The Arthur Haynes Show
The Arthur Haynes Show, 1957
Arthur Haynes is a name that many younger readers will never of heard of unless they've seen the DVD's.
However in his time Haynes was at the very top of his game, but now sadl...
Spike Milligan – ‘Q’
Q.... 1969
'Q' was Spike Milligan's surreal TV comedy sketch show ran for ten series, totaling thirty eight episodes.
Each series was identified by a number from 1 - 9, the final series was entitled There's...
Take It From Here
Take It From Here - 1948
In Tribute To Denis Norden, 1922 - 2018
To some this was the very first British sitcom a subject we discussed in an earlier post.
Take It From Here was the popular Sunday BBC Ra...
Hancock’s Half Hour, The Radio Series, 1954
As part of our celebrations of the 70th anniversary of Hancock's Half Hour TV series we are turning this week over to Tony Hancock: charting his career from his early days in Happy Go Lucky and Educating Archie...
Les Dawson In Profile
Les Dawson, 1931 - 1993
Thirty years ago today we lost one of the all time greats: Les Dawson.
Les was one of Britain's best loved comics, master of the monologue, nobody could tell a Mother In Law joke qui...
The Dick Emery Show
The Dick Emery Show, 1963
From a time when Saturday night television was the highlight of the week.
The Dick Emery show kept millions of us entertained with his hilarious sketches and vast array of eccen...
Frankie Howerd’s First Vist To Pompeii
Up Pompeii - The BBC TV Series, 1970
Innuendos and titters a plenty as Frankie Howerd takes us back to Ancient Rome.
After a pilot episode in 1969, as part of BBC's Comedy Playhouse, a full series was commi...
Last Of The Summer Wine – Pt 2
The Brian Wilde Years - Part One, 1976 - 1985
In Tribute To Peter Sallis 1921 - 2017
Perhaps the most popular time in the long runing sitcom's time was the first tenure of Brian Wilde.
After ther departu...
70 Years Of British Classic Comedy
70 Years Of British Classic Comedy, 1990's
The decade that brought us the poll tax and the first gulf war. It also saw the resignation of Mrs Thatcher, replaced by John Major. Then of course it was Tony Blai...
Bread, Guest Post
Bread, Christmas, 1989
If you wanted to pick a feature sitcom from the 1980's there are many you could have gone for. However as we aproach the first anniversary of Carla Lane's death it seemed fitting to lo...