Porridge Christmas Special, 1976

1970's BBC Comedy
Porridge Christmas Special - The Desperate Hours - 1976 Continuing our look back at classic Christmas Specials from years gone by, here's Fletch and Godbher in it up to their necks as usual in this festive edi...
frank muir presents a selection of special sketches from BBC's top sitcoms in a special one off show: The Funny Side Of Christmas

The Funny Side Of Christmas – 1982

1980's BBC Comedy
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The Funny Side Of Christmas - 1982 The Funny Side Of Christmas was a one off BBC Christmas offering broadcast in 1982, presented by Frank Muir and featuring mini episodes/sketches of some popular BBC comedies,...

Clarence

1980's BBC Comedy
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...
ronnie barker stars as the magnificent evans

The Magnificent Evans

1980's BBC Comedy
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...

The Bargee

General Film
The Bargee, 1964 The Bargee is a British comedy film.Released in 1964 the film included amongst it's credits the coming together of a team that had all worked together before: Harry H. Corbett, Duncan Wood...

The Two Ronnies In Australia

uk comedy abroad
The Two Ronnies In Australia, 1979 The Two Ronnies was not just a huge success in the UK it was also popular in Australia.  The series was regularly screened in the country on ABC Television and was repeated s...

The Two Ronnies

1970's BBC Comedy
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The Two Ronnies, 1971 Perhaps one of television’s most loved Saturday night shows, The Two Ronnies ran for a staggering 98 episodes over 12 series.First appearing in that now famous sketch about class with...

Ronnie Barker – Seven Of One

1970's BBC Comedy
Seven Of One - 1973 Seven Of One was a series made by Ronnie Barker in 1973.  It was effectively a series of possible sitcom pilot episodes.  It was a similar idea to a series Barker had done two years earlier...

His Lordship Entertains

1970's BBC Comedy
His Lordship Entertains, 1972 His Lordship Entertains was the second outing for Ronnie Barker's Lord Rustless character, who we had first seen three years earlier in  Hark at Barker.As well as getting a wh...