Fantabulosa!
Fantabulosa! 2006
It's thirty years since comedy legend Kenneth Williams died. we look back at the 2006 drama based on his diaries.
Fantabulosa! was a one off television play about the life and times of ca...
We’re Doomed…
We're Doomed, Th Dad's Army Story, 2015
It's hard to believe that Dad's Army has been delighting audiences for fifty years. Back in 2015 just a year before a new Dad's Army movie, the BBC commissioned this on...
Randall And Hopkirk Re-Made?
Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased) The Re-Make, 2000
How could you mess with a cult classic? Well the BBC did and made quite a good job of it. In 2000 Randall and Hopkirk returned to our screens on a Saturday nig...
Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased)
Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased), 1969
This now cult TV show was produced by ITC who were the production company behind many cult TV shows around the time.
Surprisingly there were only twenty six episodes eve...
Minder, 1979
Minder - The Dennis Waterman Years - 1979 - 1985 and 1988 - 1989
Originally intended as a vehicle for Dennis Waterman, it also made George Cole's Arthur Daley one of the all time great comedy characters.
Mi...
Tales Of The Unexpected
Tales Of The Unexpected - 1979
A bit of cult drama for today's post. Yes it's the one with the haunting theme tune and swaying dancers in the titles. Well we like to keep it interesting.
Originally titled...
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That Like This
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That Like This, 2014
Tommy Cooper was one of Britain's best loved comedians. The trademark fez and the tricks that always seemed to go wrong made him a household name. Throughout the 19...
Rumpole Of The Bailey
Rumpole Of The Bailey, 1978
A personal favourite TV series of the late Alan Simpson.
In a 2014 interview we did with Galton and Simpson we asked " is there a Television show or a sitcom you didn't write but...
Happy Halloween
It was sixteen years ago today that the BBC scared the living daylights out of the viewing public. Be prepared to be scared out of your wits again as we take you back to when Michael Parkinson presented.....
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Coronation Street – 1960
In Tribute To Jean Alexander, Who Died On Friday Night, Aged 90
One of the great things about the British sense of humour is that it manages to creep everywhere, creating some of television's most memorable ch...