Bless This House – The Movie – 1972
Of all the TV spin off movies this one has to be my favourite as it stands up well on it's own, even without being a spin off from the TV series.In common with many of the hit TV comedies of the day Bless T...
Are You Being Served ? – The Movie
As was the trend during the 1970's Are You Being Served was given the big screen treatment in 1977. The film starred all the original cast from the TV version as they take a holiday on the Costa Plonka while t...
Absolutely Fabulous, The Movie
After years of promissing to write the script and the annual dig from Dawn French, during their BBC Radio 2 Christmas shows, it's finally arrived. Absolutely Fabulous - The Movie.Alongside the regular cast...
Up the Chastity Belt, 1971
Up the Chastity Belt was a 1971 film the second spin-off from the TV series Up Pompeii! that had made it's big screen debut earlier the same year.There were some notable names amongst the cast including Fr...
Monty Python and The Holy Grail – 1975
The second of Monty Python’s films, released in 1975 and the first to feature completely original material. Generally it’s a spoof of King Arthur’s quest to find the Holy Grail. Eric Idle would later use the ...
Man About The House Hits The Big Screen
Man About The House, The Movie, 1974
As we have seen with many of the decade's most popular sitcoms, there was a big screen outing. Man About The House was no exception. Although many fans of the TV series f...
They’re Coming Back In 2016
A little short of 39 years after the original TV series finished and after the excitement of a new Bond and Star Wars film, 2016 will see the eagerly awaited return of Dad's Army.The original sitcom enjoys ...
The Beatles, Help! 1965
The second and technically the last Beatles Movie. Technically the last because the group fell out of love with the idea of movies, but were contractually obliged to make four, this obviously lead to the anima...
The Alf Garnett Saga
The Alf Garnett Saga, 1972
All this week across the subject of television as a whole, we want to look at the programs that time seems to have largely forgotten. We'll start with the second film spin off from ...
The Punch And Judy Man, 1963
In their interview Ray Galton and Alan Simpson told us they had a three picture deal with Tony Hancock. The first - The Rebel, was a huge success, the scriptwriters submitted an idea for a second which was rej...