Steptoe and Son – A Winter’s Tale
BBC Landmark Comedy Season - The Lost Sitcoms
On 14th September as the season begins to draw to a close BBC 4 broadcast the last of their lost sitcoms. This time it's Steptoe and Son - A Winter's Tale.Ori...
Pinwright’s Progress, 1946
The first televised British Sitcom. Pinwright's Progress, was broadcast for 10 episodes aired fortnightly with the popular variety show Kaleidoscope.Each episode was broadcast live from the BBC studios at ...
Are You Being Served – Christmas Special – 1975
Christmas Crackers - 1975
After a pilot in 1972, Are You Being Served started it's ten season run in 1973. However it would be 1975 before we saw the first Christmas Special.Improving sales figures as onl...
So You Think You’ve Got Troubles, 1991
Continuing our tribute to Warren Mitchell, who passed away on Saturday, we've pulled out a rarity that seems to draw a mixed reaction from audiences.So You Think You've Got Troubles was a six part series th...
Galton And Simpson Present – Our Favourite Hancock – Part 2
Twelve Angry Men - 1959
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first broadcast of Hancock's Half Hour on BBC Radio, comedy scriptwriting legends Ray Galton and Alan Simpson are presenting a very special seri...
Bring Them Back BBC2
If you're of a certain age, early 40's up over you may remember that time of the evening dedicated to news programs and still is today, but during the 1970's and 80's BBC2 introduced us to some legendary comedy...
Gilly Coman Dies
The actress who played Aveline in the 1980s Liverpool sitcom Bread died from a suspected heart attack on July 13th 2010, aged 50.Gilly Coman, 50, played the Boswell family's flame-haired sister for five ser...
Harry and Paul make two !
Harry Enfield and Chums Returns for 2011
Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse will return for a new series, but it wont be on BBC1 they've moved to BBC2 it was reported in The Sun's TV Biz last week. Whichever c...