Wilfrid Brambell In Profile
Wilfrid Brambell, 1912 - 1985
Irish film and TV actor Wilfrid Brambell will always be best known for his roles in the hit BBC comedy Steptoe and Son and as Paul Mc Cartney's fictional Grandfather in The Beatle...
Last Of The Summer Wine – The Michael Bates Years
Last Of The Summer Wine - The Michael Bates Years
Last of The Summer Wine made it’s debut in January 1973 as an episode of the long running Comedy Playhouse series. It was commissioned almost immediately fo...
Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em – Christmas Special 1974
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em - Christmas Special 1974 - Jessica's First Christmas
Could this be the funniest Christmas Special ever made ?
"Who's going to see the Queen on Christmas Day then ?" Frank asks the b...
Till Death Us Do Part – Christmas Special
Till Death Us Do Part - 1972 Christmas Special - Jesus Christ Superstar
One of the great comedies and one of our best loved characters – Alf Garnett. Till Death Us Do Part started life in the 1960’s and retur...
Going Green With The Good Life
The Good Life, 1975
Perhaps one of the most endearing sitcoms ever written, The Good Life was the original environment friendly comedy. It covered so many issues so well. From Margo's social climbing, to Jer...
Whoops Baghdad – 1973
Frankie Howerd's Full Of Eastern Promise
Whoops Baghdad was effectively a harmless re-working of Up Pompeii, screened on the BBC in 1973, it ran for one series only totalling six episodes.
Written by the sa...
Open All Hours 1976
It's the one with the Nurse and a grasping grocer- Open All Hours
Starting out as the opening episode of the Seven Of One series in 1973, Open All Hours ran for 26 episodes over four series between 1976 and 1...
Galton And Simpson Present – Part 6
Divided We Stand, 1972
For the last five weeks legendary scriptwriters Ray Galton and Alan Simpson have been sharing their favourite episodes from their hugely successful career. Today we reach the final part...
Steptoe And Son – Christmas 1973
Steptoe And Son - The Party - Christmas Special - 1973
As we move into Christmas week we're paying special attention to an all time great that ended 40 years ago this Boxing Day. To remember this classic sitc...
Porridge Christmas Specials – Part 2
Porridge Christmas Special - The Desperate Hours - 1976
Continuing our look back at classic Christmas Specials from years gone by, here's Fletch and Godbher in it up to their necks as usual in this festive edi...