Here They Come It’s……..
The Goodies, 1970
The Goodies had met as undergraduates at Cambridge University. Up until 1973 they were also regulars on the long running BbC Radio series I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again.
The Goodies serie...
Auf Wiedersehen Pet – Series One
Auf Wiedersehen Pet - Series One, 1983
Now a regular fixture on UKTV freeview channel Yesterday. It's hard to believe that this now cult TV series is 35 years old, seems like only yesterday.
The now legend...
Anyone For Dennis?
Anyone For Dennis? 1982
Anyone For Dennis? was a one off TV version of the hit West End stage play of the same name. Based on the hilarious 'Dear Bill' letters for satirical magazine: Private Eye.
Starring...
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...
Hospital Antics With Figgis And Friends……
Only When I Laugh, 1979
Only When I Laugh was the hit Sitcom made for ITV by Yorkshire Television,
Set in an NHS Hospital Men's Surgical Ward, the series ran for twenty nine episodes over four series.
S...
Fishing Antics In…..
Eh Brian! It's A Whopper, 1984
Eh Brian! It's A Whopper was hoped by makers Central, to be the ideal show to fill the Friday night slot left by the hugely successful Auf Wiedersehen Pet.
Whilst fishing is a...
Alf’s Forgotten Trip To The Seaside
Till Death....1981
Till death Us Do Part had been a huge success for the BBC, having started life as part of it's Comedy Playhouse series. As it began to fall out of favour with viewers it was dropped in 1975...
Penelope Keith Has Executive Stress
Executive Stress, 1986
Another of those comedies that were popular at the time, but in today's age of multi- channel TV seems largeley to have been put on the back burner.
Executive Stress was inspired by t...
The Two Of Us
The Two Of Us, 1986
The Two Of Us is an often forgotten little gem from ITV starring Nicholas Lyndurst.
Thirty two episodes screened over four series, usually going out on a Saturday night.
There are som...
Bill Maynard Is In Charge….
The Gaffer, 1981
In Tribute To Bil Maynard Who Died 30th March 2018, aged 89
After a lack of success with Selwyn (sequel to Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!), Bill Maynard's next character could not have been a...