Rhubarb, Rhubarb
Rhubarb, Rhubarb, 1980
Like 'The Plank' before it this was a Television remake of a 1969 Eric Sykes film of the same name.
Made by Thames Television as a one off, it featured an all star cast. There was no...
Allo! Allo!
Allo! Allo! 1982
One of the all time great British Sitcoms created by Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft. Following a Pilot episode in 1982, the show clocked up a mammoth ten years on our television screens with ...
An Audience With Dudley Moore
An Audience With Dudley Moore, 1981
It's hard to believe that it's almost twenty years (2002) since the passing of Dudley Moore.
Here we look back on his turn on the hit ITV series An Audience With...
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A.J. Wentworth B.A.
A.J. Wentworth B.A. 1982
Along with Potter, A.J. Wentworth, B.A. was to be Arthur Lowe's final TV role. Broadcast in 1982 after the death of it's star who had passed away on the 15th April of the same year, t...
Bless Me Father
Bless Me Father, 1978
Bless Me Father marked something of a departure for Arthur Lowe taking him away from the middle class ‘bank manager’ type roles that he had become associated with and placing him in charg...
The Benny Hill Show
The Benny Hill Show, 1955
One of the longest running comedy shows on British Television The Benny Hill Show ran for forty years from it's early days in the 1950's to 1992. Initially the show aired on BBC1, tr...
Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
Victoria Wood As Seen On TV - 1985
During the 1980's comedy on television continued to flourish. Although the output was not as controversial, or as prolific it was moving with the times. One such element wa...
Michael Bentine’s Potty Time
Michael Bentine's Potty Time, 1973
Originally the fourth member of the Goons, Michael Bentine popped up on children's television in the early 1970's with this wacky show.
The show was screened on ITV and ra...
Streets Apart
Streets Apart, 1988
Streets Apart is one of those many forgotten sitcoms, but this time from the BBC. It starred Amanda Redman and ran for two series in 1988 and 1989, twenty four episodes in total.
The se...
Wood And Walters
Wood And Walters, 1982
Often forgotten about, this was Victoria Wood's first sketch show that aired on ITV.
Victoria Wood and Julie Walters were long term friends and had both appeared together on stage in ...