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...
An Audience With The Goodies
An Audience With The Goodies, 2018
The Goodies had been TV comedy legends from the moment they burst onto TV in 1970 through to their final TV series in 1982.
To celebrate the release of the DVD Box set: "T...
Comic Relief
Comic Relief
Way back in July of 1985, a British charity, founded by comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry in response to famine in Ethiopia was set up.
The charity is almost forty yea...
Streets Apart
Streets Apart, 1988
Streets Apart is one of those many forgotten sitcoms, but this time from the BBC. It starred Amanda Redman and ran for two series in 1988 and 1989, twenty four episodes in total.
The se...
Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers, 1975
A timeless classic that remains funny no matter how many times you watch it. Broadcast on BBC 2 over two series of six episodes each, the first in 1975 and the second in 1979, Fawlty Tower...
Blackadder Goes Forth
Blackadder Goes Forth - 1989
Blackadder goes Forth was the fourth and final series of Richard Curtis and Ben Elton's popular comedy. There would be one final outing for the character but that was 11 years aw...
Blackadder – The Missing Bits ?
Blackadder - The Missing Bits
So you thought if you'd seen all four series of Blackadder, the Comic Relief sketch and Back and Forth you'd seen all of the classic series. Think again we've dug up some sketche...
Dear John
A Forgotten Classic - Dear John, 1986
Some people regard Dear John as a forgotten classic as it has not enjoyed the exposure from regular repeats on non terrestrial TV as have some other comedies of the time.
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On The Up
On The Up, 1990
From the pen of Good Life writer Bob Larbey, came this 90's sitcom with an all star cast. It ran for three series and nineteen episodes.
Of course there is the customary theme tune sang by ...
Dad’s Army At Fifty
Dad's Army At Fifty, Day 3, A chance Meeting With The Captain
Celebrating fifty years of Dad's Army today we look back at a 1970's interview with Arthur Lowe.
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