Open All Hours

1980's BBC Comedy
Open All Hours, 1976 It's the one with the Nurse and a grasping grocerA true classic sitcom.  Starting out  as the opening episode of the Seven Of One series in 1973, Open All Hours ran for twenty six epis...
Arthur Lowe stars as Potter in thi much under rated sitcom

Potter

1970's BBC Comedy, 1980's BBC Comedy
Potter, 1979 This largely forgotten classic from the pen of Roy Clarke, ran for three series between 1979 and 1983, Potter was Arthur Lowe’s last work, he died in 1982.As plans for a third series were so a...

Roy Clarke In Profile

Comedy Profiles
Roy Clarke, OBE Surely Britain's most prolific comedy script writer with a list of works that includes some of Britain's best loved sitcoms.We interviewed Roy Clarke back in 2014.  He sites fellow comedy w...
clive swift and Patricia Rutledge are keeping up appearances

Keeping Up Appearances

1990's BBC Comedy
Keeping Up Appearances, 1990 In Tribute To Clive Swift Who Has Died, Aged 82Another Roy Clarke classic, only this time set away from Yorkshire.  Clarke's wonderful comic creation Hyacinth Bucket is one of ...
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 Ultimate Compo Tribute?

2000's BBC Comedy
Last Of The Summer Wine, It's Never Ten Years, 2008 It was during series 29 that the show chose to pay tribute to it's greatest character - Compo.  Played by Bill Owen, Compo  had been at the contrite of the s...

Granville Is Opening For Series Five

Latest News
Still Open All Hours Returns For A Fifth Series The BBC has ordered a fifth series of hit sitcom Still Open All Hours.   Sir David will be reprising his role as Granville in new episodes to air later in the ye...