller
Lucky Feller, 1976
David Jason's second sitcom and another of those "I'd forgotten about that one'" moments.A pilot episode was filmed in 1975, but never transmitted. It was 1976 when Lucky Feller made i...