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...
A Very British Send Up
The Royal Family Video Album
A Highly respected and much loved British Institution the Royal family have not been exempt from the satirists and comedy writers.
Today on the occasion of another Royal weddin...
Blakey’s Off To Retire In Spain…….
Don't Drink The Water, 1974
Not many people remember this On The Buses spin-off. Don't drink The Water ran for thirteen episodes over two series.
Regrettably the series failed to capture the success of On ...
British Classic Comedy Talk To Roy Clarke
Celebrating sixty years of the great British sitcom, we talk to Roy Clarke about his classic sitcoms and catch up with Still Open All Hours.
The Misfit (1970-71)
Last Of The Summer Wine (1973 - 2010)
Oh No...
Cooper’s Half Hour – 1980
Cooper's Half Hour - 1980
With his trademark Fez and tricks that always seem to go wrong Tommy Cooper was one of the most popular and recognisable comedians in the world. Unfortunately by 1980 drink had got t...