Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter

A Junk Yard Full Of Laughs On The Big Screen….

March 26, 2021

Film Spin Offs, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter

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...

Citizen James

February 17, 2021

1960's BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter

Citizen James, 1960 A forgotten BBC comedy starring the late Sid James. With Hancock's Half Hour behind him James strikes out in his own sitcom, Citizen James ran for three series and thirty two episodes betw...

Steptoe And Son: The Radio Series

February 11, 2021

1960's, 1960's BBC Comedy, 1970's, 1970's BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter, Radio

Steptoe And Son - The Radio Series - 1966 - 1976 There was a time when Radio was the medium of the day, then Television arrived and as we have seen some great radio comedy edged it's way onto our TV screens. ...

Galton And Simpson Present – 3

February 3, 2021

Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter, Radio

Our Favourite Hancock Part 3 -The Radio Years In the third of this special series to mark the 60th anniversary of the first broadcast of Hancock's Half Hour on BBC Radio, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson have pic...

Steptoe And Son

January 4, 2021

1960's BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter

Steptoe and Son, 1962, The World's Most Famous Rag And Bone Men.... Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom about a Father and Son, who are rag and bone men. Set at the fictional address of Oil Drum Lane in Sheph...

Galton and Simpson – I Did It My Way

November 30, 2020

Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter, Radio

Galton and Simpson - I Did It My Way, 2014 The BBC's Landmark Comedy Season was supposed to celebrate 60 years since Hancock's Half Hour came to television. Among all the expectations and variety of shows the...

Galton And Simpson Present – 4

November 2, 2020

Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter, Radio

Our Favourite Hancock - Part 4 The Wild Man Of The Woods To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first broadcast of Hancock's Half Hour on BBC Radio, comedy scriptwriting legends Ray Galton and Alan Simpson ...

Up the Chastity Belt, 1971

October 25, 2020

Film Spin Offs, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter

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...

title card from the 1969 series the galton and simpson comedy

Galton and Simpson Make A Stop Off At ITV

October 19, 2020

1960's ITV Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter

The Galton And Simpson Comedy, 1969 In a 2014 interview writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson told us how in the early days of their career "We wrote a letter to the big comedy writers of the time, Frank Muir an...

galton and simpson present their personal favourite episodes from their work in part one it's tony hancock in the blood donor

Galton and Simpson Present – Our Favourite Hancock – Part 1

September 10, 2020

1960's, 1960's BBC Comedy, BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter, TV Comedy

Hancock, The Blood Donor, 1961 To celebrate the 60th anniversary, in 2014, of the first broadcast of Hancock's Half Hour on BBC Radio. Comedy scriptwriting legends Ray Galton and Alan Simpson presented a very ...

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Up The Convicts

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Galton and Simpson Discuss The Beginnings Of Hancock.

British Classic Comedy Talk to Galton and Simpon – Hancock, 1961

Galton and Simpson’s 60th Anniversary Interview – Comedy Playhouse

Down The Line

Music And Comedy It Must Be…..

BBC At 100, BBC Classic Comedy

BBC At 100, BBC Classic Comedy

Wake Up To Wogan, 1993

I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue

Happy Christmas Tony Hancock Style

A Junk Yard Full Of Laughs On The Big Screen….

Citizen James

Steptoe And Son: The Radio Series

Galton And Simpson Present – 3

Steptoe And Son

Galton and Simpson – I Did It My Way

Galton And Simpson Present – 4

Up the Chastity Belt, 1971

Galton and Simpson Make A Stop Off At ITV

Galton and Simpson Present – Our Favourite Hancock – Part 1