Galton And Simpson Life After Hancock
By 1961 the BBC had screened what would be Tony Hancock's the final series for the corporation: Hancock.
By now Galton and Simpson had written the scripts to thirteen series of Hancock’s Half Hour, six on th...
Hancock, The Final 1961 BBC Series
Having had success in the 1950's on both the radio and television, Hancock became anxious that his work with Sid James was turning them into a double act. To this effect the 1960 series of Hancock's Half Hour ...
BBC Comedy Playhouse – 2014
In March of 2014, following in the footsteps of a trend of reviving old shows the BBC announced the return of the classic Comedy Playhouse.
The press release headline read:
"Shane Allen, Controller of BBC...
Steptoe and Son – Night Of 100 Stars
We featured a collection of Steptoe sketches earlier this year, whilst researching for another post we came across this.
The Night of 100 Stars was a charity gala performance at the London Palladium on 23rd ...
Galton And Simpson Discuss Where It All Began
We reported a while back that the BBC were planning to resurrect Comedy Playhouse. Originally of course it started life as Galton and Simpson's Comedy Playhouse.
On Tuesday 29th April at 11.05pm on BBC1 you...
It’s Christmas And Guess Who’s Planning A Holiday Again? Will Harold Win The Day Finally”
Steptoe And Son - A Perfect Christmas - Christmas Special - 1974
The final episode of one of television comedy's greats saw the 1974 christmas special bring the Steptoe saga to a close or so we thought, as i...