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...
It’s Not The Sweeney………
Home To Roost, 1985
Think John Thaw and you'll almost certainly think of The Sweeney or Inspector Morse and you'd be right.
However in 1985 he starred in this ITV sitcom and it was rather funny. So much so...
Jim Davidson’s Doing The Driving In….
Home James, 1987
The sequel to Up The Elephant And Round The Castle, Home James sees Jim Davidson reprise his role as Jim London.
Produced by Thames Television for ITV, there were 4 series broadcast between...
Cooper’s Half Hour – 1980
Cooper's Half Hour - 1980
With his trademark Fez and tricks that always seem to go wrong Tommy Cooper was one of the most popular and recognisable comedians in the world. Unfortunately by 1980 drink had got t...