wilfrid brambell Archives - British Classic Comedy

A Junk Yard Full Of Laughs On The Big Screen….

March 26, 2021

Film Spin Offs, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter

Steptoe and Son The Movie - 1972 Like many popular sitcoms of the day Steptoe and Son was given the big screen treatment in 1972. Written by the same writing team that were responsible for the television show...

Steptoe And Son: The Radio Series

February 11, 2021

1960's, 1960's BBC Comedy, 1970's, 1970's BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter, Radio

Steptoe And Son - The Radio Series - 1966 - 1976 There was a time when Radio was the medium of the day, then Television arrived and as we have seen some great radio comedy edged it's way onto our TV screens. ...

Steptoe And Son

January 4, 2021

1960's BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter

Steptoe and Son, 1962, The World's Most Famous Rag And Bone Men.... Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom about a Father and Son, who are rag and bone men. Set at the fictional address of Oil Drum Lane in Sheph...

Steptoe And Son – A Perfect Christmas – Christmas Special – 1974

December 10, 2019

Christmas TV

It's Christmas And Guess Who's Planning A Holiday Again? Will Harold Win The Day Finally?" The final episode of one of television comedy's greats saw the 1974 christmas special bring the Steptoe saga to a clos...

Steptoe And Son, Tea For Two

November 20, 2019

Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter

Steptoe And Son, Tea For Two, 1970 As it's election time and politicians are visiting their "people" we thought it would be amusing to look back at what happened when Albert Steptoe was visited by a certain po...

Steptoe And Son – The Sketches

November 17, 2019

1960's BBC Comedy, 1970's BBC Comedy

Steptoe And Son - The Sketches - 1962 - 1978 Everybody remembers the popular TV series, two movies and possibly the radio series, but this collection of sketches often gets passed by. We've covered some befor...

Wilfrid Brambell In Profile

May 5, 2019

1960's, 1970's, Comedy Actors

Wilfrid Brambell, 1912 - 1985 Irish film and TV actor Wilfrid Brambell will always be best known for his roles in the hit BBC comedy Steptoe and Son and as Paul Mc Cartney's fictional Grandfather in The Beatle...

Harry H. Corbett In Profile

February 28, 2017

General Comedy Profiles

Harry H. Corbett 1925 - 1982 He would have been 92 today!Harry H. Corbett will forever be remembered for his starring role alongside Wilfrid Brambell in Steptoe and Son, during the 1960's and 1970's.De...

UK Drama are now repeating vintage Black abd white episodes of steptoe and son

Vintage Steptoe Back On TV!

November 12, 2016

Albert Has A VIP Guest Coming To Tea…

May 7, 2015

1970's, 1970's BBC Comedy

Steptoe and Son - Tea For Two, 1970 Well it's election day 2015, so we thought we'd find somthing topical, well almost it's 45 years since this episode was first broadcast.Tea For Two was originally broadc...

Sorry Mammy, Rory's Off!

Tom O’Connor Has Died

Billy Connolly Looks Back

“I Remember Jokes”

Vicar Of Dibley’s Trevor Had Died

Old Bean?

Dame Barbara Windsor Has Died, Aged 83

Cruising With Hancock

Till Death Us Do Part

Wimbledon ?

Father’s Day

British Classic Comedy Talk To Roy Clarke

British Classic Comedy Talk To Adrienne Conway

British Classic Comedy Talk To Carla Lane

We Talk To Tessa Le Bars

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

Emery At Large

The TV Lark

And There’s More On The Radio….

Parsley Sidings

Steve Wright In The Afternoon

Ayres On The Air

I Say Right Monkey, It’s…..