Carla Lane: The Ones That Got Away
Carla Lane's Forgotten Sitcoms
Carla Lane broke the tradition of all male sitcom writers when alongside Myra Taylor she created The Liver Birds. Other successes followed. We all remember her work on Bless Th...
Re-made In The USA
UK Sitcoms That Were Re-made In The USA
Sitcoms have been part of the fabric of British society since the 1950's. We've seen some classics over the years, but it's not just Britain that likes it's sitcoms.
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You Can’t Keep A Good Show Down
Even If You Re-Name It.....
There is always a debate to be had around whether or not the old shows are the best, often people laugh at wobbly sets or are just not interested in old. If these vintage shows are...
Cooper and Walsh
Cooper and Walsh, 2014
The sitcom that should have been but never was
Last Of the Summer Wine ended in 2010. Over it's thirty year plus time on air it produced some of comedy's greatest characters. Among th...
Rising Damp
The Course Of True Love Never Runs Smooth In Rising Damp
Without doubt ITV's finest sitcom and definitely worthy of it's classic status.Rising Damp ran for twenty eight episodes over four series between 19...
UKTV Britain’s Greatest Comedy Character Shortlist…Part 2
UKTV Announces Britain's Greatest Comedy Character Shortlist...Part 2
We are looking at those great comedy characters that have made the shortlist for Britain's Greatest Comedy Character. We left part one at ...
UKTV To Reveal Britain’s Greatest Comedy Character, Part One
UKTV Announce Shortlist For: Britain's Greatest Comedy Character
UKTV have been asking the public to vote for their favourite comedy character. Now the votes are in the shortlist has been revealed and it's n...
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...
The Norman Evans Show
The Norman Evans Show, 1956
Les Dawson often referred to fellow comedian, Norman Evans as the inspiration for his much loved Ada character.Norman Evans, was a Northern comedian/actor/writer who was very bi...
Curry And Chips
Curry And Chips - 1969
Perhaps the most controversial sitcom ever made. Curry And Chips was a six part comedy based on an idea from Spike Milligan and featured an all star cast.The series was supposed to ...