It’s A Fair Cop
It's A Fair Cop, 1961
By 1961 Eric Sykes was well known for his writing skills having written numerous radio shows for others and had even appeared in his own TV series. However It's A Fair Cop was hi...
Dick Emery’s Big Screen Outing
Ooh You Are Awful ! - 1972
Ooh You Are Awful ! was the big screen version of Dick Emery's BBC TV show. Released in 1972 when many popular comedies found their way to the cinema it starred Dick Emery as Charli...
Christmas Night With The Stars
Christmas Night With The Stars 1958 - 1972
The variety television show broadcast each Christmas Night by the BBC between 1958 and 1972. Although the show ended in 1972 the BBC did resurrect the format in 1982...
ITV’s First Sitcom – The Army Game
The Army Game, 1957
Another show that takes a well known name out of their comfort zone, in this case William Hartnell, who was famed for playing straight parts, he would of course go on to be the first Doctor...
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...
Dick Emery At ITV, 1979 – 1980
By 1979, still at the height of his popularity Dick Emery decided to move from the BBC to ITV. It was a move that proved to be shortlived as he returned to the BBC in 1980.
Whilst at ITV Emery produced thre...
Emery Presents……1982
In 1979, Dick Emery had jumped ship to ITV, a year later in 1980 he returned to the BBC with his popular Dick Emery Show. By 1982 Emery was growing tired of the existing format of his BBC show and wanted to fi...