The Magnificent Evans
The Magnificent Evans - 1984
"There's no point opening the curtains if there's nothing in the parlour"The Magnificent Evans is largely based on an earlier entry in the Comedy Playhouse series, also from th...
Dead Ernest
Dead Ernest - 1982, Andrew Sachs Forgotten Sitcom
An attempt by Andrew Sachs to break away from Manuel, Dead Ernest was a Channel 4 sitcom that unfortunately only ran for one season. It was the first sitcom t...
The Norman Evans Show
The Norman Evans Show, 1956
Les Dawson often referred to fellow comedian, Norman Evans as the inspiration for his much loved Ada character.Norman Evans, was a Northern comedian/actor/writer who was very bi...
Me And My Girl
Me And My Girl - 1984
In Tribute to Tim Brooke-TaylorThere is so much comedy doing the rounds on various channels these days, but it never ceases to amaze me just how many have fallen into obscurity.Me...
John Inman Goes From Fish To Rock, In….
John Inman Stars As The "Odd Man Out"
Always best remembered for playing Mr Humphries in Are You Being Served ? Here's a forgotten little gem that sees John Inman off to the seaside and more besides.Odd Ma...
So Haunt Me
So Haunt Me, 1992
Looking back at some of the less well remembered sitcoms we come to an outing for Tessa Peake-Jones (Only Fools And Horses).Looking back, I found this quite amusing in it's day and even n...
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. ...
The Melting Pot, 1975
The Melting Pot, 1975Another rare sitcom and given the news headlines this week, quite topical.The Melting Pot was supposed to have been a six part BBC sitcom, featuring Spike Milligan blacking up again. S...
Backs To The Land, 1977
And you thought you knew every sitcom that centred around the second world war, we wonder how many people remember this this one?Backs To The Land was an ITV sitcom that clocked up nineteen episodes over th...
Clarence – 1988
Another forgotten gem from Ronnie Barker.By the time Clarence arrived on our screens, Ronnie Barker the man who had given us so many comic gems had decided to retire and run an antiques shop. However before...