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The Alpine Holiday

September 29, 2021
1950's BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter
Hancock's Half Hour, The Alpine Holiday, 1957 The first episode of series two sees a change of cast.  Sid James featured in the Hancock's Half Hour TV series but is absent in this episode.Instead Hancock s...

Elderly Care, Steptoe Style

September 23, 2021
1960's BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter
Steptoe And Son, Homes Fit For Heroes, 1964 Proving that elderly care was a problem even back then is this gem that kicked off series 3 of the hugely popular BBC sitcom: Steptoe and Son.There are some clas...

The Galton And Simpson Playhouse

August 2, 2021
1970's ITV Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter
The Galton And Simpson Playhouse - 1977 After Steptoe ans Son ended in 1974, Galton and Simpson continued to write but the media would have us believe any further high profile hits seemed to alude them.In ...
les dawson stars in Dawson's Weekly 7 one off sitcoms written by galton and simpson

Dawson’s Weekly, 1975

July 12, 2021
1970's ITV Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter
Galton And Simpson And Les Dawson Present:Dawson's Weekly, 1975 Dawson's Weekly sees Les Dason try his hand at sitcom with a little help from legendary comedy writing duo Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.Having...
steptoe and son ride again title screen

Steptoe And Son Ride Again – 1973

March 26, 2021
1970's BBC Comedy, Film Spin Offs, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter
They're Back for a second Feature Film - Steptoe And Son Ride Again - 1973 It's hard to believe that more than 40 years after it's final TV broadcast Steptoe and Son is as popular as it ever was..Harold’s ...

A Junk Yard Full Of Laughs On The Big Screen….

March 26, 2021
Film Spin Offs, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter
Steptoe and Son The Movie - 1972 Like many popular sitcoms of the day Steptoe and Son was given the big screen treatment in 1972.  Written by the same writing team that were responsible for the television show...

Citizen James

February 17, 2021
1960's BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter
Citizen James, 1960 A forgotten BBC comedy starring the late Sid James.  With Hancock's Half Hour behind him James strikes out in his own sitcom, Citizen James ran for three series and thirty two episodes betw...

Steptoe And Son: The Radio Series

February 11, 2021
1960's, 1960's BBC Comedy, 1970's, 1970's BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter, Radio
Steptoe And Son - The Radio Series - 1966 - 1976 There was a time when Radio was the medium of the day, then Television arrived and as we have seen some great radio comedy edged it's way onto our TV screens. ...

Galton And Simpson Present – 3

February 3, 2021
Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter, Radio
Our Favourite Hancock  Part 3 -The Radio Years In the third of this special series to mark the 60th anniversary of the first broadcast of Hancock's Half Hour on BBC Radio, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson have pic...
Steptoe and son come together for one last christmas, will harold finally win the day?

Steptoe And Son

January 4, 2021
1960's BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter
Steptoe and Son, 1962, The World's Most Famous Rag And Bone Men.... Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom about a Father and Son, who are rag and bone men.  Set at the fictional address of Oil Drum Lane in Sheph...
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