Sports Relief, 2016
What has comedy got to do with sport? you may ask. Well many top comics come out ad put themselves through the ringer in aid of a good cause. This year Jo Brand did her "walk of hell" from the east side of Br...
Extras – 2005
After the success of The Office, two years later Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant returned to TV screens with an eagerly awaited second comedy series.Their second offering was a joint venture between HBO ...
Are You Being Served – Christmas Special – 1975
Christmas Crackers - 1975
After a pilot in 1972, Are You Being Served started it's ten season run in 1973. However it would be 1975 before we saw the first Christmas Special.Improving sales figures as onl...
So You Think You’ve Got Troubles, 1991
Continuing our tribute to Warren Mitchell, who passed away on Saturday, we've pulled out a rarity that seems to draw a mixed reaction from audiences.So You Think You've Got Troubles was a six part series th...
Saturday Nights Now V’s Then ?
Keep meaning to do this. Here in 2015 and for what seems like years gone by Saturday night TV seems to be dominated particuarly during the autumn/winter by three programs. For the BBC it's Strictly, and Docto...
Marriage Lines
Marriage Lines - 1961
Early Richard Briers, Marriage lines was the BBC sitcom that ran for five series through forty six episodes between 1961 and 1966. Originally entitled The Marriage Lines, the show was la...
Looking Back 30 Years
This week sees the thirtieth anniversary of Live Aid. Whilst it was the biggest television event on the planet, we wondered what were we laughing at in 1985?https://youtu.be/g1rGsNzAgWgAfter all what m...
Galton And Simpson Present – Our Favourite Hancock – Part 2
Twelve Angry Men - 1959
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 are presenting a very special seri...
Battle Of The First Sitcom
Hancock's Half Hour v's Take It From Here
On the 2nd November 1954 on the BBC Home Service Tony Hancock made his debut in a radio show called Hancock's Half Hour, written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson it beca...
Bring Them Back BBC2
If you're of a certain age, early 40's up over you may remember that time of the evening dedicated to news programs and still is today, but during the 1970's and 80's BBC2 introduced us to some legendary comedy...