It’s A Square World
It's A Square World - 1960
Groundbreaking comedy from an all too often forgotten comedy genius - Michael Bentine. It's A Square World was a sketch based series that appeared on the BBC between 1960 and 1964. ...
John Sullivan In Profile
John Sullivan - 1946 - 2011
Forty years since Only Fools and Horses, it's ten years since the ad passing of creator John Sullivan.John Sullivan was perhaps one of the most prolific comedy script writers of...
Carrie And Barry
Carrie And Barry, 2004
From the writer of Men Behaving Badly, came this BBC sitcom that ran for two series of six episodes each between 2004 and 2005. It starred Neil Morrissey who found himself re-united wit...
Grandma’s House
Grandma's House, 2010
As classic differs in everyone's book it's always good to take a look back at newer comedy. It's when you do this you realise what you thought was recent is ten years old and that some o...
Bachelor Father
Bachelor Father, 1970
An almost forgotten BBC sitcom from the pen of Richard Waring whose credits included: Marriage Lines, and Mother Makes...with Wendy Craig.Running for 2 series totalling 22 episodes pl...
Were Some Of The Greats Really That Offensive ?
The Great Racist Debate
During the 1960's and more so the 1970's, television was getting very exciting. The race to provide comedy on TV was on and it seemed all subjects were fair game, even race.Till De...
Honey For Tea
Honey For Tea, 1994
Honey For Tea was a short-lived sitcom first broadcast in 1994 and lasting just 6 episodes.Whilst it starred Felicity Kendal the series failed to catch on with one critic describing Fel...
The Royal Bodyguard
The Royal Bodyguard, 2011
This forgotten little gem was to prove that even the best comic talent can't always hold the audience.In 2011, following the success of their BBC sitcom The Worst Week of My Life,...
Felicity Kendal Goes Solo
Solo, 1981
After the success of The Good Life, it's stars were household names and went on to star in their own right in other projects. Solo was a vehicle for Felicity Kendal.Written by Carla Lane, of Bu...
2Point4 Children
2Point4 Children, 1991
Huge BBC hit sitcom from the 90's, that in it's early days regularly drew audiences of 14 million. It ran for eight series, five Christmas Specials, a total of fifty six episodes.Th...