An Audience With Dame Edna Everage
An Audience With Dame Edna - 1980 and on
In March 2012, Barry Humphries announced he was retiring his legendary comic creation Dame Edna at the end of the current tour.Now whilst Dame Edna is not British, ...
You Just Wouldn’t Let It Lie – Vic Reeves Big Night Out
Vic Reeves Big Night Out 1990 -1991
Vic and Bob's first big TV hit was: Vic Reeves Big Night Out.Big Night Out had it's origins as a cult British comedy stage show before becoming a hit TV series. Vic Re...
Paul Merton, The Series
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...
Fairly Secret Army
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
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 ...
The Inbetweeners
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 Howard Is On The Comeback Trail….
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...
From Stand Up To Sitcom, Jo Brand Stars In….
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...
It’s Not Car Share, It’s …..
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...
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...