A Sharp Intake Of Breath
A Sharp Intake Of Breath, 1978
A Sharp Intake of Breath is an ITV sitcom that aired for 3 series that ran to 21 episodes from 1978 to 81, after a pilot episode in 1977. When the series ended it's star went on...
The Growing Pains Of PC Penrose
The Growing Pains Of PC Penrose, 1975
An early Roy Clarke sitcom.In a former occupation seasoned sitcom writer Roy Clarke was a policeman in Yorkshire. So it should come as no surprise that in one of his ...
My Old Man
My Old Man, 1975
Many people think of Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones in Dad's Army. Despite his success with that role it wasn't his only success as this little gem proves.Anybody who knows their comedy wil...
Bless This House, 1971
Perhaps Sid James’ finest moment... Bless This House, 1971
Produced for ITV by Thames Television, Bless this House ran for sixty five episodes over six series between 1971 and 1976. The show rated number 67 i...
The Upchat Connection
The Upchat Connection, 1978
Sounds more like a spy thriller than a sitcom, but this was an ITV sitcom.Produced by Thames Television, it ran for six episodes (one series) in 1978. It was created by Keith W...
The Upchat Line
The Upchat Line, 1977
Created by Keith Waterhouse, this ITV sitcom was the predecessor to The Upchat Connetion and often gets forgotten about.It ran for a series of seven episodes in 1977.SummaryMe...
The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs
The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs, 1974
He's starred in some of our best loved sitcoms and these days when we hear the name David Jason we immediately recall Del Boy or Granville.This early David Jason s...
Spring And Autumn
Spring And Autumn, 1973
Another forgotten sitcom. Not so much forgotten, more it hasn't benefited from frequent repeats.Spring and Autumn was written by the successful writing duo that brought us Nearest ...
The Rag Trade
The Rag Trade - BBC Years - 1961 - 1963, ITV Years 1977 - 1978
The Rag Trade was the classic sitcom that had two bites of the cherry. Famous for the catchphrase of it's Shop Steward "Everybody Out!" it's one...
Room Service
Room Service, 1979
Looking at the lesser known works of some of our greatest comedy writers, this week it's Jimmy Perry.Alongside writing partner David Croft, Perry was responsible for some of our best lov...