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 show, they went on to have success...
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...
70 Years Of British Comedy – 1970’s
70 Years Of British Comedy - 1970's, Part One, BBC
Continuing our look back at some of the comedy highlights of the last 70 years we arrive at the 1970's. The idea behind the posts is to give readers a quick ...
The Wackers, 1975
Could This Really Be Seen As A Forerunner To Bread?
'Wackers' a scouse term for mates was also the name of an ill feted TV sitcom (ill feted in that it never really gained much popularity). Despite a who's w...
Power To The People ! It’s Citizen Smith
Citizen Smith, 1977
It all seems so long ago when a budding young writer (John Sullivan) took a job at the BBC to learn about how televsion works. It was after approaching producer, Dennis Main Wilson, that S...
Porridge Christmas Special – Part 1
Porridge - No Way Out - 1975
During the 1970's festive editions of popular sitcoms were very popular, with both BBC and ITV running festive editions of their most popular sitcoms. Porridge was no exception.
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The Galton And Simpson Playhouse
The Galton And Simpson Playhouse - 1977
After Steptoe ans Son ended in 1974, Galton and Simpson continued to write but the media would have us believe any further high profile hits seemed to alude them.In ...
Are You Being Served ? – The Movie
As was the trend during the 1970's Are You Being Served was given the big screen treatment in 1977. The film starred all the original cast from the TV version as they take a holiday on the Costa Plonka while t...
Comedy and Public Information Films ?
Public Information Films featuring some well known comedy stars
In 2013 public information films became no more, with the advent of social media and the internet it was felt that they were now a little outdate...
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...