An Audience With Kenneth Williams
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
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...
From Stand Up To Sitcom It’s Sean Hughes
Sean's Show, 1992
InTribute To Sean Hughes Who Sadly Died On 16th October
Sean Hughes was a prominent stand up comic who seemed to be able to turn his hand to most things in the entertainment world. In 199...
Brass
Brass, 1983
An unusual comedy drama from ITV that ran originally for three series, before coming back for a second bite at the cherry in 1990 on Channel 4.
A very clever and dry comedy, that used convoluted...
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Whose Line Is It Anyway? 1988
This hit improvisational comedy show started life on the radio before being produced for television in 1988. It ran for ten series between 1988 and 1999.
The show proved such ...
The Windsors
The Windsors, 2016
Always a tricky subject but never far from the minds of comedy writers are: The Royals. This part soap opera, part sitcom is in it's second season at the time of writing.
It's certainly ...
The Comic Strip Presents
The Comic Strip Presents, 1982
Making it's debut in November 1982 on Channel 4, The Comic Strip Presents is an ongoing project by a group of prominent comedians, although at the time many of them were just sta...
Andrew Sachs’ Forgotten Sitcom
Dead Ernest - 1982
In view of the recent death of Andrew Sachs Channel 4 should, perhaps dig this out and give it a repeat airing.
An attempt by Andrew Sachs to break away from Manuel, Dead Ernest was a Cha...
The Romans Are Coming To Chelmsford
A sitcom set in Roman times but with a twist. Whilst Frankie Howerd's classic Up Pompeii and ITV 2's Plebs are both set in Rome, this one moves to British shores.
Chelmsford 123 was a Channel 4 offering, th...