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 ...
Laugh??? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee
Laugh??? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee, 1984
The alternative comedy scene took flight in the 1980's with successes such as The Young Ones and The Mary Whitehouse experience a huge hit with audiences.
Despit...
Potter
Potter, 1979
This largely forgotten classic from the pen of Roy Clarke, ran for three series between 1979 and 1983, Potter was Arthur Lowe’s last work, he died in 1982.
As plans for a third series were so a...
Blott On The Landscape
Blott On The Landscape, 1985
The six part TV comedy drama series based on the 1975 novel by Tom Sharpe.
Screened on the BBC the in 1985, the TV series is set ten years after the book and makes a number of s...
Carrott’s Lib
Carrott's Lib - 1982
One of the early BBC shows made by Jasper Carrott, Carrott's Lib was Carrott's second outing with the BBC (his first being a one off show in 1976, entitled A Half Hour Mislaid with Jasper ...
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...
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...
The Laughter Show
The Laughter Show, 1984
The Laughter Show was a BBC comedy sketch show featuring Les Dennis and the late Dustin Gee.
Hugely popular in it's day, this Saturday night show ran for three series between 1984 an...
Spike Milligan – ‘Q’
Q.... 1969
'Q' was Spike Milligan's surreal TV comedy sketch show ran for ten series, totaling thirty eight episodes.
Each series was identified by a number from 1 - 9, the final series was entitled There's...
It Ain’t Half Hot Mum!
It Ain't Half Hot Mum! - 1974
Whilst in 1945 there were celebrations for VE day the war was not yet over for those fighting the Japenese.
It was those troops that the Royal Artillery Concert Party depicted ...