Steptoe And Son, Tea For Two
Steptoe And Son, Tea For Two, 1970
As it's election time and politicians are visiting their "people" we thought it would be amusing to look back at what happened when Albert Steptoe was visited by a certain po...
Galton And Simpson’s Half Hour
Galton And Simpson's Half Hour, 2009
Galton And Simpson's Half Hour was the title given to a series of four radio plays broadcast by BBC Radio 2 in 2009 to celebrate the writers' 40th anniversary.
The plays...
The Alpine Holiday
Hancock's Half Hour, The Alpine Holiday, 1957
The first episode of series two sees a change of cast. Sid James featured in the Hancock's Half Hour TV series but is absent in this episode.
Instead Hancock s...
Tony Hancock’s Christmas Special
Hancock's 43 minutes, 1957
Hancock's 43 minutes came at the end of the third series of his BBC television series.
Christmas Specials as we now know them were unheard of in the day, consequently this was the...
Galton And Simpson’s Impasse
Galton And Simpson's Impasse, 1963
Following on from the success of Hancock's Half hour came an idea presented to the two writers by then head of BBC Comedy: Tom Sloan. Comedy Playhouse. A series of of stand ...
In Profile – Galton And Simpson
Ray Galton And Alan Simpson
Perhaps, Britain's best known comedy writers. Ray Galton and Alan Simpson are best known for their classic sitcom Steptoe and Son and for their work with Tony Hancock, but there we...
Dawson’s Weekly, 1975
In Tribute To Ray Galton Who Passed Away Last Week
Galton And Simpson And Les Dawson Present:Dawson's Weekly, 1975
Dawson's Weekly sees Les Dason try his hand at sitcom with a little help from legendary comed...
Hancock’s Half Hour, The Radio Series, 1954
As part of our celebrations of the 70th anniversary of Hancock's Half Hour TV series we are turning this week over to Tony Hancock: charting his career from his early days in Happy Go Lucky and Educating Archie...
Steptoe And Son Ride Again – 1973
They're Back for a second Feature Film - Steptoe And Son Ride Again - 1973
It's hard to believe that more than 40 years after it's final TV broadcast Steptoe and Son is as popular as it ever was..
Harold’s ...
A Junk Yard Full Of Laughs On The Big Screen….
Steptoe and Son The Movie - 1972
Like many popular sitcoms of the day Steptoe and Son was given the big screen treatment in 1972. Written by the same writing team that were responsible for the television show...