The Alpine Holiday
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...
Beyond Our Ken
Beyond Our Ken, 1958
Beyond Our Ken was the predecessor to Round The Horne. Running for 7 series clocking up 101 episodes plus 2 christmas specials. Eric Merriman had previously written material for Kenneth ...
Kenneth Williams, In Profile
Kenneth Williams, 1926 -1988
Perhaps best remembered for his roles in the popular Carry On Films, Kenneth Williams had a long and varied career that spanned forty years.
Though Williams was fondly regarded ...
A Forgotten Double Act?
A Forgotten Double Act?
Comedy is littered with great double acts. From The Two Ronnies, Canon and Ball, Morecambe and Wise and the list could go on.
However back in the 1950's when radio dominated comedy,...
Carry On Screaming
Carry On Screaming - 1966
In Tribute To Fenella Fielding, 1927 - 2018
The Carry On franchise was continuing to churn out material as we reach the twelfth installment in the hugely successful series.
A pa...
Terry Wogan Looks Back At A Golden Age Of Comedy
Wogan's Radio Fun, 1987
Wogan's Radio Fun was a one off special broadcast in two parts in 1987, as part of the Wogan show.
The importance of comedy on the radio should never be underestimated. Over many ye...
Round The Horne
Round The Horne 1965 - 1968
Round The Horne was the classic Radio Comedy that ran for four series of sixty six, thirty minute episodes on the BBC Light Program (now Radio 2) from 1965 – 1968.
Recorded at th...
An Audience With Kenneth Williams
An Audience With Kenneth Williams - 1983
The fourth instalment of the now legendary ITV series Audience With. This time it was the turn of Carry On Legend - Kenneth Williams and as was sometimes the case duri...
Fantabulosa!
Fantabulosa! 2006
It's thirty years since comedy legend Kenneth Williams died. we look back at the 2006 drama based on his diaries.
Fantabulosa! was a one off television play about the life and times of ca...
Carry On Chopping….
Don't Lose Your Head - 1966
"Carry On Chopping...." screams Kenneth Williams in a classic line from the thirteenth instalment of the hugely successful film series. Produced on a £200,000 budget, this time th...