The Royal Bodyguard
The Royal Bodyguard, 2011
This forgotten little gem was to prove that even the best comic talent can't always hold the audience.
In 2011, following the success of their BBC sitcom The Worst Week of My Life,...
On The Up
On The Up, 1990
From the pen of Good Life writer Bob Larbey, came this 90's sitcom with an all star cast. It ran for three series and nineteen episodes.
Of course there is the customary theme tune sang by ...
Candid Camera
Smile You're On Candid Camera
Judging by the response we get to this post Candid Camera is as popular now as it was when it last appeared on our TV screens over 40 years ago.
Candid Camera was adapted from ...
The Grumbleweeds Take A Tumble To TV….
The Grumbleweeds Radio Show, 1984
The Grumbleweeds formed in 1962, turning professional after an appearence on Oppurtunity knocks.
They still enjoy success to this day, although the line up has changed thr...
Anyone For Brexit?
The EU Through The Eyes Of The Satirists
Like Spitting Image's Chicken Song, you just can't escape the EU. From Brexit to Remain it's disappointing that we have no Spitting Image or Yes Minister. With all th...
Tony Hancock’s First Big Screen Outing….
The Rebel, 1961
It's 1961. Thanks to the superb scripts written for him by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, comedian Tony Hancock is one of Britain's biggest stars.
With the Hancock's Half Hour TV and Radio sho...
Vintage Satire With David Frost….
The Frost Report, 1966
Legendary satire show hosted by David frost. The successor to That Was The Week That Was, The Frost Report ran for 29 episodes over two series. It is probably most notable for introduc...
Department Store Antics At Grace Brothers
Are You being Served? 1972
Are You Being Served, started life as an episode in the long running BBC Comedy Playhouse series.
Set in the men's and women's departments of the fictional Grace Brothers Departm...
The Young Ones
The Young Ones - 1982
Perceived by many at the time as the birth of alternative comedy The Young Ones was the cult BBC comedy classic that surprisingly only ran for 12 episodes over 2 series between 1982 and 1...
Here They Come It’s……..
The Goodies, 1970
The Goodies had met as undergraduates at Cambridge University. Up until 1973 they were also regulars on the long running BbC Radio series I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again.
The Goodies serie...