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Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter

Comedy Playhouse, 1961

March 30, 2022
1960's BBC Comedy, 1970's BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter
Comedy Playhouse, 1961 After Tony Hancock left the BBC, a replacement comedy show was required.  As a result of this, then Head Of Light Entertainment. Tom Sloan, determined not to lose his star writers came u...
kevin mc nally stars again as Tony Hancock in The New Neighbour as part of the BBC Landmark comedy season

The New Neighbour

March 11, 2022
2000's BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter
BBC Landmark Comedy Season - Lost Sitcoms - Hancock's Half Hour The second of the BBC's re-makes, this time it's a missing Hancock.  Re-makes of lost Hancock's Half Hour episodes had been an ongoing project ar...
title card from the 1969 series the galton and simpson comedy

Galton And Simpson’s The Handyman

November 24, 2021
1960's BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter
Galton And Simpson's Comedy Playhouse: The Handyman, 1963 The story so far... Tom Sloan then Head of Light Entertainment had come up with an idea for a series of sitcom pilot episodes.The idea was simple a...

Hancock’s Half Hour, The Radio Series

October 10, 2021
Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter, Radio
Hancock's Half Hour, The Radio Series, 1954 At a time when variety was the order of the day along came Tony Hancock, who had made a name for himself as a cast member of popular radio show Educating Archie in 1...

The Alpine Holiday

September 29, 2021
1950's BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter
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...

Elderly Care, Steptoe Style

September 23, 2021
1960's BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter
Steptoe And Son, Homes Fit For Heroes, 1964 Proving that elderly care was a problem even back then is this gem that kicked off series 3 of the hugely popular BBC sitcom: Steptoe and Son.There are some clas...

The Galton And Simpson Playhouse

August 2, 2021
1970's ITV Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter
The Galton And Simpson Playhouse - 1977 After Steptoe ans Son ended in 1974, Galton and Simpson continued to write but the media would have us believe any further high profile hits seemed to alude them.In ...

Hancock, 1961

July 31, 2021
1960's BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter
Hancock, The Final BBC Series, 1961 Can you believe that 60 years have now passed since Tony Hancock made his final series for the BBC."And so exits the last of the Hancock's ,Good Night!" Hancock's final ...
les dawson stars in Dawson's Weekly 7 one off sitcoms written by galton and simpson

Dawson’s Weekly, 1975

July 12, 2021
1970's ITV Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter
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 comedy writing duo Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.Having...
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Steptoe And Son Ride Again – 1973

March 26, 2021
1970's BBC Comedy, Film Spin Offs, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter
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 ...
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