If There Weren’t Any Blacks….
....You'd Have To Invent Them
A controversial title like this could only come from one writer.If there weren't any blacks you'd have to invent them was a one off, comedy drama, a made for television play f...
Backs To The Land, 1977
Backs To The Land, 1977
And you thought you knew every sitcom that centred around the second world war, we wonder how many people remember this this one?Backs To The Land was an ITV sitcom that clocked up ...
Robin’s Nest
Robin's Nest, 1977
The second successful spin off from the hugely popular Man About The House (the other being George and Mildred).Produced by Thames Television for ITV, the show featured Robin Tripp from ...
Love Thy Neighbour
Love Thy Neighbour, 1972
In Tribute To Jack Smethurst, who has died aged 89
You'd never get away with comedy like this today, but it was then and is now a piece of classic British comedy from that golden era ...
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...
Who Do You Do?
An All Star Cast Are Asked......
Who Do You Do? 1972
Who Do You Do was an early ITV comedy impressions and sketch show.It ran for five series between 1972 and 1976 clocking up fifty two episodes along the...
Father Dear Father
Father Dear Father, 1968
Produced by Thames Television; Father Dear Father ran for 7 series over 5 years totalling 45 episodes and was a regular ratings winner for ITV. The series returned like a number of su...
The One That Started It All – An Audience With Jasper Carrott
An Audience With Jasper Carrott - 1978
"An Audience With..." is now one of the most widely recognised formats on British TV, these days it's singers and groups of the moment, but in the early days it was comed...
On The Buses Boxing Day Special
On The Buses, Boxing Day Social, 1971
This episode is 50 years old today and just as funny as when it first aired. Completing series five of the popular sitcom, matters turn to the annual 'busman's social.'
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Nearest And Dearest Christmas, 1972
Nearest And Dearest Christmas Special, 1972 - Cindernellie
Cindernellie was the first episode of the final series of Nearest and Dearest providing 1972's Christmas offering of the popular series.Summary
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