The River
The River, 1988
When the pop star met the sitcom. Legendary pop star David Essex starred in this six part BBC sitcom that first aired in 1988.Sources have often stated the series producer/director Susan B...
Goodbye Mr Kent
Goodbye Mr Kent, 1982
Goodbye Mr Kent is proof that even with all the right ingredients it doesn't always go right.This almost forgotten sitcom aired in the early 1980's for just seven episodes (one series...
Dear Ladies
Dear Ladies, 1983
Dr. Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket were the stage personae of the musical performance and female impersonation artists George Logan and Patrick Fyffe.Active in theatre, radio and tel...
Comrade Dad
Comrade Dad, 1984
Comrade Dad is a largely forgotten BBC satirical sitcom.It starred George Cole(Minder) and Doris Hare (On The Buses). It ran for just one series of eight episodes in 1986 following a pil...
Not The Nine O’Clock News, 1979
A true classic of it's time, that's still just as funny today. This comedy sketch show ran for 27 episodes over 4 series between 1979 and 1982 as an alternative to the BBC1 Nine O’Clock News.SummaryNot...
Kathy Staff In: No Frills
No Frills - 1988
Intended as a vehicle for Kathy Staff this BBC sitcom ran for one series of seven episodes in 1988. It's one of those lost sitcoms that just gets a passing mention on the internet and has bee...
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...