The Benny Hill Show
The Benny Hill Show, 1955
One of the longest running comedy shows on British Television The Benny Hill Show ran for forty years from it's early days in the 1950's to 1992. Initially the show aired on BBC1, tr...
Michael Bentine’s Potty Time
Michael Bentine's Potty Time, 1973
Originally the fourth member of the Goons, Michael Bentine popped up on children's television in the early 1970's with this wacky show.
The show was screened on ITV and ra...
Wood And Walters
Wood And Walters, 1982
Often forgotten about, this was Victoria Wood's first sketch show that aired on ITV.
Victoria Wood and Julie Walters were long term friends and had both appeared together on stage in ...
That’s My Boy
That's My Boy, 1981
Are You Being Served legend, Mollie Sugden is in fine form in this eighties classic. That's My Boy ran for thirty seven episodes over five series between 1981 and 1986. Produced by Yorkshi...
Never The Twain
Never The Twain, 1981
A genuine side splitter, often over shadowed by It Ain't Half Hot Mum. Despite this it remains one of ITV's best sitcoms.
Made by Thames Television for ITV, Never The Twain ran up six...
Spitting Image At Christmas
Spitting Image At Christmas
Still the best satire ever made in this writer's opinion. Spitting Image ran for 18 series between 1984 and 1996, but today we focus on the christmas offerings.
Although some De...
Morecambe and Wise Christmas Legends?
Morecambe and Wise - The Christmas Specials, 1969 - 1983
The Morecambe and Wise annual Christmas shows became a national iinstitution, as much a part of Christmas as turkey.
With the exception of 1974, ther...
The Kenny Everett Video Show
The Kenny Everett Video Show, 1978
Ground-breaking in it's day, The Kenny Everett Video Show was made by Thames TV and broadcast on ITV for four series between 1978 - 1981. In all 32 episodes were made, inclu...
Beadle’s About !
Watch Out ! ....Beadle's About ! 1986
After Game For A Laugh, the presenters went onto other projects, perhaps one of the most popular was Jeremy Beadle's Saturday Nigh Classic: Beadles About.
The show was ...
Take A Letter Mr Jones
Take A Letter Mr Jones - 1981
Another outing for John Inman, again short lived, he never seemed to equal the success he enjoyed in Are You Being Served ? despite being a hugely popular actor.
Take A Letter ...