The Comic Strip Presents
The Comic Strip Presents, 1982
Making it's debut in November 1982 on Channel 4, The Comic Strip Presents is an ongoing project by a group of prominent comedians, although at the time many of them were just sta...
Oh Happy Band
Oh Happy Band - 1980
Oh Happy Band was a six part sitcom written by trusted writing team David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd. In addition to an established writing team the series featured the very last TV appearanc...
TISWAS
Today Is Saturday Watch And Smile - Tiswas 1974 -1982
The hugely popular Cult Saturday morning children's TV series which ran from 1974 to 1982, produced for the ITV network by ATV Network Limited.Tiswas ...
Rentaghost, 1976
Rentaghost, 1976
Readers of a certain age will remember this kids comedy series with varying fondness.Rentaghost was the long running kids TV Comedy that perhaps ran for too long and towards the end of it'...
Slinger’s Day
Slinger's Day - 1986
Tripper's Day had come to a natural end after the death of Leonard Rossiter.However despite being panned by the critics ITV decided to revive it. This time with Bruce Forsyth taking t...
The Two Ronnies – By The Sea
The Two Ronnies - By The Sea - 1982
"By The Sea" is an often forgotten short silent film, with sound effects and musical score from Ronnie Hazlehurst (famed BBC composer) starring Messrs Barker and Corbett, s...
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...Su...
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...
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...