Paul Merton, The Series

C4 Comedy
Paul Merton, The Series, 1991 Having being a regular face on TV since 1988, it would be 1991 before comedian Paul Merton got his own show. Paul Merton: The Series ran for twelve episodes over it's two seaso...
geoffrey palmer stars in the forgotten chanel 4 1980's sitcom fairly secret army

Fairly Secret Army

C4 Comedy
Fairly Secret Army, 1984 Whilst Fairly Secret Army was not a spin off from Reginald Perrin, many people felt that the main character was similar to Jimmy in the popular TV series.  Perhaps the reason behind th...

It Takes A Worried Man

1980's, 1980's ITV Comedy, C4 Comedy
It Takes A Worried Man, 1981 Another hit comedy lost in the mists of time.  It never ceases to amaze me the amount of great British sitcoms that have aired over the years, yet with all these extra channels we ...
main cast of the hit channel 4 sitcom the inbetweeners

The Inbetweeners

C4 Comedy
The Inbetweeners, 2008 The inbetweeners sounds like a good title for a horror movie.  However it was the hugely successful sitcom that ran for eighteen episodes over three series from 2008. Hailed as one of...
frankie howerd live

Frankie Howard Is On The Comeback Trail….

C4 Comedy
Frankie's On...1992 Throughout his career Frankie Howerd had had many revivals.  however it was towards the end of his life that he found a new following among students. This lead to him addressing the Oxfo...
jo brand turns her hand ro sitcom when she joins an alstar cast for channel 4 comedy damned

From Stand Up To Sitcom, Jo Brand Stars In….

C4 Comedy
Damned, 2016 Damned started life in 2014 as an episode in the Sky Arts 'Playhouse Presents in 2014. At the the time of the pilot episode it wasn't commissioned as a series.  Clearly writers Jo Brand and Mor...
peter kay takes on the ice cream business in an episode of that peter kay thing

It’s Not Car Share, It’s …..

C4 Comedy
That Peter Kay Thing, 2000 An early television outing for comedian Peter Kay. That Peter Kay Thing ran for six episodes in 2000.  A pilot episode had are two years earlier in 1998. Many of the characters...
Kenneth Williams takes questions from a celebrity audience in an audience with kenneth williams

An Audience With Kenneth Williams

C4 Comedy
An Audience With Kenneth Williams - 1983 The fourth instalment of the now legendary ITV series Audience With.  This time it was the turn of Carry On Legend - Kenneth Williams and as was sometimes the case duri...

Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights

2000's, C4 Comedy, TV Comedy
Peter Kay's hugely popular and BAFTA-nominated British sitcom about The Phoenix Club, a working men's club in the northern English town of Farnworth, Greater Manchester. The show was a spin off from the spoo...