You Bet !
You Bet ! - 1988
Another prime time Saturday Night classic. You Bet ran for 10 series over 101 episodes between 1988 and 1997.It was a British game show that was based around the format of German show Wet...
It Could Still Be A Big Night If You…….
Play Your Cards Right, 1980
Another game show classic from the longest serving British Entertainer, Bruce Forsyth. What's more it came back for three bites of the cherry and was successful on each occcasion.
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You Can’t Keep A Good Idea Down: Copy Cats
Copy Cats, 1985
Impressions on TV were nothing new and still aren't to this day. However they do make for some great entertainment.Back in the early 1970's ITV had success with a quickfire sketch show fea...
The Rag Trade
The Rag Trade - BBC Years - 1961 - 1963, ITV Years 1977 - 1978
The Rag Trade was the classic sitcom that had two bites of the cherry. Famous for the catchphrase of it's Shop Steward "Everybody Out!" it's one...
Romany Jones
Romany Jones - 1972
All to often when talking about that golden age of comedy (1970's) some great ITV gems get forgotten about.Romany Jones is one such example. Created by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe ...
Lucky Feller
Lucky Feller, 1976
David Jason's second sitcom and another of those "I'd forgotten about that one'" moments.A pilot episode was filmed in 1975, but never transmitted. It was 1976 when Lucky Feller made i...
Hale and Pace
Hale And Pace, The London Weekend Television Series, 1988
Gareth Hale and Norman Pace found fame towards the end of the 1980's, after a single one-off special for London Weekend Television shown Christmas 1986...
An Audience With Dame Edna Everage
An Audience With Dame Edna - 1980 and on
In March 2012, Barry Humphries announced he was retiring his legendary comic creation Dame Edna at the end of the current tour.Now whilst Dame Edna is not British, ...
Richard O’Sullivan Is…..
Dick Turpin - 1979
Another of those golden oldie TV series that used to air on a Saturday night. This time we have Richard O'Sullivan, famed for his comedy performances in Man About The House, Robin's Nest an...
The One That Started It All – An Audience With Jasper Carrott
An Audience With Jasper Carrott - 1978
"An Audience With..." is now one of the most widely recognised formats on British TV, these days it's singers and groups of the moment, but in the early days it was comed...