Holding The Fort
Holding The Fort, 1980
Doctor Who At 60!As Doctor who gets ready to celebrate it's 60th anniversary later this week we are looking back at some of the show's comedy connections. Today it's the turn of the...
A History Of Christmas Specials
Where Did The Festive Favourite Start?
As we approach the festive season we look out for those timeless pieces of TV - the Christmas Special. With modern sitcoms failing to live up to the standards of the fi...
From Coronation Street To A New Position For Arthur Lowe
Pardon The Expression, 1965
When you mention Arthur Lowe, you instinctively think of Dad's Army. However, there were many great comedies to feature Arthur Lowe.Produced by Granada TV for ITV and running f...
A Book, A Radio Series And A TV Series!
Up The Garden Path, 1990
Up The Garden Path was originally a novel published in 1984 by author Su Limb. Three years later in 1987 the novel had been adapted into a radio series for BBC Radio 4.Imelda Stau...
Shelley
Shelley, 1979
Hugely popular in it's day and another one pushed to the back of the queue when they're looking at programs to repeat on TV.The show was made by Thames Television and first hit our screens in...
First There Were Three Then…..
And Mother Makes Five, 1974
Just a year after the original had ended we had the follow up series to And Mother Makes Three.And Mother Makes Five picked up where the original left off, again broadcast on IT...
Astronauts
Astronauts, 1981
Astronauts was an ITV sitcom that ran for 2 series over 13 episodes (7 in series one and 6 in series two) between 1981 and 1983.It's scripts were of the highest calibre being written by tw...
No ! Not Those Larkins, The Original Larkins…
The Larkins, 1958
As the title suggested it's not The Larkins as recently seen on ITV , or those from the original Darling Buds Of May.The Larkins was an early ITV sitcom that ran for forty episodes over s...
Harry’s Back On The Box!
My Name Is Harry Worth, 1974
My name is Harry Worth was an ITV sitcom from the popular comic Harry Worth.It's notable in that with the exception of his final sitcom (Oh Happy Band) it only ran for 1 series...
Arthur Lowe Takes The Cloth In…
Bless Me Father, 1978
Bless Me Father marked something of a departure for Arthur Lowe taking him away from the middle class ‘bank manager’ type roles that he had become associated with and placing him in charg...