Yes Prime Minister, The Grand Design
Yes Prime Minister, The Grand Design, 1986
Listening to the radio in recent days a lot was being said about the Prime Minister, currently in isolation, and how he should be out leading from the front. Defence...
Blackadder – The Third
Blackadder - The Third - 1987
Set in Britain's Regency Period, late 18th and early 19th centuries. The third series of the hugely popular comedy sees the Blackadder family fortunes drop further.In serie...
Clarence
Clarence, 1988
Another forgotten gem from Ronnie Barker.By the time Clarence arrived on our screens, Ronnie Barker the man who had given us so many comic gems had decided to retire and run an antiques shop...
Now – Something Else
Now - Something Else, 1986
Impressionist Rory Bremner had first come to prominence in 1985 with the release of the hit single, "N-N-Nineteen Not Out" (released under the name of the Commentators). He would co...
In Sickness And In Health – Part 3
Series 3 - 6, 1987 -1992
Because of the changes made throughout this series we felt it better to break it up to follow the changes.To re cap, Alf has lost his beloved Else and now lives on his own with lod...
Saturday Night Laughs With Three Of A Kind
Three Of A Kind, 1981
Three Of A Kind was the comedy sketch show that brought us comedians Tracey Ullman, Lenny Henry and David Copperfield.The show ran for three series totalling eighteen episodes between...
The Lenny Henry Show
The Lenny Henry Show, 1984 - A Show With Many Incarnations
The Lenny Henry Show started life in 1984, by the end of it's seventh and final series it had clocked up forty eight episodes.It began life in 198...
It Ain’t Half Hot Mum!
It Ain't Half Hot Mum! - 1974
It's almost forty years since this popular sitcom ended and today marks 75 years since VJ Day (victory in Japan).Whilst in 1945 there were celebrations for VE day the war was ...
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...
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...