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 ...
The Les Dawson Show
The Les Dawson Show 1978 - 1989
Another classic show from the much missed Les Dawson, of which our research turned up very little information. This was the second of four shows he did for the BBC (five, if yo...
Terry And June Christmas 1980
Terry And June, "The Christmas Show (The Mink Coat)"
In the nine series of Terry and June there were four Christmas Specials. The Mink coat which aired in 1980 was the first.
It's classic Terry and June al...
Blackadder’s Christmas Carol
Blackadder's Christmas Carol - 1988
The second of the one off specials the series produced sees Blackadder in the story of Scrooge (A Christmas Carol) with a twist.
Summary
Ebeneezer Blackadder is the Vi...
The Two Ronnies Bring Some Christmas Magic
The Two Ronnies - Christmas Specials 1982, 1984 and 1987
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett's magnificent partnership became a cherished British institution.
However The Two Ro...
Kenny Everett At Christmas
Kenny Everett Christmas show - 1981
Having fallen out with Thames, Kenny Everett was offered a prime time live audience,. sketch based show by the BBC.
Entitled "The Kenny Everett Television Show" five seri...
The Magnificent Evans
The Magnificent Evans - 1984
"There's no point opening the curtains if there's nothing in the parlour"
The Magnificent Evans is largely based on an earlier entry in the Comedy Playhouse series, also from th...