Holding The Fort
Holding The Fort, 1980
Doctor Who At 60!As Doctor who gets ready to celebrate it's 60th anniversary later this week we are looking back at some of the show's comedy connections. Today it's the turn of the...
The Two Of Us
The Two Of Us, 1986
Doctor Who at 60!As Doctor Who gets ready to mark it's 60th anniversary we are looking back at some of the Doctor's comedy connections. Today it's the turn of second Doctor Patrick Tro...
Shelley
Shelley, 1979
Hugely popular in it's day and another one pushed to the back of the queue when they're looking at programs to repeat on TV.The show was made by Thames Television and first hit our screens in...
Astronauts
Astronauts, 1981
Astronauts was an ITV sitcom that ran for 2 series over 13 episodes (7 in series one and 6 in series two) between 1981 and 1983.It's scripts were of the highest calibre being written by tw...
Harvest Festival, Comedy Style , Part 1
Minder, Give Us This Day Arthur Daley's Bread, 1985
This year marks 180 years since the beginnings of the modern Harvest Festival so we thought we'd look back at some Harvest Festival themed comedy.In the ...
The Grumbleweeds Take A Tumble To TV….
The Grumbleweeds Radio Show, 1984
The Grumbleweeds formed in 1962, turning professional after an appearence on Oppurtunity knocks.They still enjoy success to this day, although the line up has changed thr...
The Happy Apple
The Happy Apple, 1983
Another completely forgotten sitcom, this time from ITV. The Happy Apple was based on Jack Pulman's theatre production of the same name from 1970 and ran for just one series of seven epi...
Slinger’s Day
Slinger's Day - 1986
It's 36 years since the King of Saturday night TV Bruce Forsyth handed in the keys to his Supafare branch, leaving behind his only sitcom role.Originally as we saw in an earlier post t...
Leonard Rossiter’s Last Work – Tripper’s Day
Tripper's Day - 1984
Viewed by some as a classic today, but not critically acclaimed at the time, Tripper's Day is largely remembered as Leonard Rossiter's last work. Sadly the actor died between the broadcas...
Marjorie And Men
Marjorie And Men, 1985
There are still a number of sitcoms classic and forgotten from years gone by that we haven't covered, principally as there is very little information to be gathered, no pictures or video...