The Russ Abbott Show
The Russ Abbott Show, 1986
The Russ Abbott Show was effectively a continuation of the popular Russ Abbott's Madhouse.Madhouse had ran from from 1980 until 1985 on ITV.In 1986 it transferred to BBC upon...
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'...
A Small Problem
A Small Problem, 1987
This one caused a bit of a stir in it's day.A Small Problem was a BBC sitcom starring Christopher Ryan (Mike from The Young Ones). Intended as a satire on prejudice it dealt with the...
Then Churchill Said To Me
Then Churchill Said To Me - 1982
The one that got away, well not quite. Then Churchill Said To Me was the six part BBC comedy series made in 1982 but not transmitted until 1993 by UK Gold and 1998 by the BBC....
Hi-De-Hi !
Hi-De-Hi ! 1980
This show is 40 years old this month!
The idea for Hi-De-Hi was inspired by Jimmy Perry's experiences as a Butlin's Red Coat, a job he had during the holiday season after being de-mobbed from ...
Don’t Wait Up
Don't Wait Up, 1983
Don't Wait Up was the BBC sitcom that aired for six series from 1983 to 1990, totalling 39 episodes. It starred Nigel Havers, Tony Britton and Dinah Sheridan, and was written by George Layt...
Bread
Bread, 1986
Marking Thirty years Since Graham Bickley and Melanie Hill took their slice of Bread!It was 9.30pm. on Thursday 1sy May 1986, that we first met the Boswell family and it's thirty years since tw...
Sorry !
Sorry ! 1981
Proving that he too had a career outside of The Two Ronnies, Sorry! was a vehicle for Ronnie Corbett, giving him the starring role - mild-mannered librarian Timothy Lumsden, still tied up in moth...
Open All Hours
Open All Hours, 1976
It's the one with the Nurse and a grasping grocerA true classic sitcom. Starting out as the opening episode of the Seven Of One series in 1973, Open All Hours ran for twenty six epis...
Scotch and Wry
Scotch and Wry - 1978
Scotch and Wry was the popular Scottish comedy sketch show, broadcast on BBC1 Scotland, for 2 series in 1978 and 1979, then returning annually between 1980 and 1992 as part of BBC Scotlan...