Brian Wilde – In Profile
Brian Wilde, 1953 - 2008
Brian Wilde will perhaps be best remembered for his roles in hit sitcoms Porridge and Last Of The Summer Wine.Quick BioVery little in the way of biography exists within the pub...
Fawlty Towers, Communication Problems
Fawlty Towers, Communication Problems, 1979
Fawlty Towers remains one of Britain's most beloved sitcoms, even if it is over forty years since it ended.Everybody has a favourite episode and this has to be o...
The League of Gentlemen TV series
The League of Gentlemen - 1999
Something a little different. This show has been labelled with a bit of every tag in TV: Horror, Comedy, Cult. Officially it was written as a comedy.The League of Gentlemen...
Gimme Gimme Gimme !
Gimme Gimme Gimme ! - 1999
An independent production for the BBC, Gimme Gimme Gimme was the outrageous sitcom that ran for three series between 1999 and 2001. There were also two specials: Millennium special:...
The Likely Lads Radio Series
The Likely Lads Radio Series - 1967
The Likely Lads was a popular TV comedy series set in the North of England. In 1967 one of the show's main stars, James Bolam adapted 16 episodes of the TV show for Radio.
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My Hero
My Hero - 2000
It's the one with the Irish superhero, the TV Doctor and that brilliant Doctor's receptionist.Running for six series (fifty one episodes), My Hero was a brilliant piece of send up of the way...
More Forgotten Radio Comedy With The Motorway Men
The Motorway Men - 1972
Recorded around the same time as the Dad's Army Radio Series The Motorway Men Starred Two Of the Dad's Army Cast.A Pilot Episode aired as part of the series 'Comedy Parade' on BBC R...
Rentaghost, 1976
Rentaghost, 1976
Readers of a certain age will remember this kids comedy series with varying fondness.Rentaghost was the long running kids TV Comedy that perhaps ran for too long and towards the end of it'...
Mrs Brown At Christmas, 2011
Mrs Brown's Boys - Mammy's Ass - Christmas 2011
For this post we travel back to 2011 and the very first Mrs Brown Christmas Special. Coming at the very end of the first series, series 2 was hot on it's heels ...
Ken Dodd’s Palace Of Laughter
Ken Dodd's Palace Of Laughter 1986 - 1987
It is so difficult to pin down any detailed information on Ken Dodd's TV and Radio work, but we have managed to gather together some information for this post.This...