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A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

January 31, 2021

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, 1966 Before we went Up Pompeii there was "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum" a British-American comedy film based on a stage musical of the same nam...

The Dick Emery Show

October 24, 2020

1960's BBC Comedy

The Dick Emery Show, 1963 From a time when Saturday night television was the highlight of the week. The Dick Emery show kept millions of us entertained with his hilarious sketches and vast array of eccen...

George and Mildred

April 26, 2020

1970's ITV Comedy

George and Mildred, 1976 Almost certainly one of ITV's all time classics, George and Mildred was produced for ITV by Thames Television.A spin off from the popular Man About The House it starred Brian Murph...

roy linear stars in the hit ITV sitcom The Cowboys

Looking For A Builder? Don’t Trust….

January 3, 2020

1980's ITV Comedy

The Cowboys 1980 - 1981 One of many great sitcoms that gets overlooked by TV schedulers for repeats.Starring the late great Roy Kinnear. Cowboys was the ITV sitcom that ran for two series totalling 13 epis...

Anyone For Dennis?

September 6, 2018

1980's ITV Comedy

Anyone For Dennis? 1982 Anyone For Dennis? was a one off TV version of the hit West End stage play of the same name. Based on the hilarious 'Dear Bill' letters for satirical magazine: Private Eye.Starring...

That Was The Week That Was !

July 9, 2017

1960's BBC Comedy

That Was the Week That Was, 1962 The fore-runner to The Frost Report, That Was The Week That Was, ran for two series in 1962 and 1963.November 1962: Britain was changing, deference was on the way out, The ...

Roy Kinnear's last TV role before his death was in thie ill feted sitcom Hardwicke House

Roy Kinnear’s Last TV Role Was In This Cancelled Sitcom

November 18, 2016

1980's ITV Comedy

Hardwicke House One of the last roles Roy Kinnear played before his sad death in 1988. Hardwicke House was a seven part ITV sitcom. Too say this sitcom was a little contraversial might be an understatement. ...

The Galton And Simpson Playhouse

September 16, 2016

1970's, 1970's ITV Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter

The Galton And Simpson Playhouse - 1977 After Steptoe ans Son ended in 1974, Galton and Simpson continued to write but the media would have us believe any further high profile hits seemed to alude them.In ...

New Martin Clunes Sitcom

Vicar Of Dibley’s Trevor Had Died

Old Bean?

Dame Barbara Windsor Has Died, Aged 83

Peter Aliss Dies

The Vicar Of Dibley In Lockdown

Des O’Connor Dies, Aged 88

Cradle To Grave, 2015

Were Some Of The Greats Really That Offensive ?

The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs

The Royal Bodyguard

We Talk To Tessa Le Bars

British Classic Comedy Talk To Adrienne Conway

British Classic Comedy Talk To Roy Clarke

British Classic Comedy Talk To Carla Lane

Galton and Simpson Discuss The Beginnings Of Hancock.

British Classic Comedy Talk to Galton and Simpon – Hancock, 1961

Galton and Simpson’s 60th Anniversary Interview – Comedy Playhouse

Galton And Simpson Present - 4

Ayres On The Air

Emery At Large

I Say Right Monkey, It’s…..

Steptoe And Son: The Radio Series

Galton And Simpson Present – 3

Little Britain – Back Where It All Began

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

The Dick Emery Show

George and Mildred

Looking For A Builder? Don’t Trust….

Anyone For Dennis?

That Was The Week That Was !

Roy Kinnear’s Last TV Role Was In This Cancelled Sitcom

The Galton And Simpson Playhouse

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