Blackadder: Back And Forth
Blackadder: Back And Forth - 1999
Blackaddder Back & Forth brought the famous historical send up series to an end. Screened some ten years after what was to have been the final instalment, Blackadder Goes...
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,...
Come The Man, Come The Hour
Dad's Army, 1968
Happy Birthday Dad's Army ! 50 Today
It was fifty years ago today that one of television's most popular sitcoms first arrived on our TV screens.
Fifty years on and it's still entertainin...
The Blackadder Begins
The Blackadder, 1983
Despite it's extensive location shooting and that it cost £1 million to make, this first series is not always held in the same high esteem as the three series that would follow. However, ...
Larry Grayson Steps Into Bruce’s Shoes
Larry Grayson's Generation Game, 1978
As we get closer to Sunday and a new Generation Game We look back at the original
Bruce had left to host ‘The Big Night’ leaving the BBC with a vacancy for their premier ...
John Sullivan In Profile
John Sullivan - 1946 - 2011
John Sullivan was perhaps one of the most prolific comedy script writers of a generation. His timeless comedies have been watched and enjoyed by millions all over the world for ove...
Cool It
Cool It - 1985 - 1990
You don't hear much about this guy these days, having retired from live performances, but during his time he was one of the biggest names on television.
During the 1980’s there was a m...
Saturday Night Laughs With Three Of A Kind
Three Of A Kind - 1981 - 1983
Three Of A Kind was the comedy sketch show that brought us comedians Tracey Ullman, Lenny Henry and David Copperfield.
The show ran for three series totaling eighteen episodes ...
Blackadder – The Cavalier Years – 1988
The Cavalier Years was a 15 minute one-off edition of Blackadder set during the English Civil War, shown as part of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day in 1988.
It is set between the second and third series (althoug...
The Good Life
Going Green With The Goods In..
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. Fro...