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- CreatorJohn SullivanStarsDavid JasonNicholas LyndhurstRoger Lloyd PackComedy that follows two brothers from London's rough Peckham estate as they wheel and deal through a number of dodgy deals and search for the big score that'll make them millionaires.
- StarsRonnie BarkerBrian WildeFulton MackayThe prison life of Fletcher, a criminal serving a five-year sentence, as he strives to bide his time, keep his record clean, and refuses to be ground down by the prison system.
- CreatorRonald ChesneyRonald WolfeStarsAnna KarenBob GrantStephen LewisJack-the-lad bus driver and conductor Stan and Jack enjoy the female employees more than their work and Inspector Blake is relentless in his attempts to make their lives a misery.
- CreatorRoy ClarkeStarsPeter SallisJane FreemanKathy StaffThree old men from Yorkshire who have never grown up face the trials of their fellow town citizens and everyday life and stay young by reminiscing about the days of their youth and attempting feats not common to the elderly.
- StarsMichael CrawfordMichele DotriceJessica ForteAccident-prone Frank Spencer fails to navigate the simplest tasks of daily life, while also trying to look after his wife and baby.
- StarsGraham CrowdenStephanie ColeDaniel HillAn unusual alliance develops between Diana Trent, a cynical retired photojournalist and Tom Ballard, a former accountant, while staying at the Bayview Retirement Home.
- StarsRichard BriersFelicity KendalPenelope KeithTom Good quits the rat race, and with wife Barbara turns the garden of their Surbiton house into a smallholding. Their neighbours, snobbish Margo Leadbetter and her conventional husband Jerry, feel variously amused, offended and impressed.
- CreatorPeter SpenceStarsPenelope KeithPeter BowlesAngela ThorneFollowing her husband's passing, Audrey fforbes-Hamilton is forced to sell her stately home. While she comes to terms with her downward mobility, she decides to show the new owner a thing or two about "nobility".
- CreatorJeremy LloydDavid CroftStarsMollie SugdenJohn InmanFrank ThorntonThe misadventures of the staff of a retail floor of a major department store.
- StarsKenny EverettCleo RocosSheila SteafelZany antics and sketches by the anarchic camp comic.
- StarsJudi DenchGeoffrey PalmerMoira BrookerThe Korean War, and a long lost letter, separate the lives of young lovers Jean Pargetter and Lionel Hardcastle, whose paths cross again by happenstance.
- StarsPatricia RoutledgeClive SwiftGeoffrey HughesA snobbish housewife is determined to climb the social ladder, in spite of her family's working class connections and the constant chagrin of her long suffering husband.
- StarsMollie SugdenJohn InmanFrank ThorntonThe staff of the defunct Grace Brothers department store reunite to run a rural hotel.
- StarsRichard WilsonAnnette CrosbieDoreen MantleVictor Meldrew is a retiree who attracts bad luck. If he's not driving his long suffering wife Margaret crazy with his constant moaning, he's fighting with neighbours.
- StarsRonnie BarkerDavid JasonLynda BaronArkwright is a miserly and eccentric shopkeeper with a stammer, who longs to marry his lifelong love Nurse Gladys. He runs a small town grocery store along with his errand boy and nephew, Granville and a particularly dangerous till.
- StarsRonnie BarkerRonnie CorbettThe Fred Tomlinson SingersThis long-running BBC comedy show consisted of sketches and humourous musical routines.
- StarsWilfrid BrambellHarry H. CorbettFrank ThorntonBritish sitcom about a father-and-son rag-and-bone business in London. The intergenerational divide between the miserly Steptoe and his ambitious son results in comedy, drama, and tragedy.
- DirectorBob KellettStarsJohn InmanMollie SugdenFrank ThorntonThe staff of Grace Bros. take a trip to Costa Plonka while the department is being remodeled.
- StarsRonnie BarkerPatricia BrakeRichard BeckinsaleFollowing his release from Slade prison, Fletcher tries to stick to the straight and narrow, but it isn't easy.
- StarsPaul EddingtonNigel HawthorneDerek FowldsThe Right Honorable James Hacker has landed the plum job of Cabinet Minister to the Department of Administration. At last he is in a position of power and can carry out some long-needed reforms, or so he thinks.
- StarsPaul EddingtonNigel HawthorneDerek FowldsJames Hacker was propelled along the corridors of power to the very pinnacle of politics - Number 10.
- StarsDave AllenA few years after announcing his retirement, Dave Allen is back to share his views on the absurdities of modern life.
- StarsDave AllenMichael Sharvell-MartinJacqueline ClarkeComedy show by Irish comedian
- StarsTerry ScottJune WhitfieldReginald MarshTerry and June Medford are a middle aged couple who find the trials of life more difficult as they try to succeed in their daily lives.
- StarsLeonard RossiterDon WarringtonFrances de la TourPopular sitcom set in a seedy bedsit lorded over by the mean, vain, boastful, cowardly, racist landlord Rigsby. In each episode, his conceits are debunked by his long-suffering tenants.
- CreatorBrian CookeJohnnie MortimerStarsRichard O'SullivanPaula WilcoxSally ThomsettSitcom exploring the trials and tribulations created by one man and two women flat-sharing in the 70s.
- CreatorBrian CookeJohnnie MortimerStarsRichard O'SullivanTessa WyattTony BrittonNow a qualified chef, Robin from "Man About the House" (1973) sets up home with his girlfriend, and a business with his girlfriend's father.
- StarsWindsor DaviesMelvyn HayesDonald HewlettThe comic adventures of a group of misfits who form an extremely bad concert party touring the hot and steamy jungles of Burma entertaining the troops during World War II.
- CreatorJimmy PerryStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnA ragtag group of Home Guard volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion during World War II.
- StarsWendy CraigGeoffrey PalmerBruce MontagueRia, a happily married suburban housewife, reaches the age when she feels like life is passing her by.
- StarsDavid FenwickPaul OldhamPaul WyettSet Just before WW2, this involves the younger lives of some of the Last of the Summer wine characters. Norman Clegg's father is played by Peter Sallis who plays Norman Clegg in Last of the summer wine.
- StarsBenny HillGraham StarkPatricia HayesThis timeless modern slapstick-format doesn't really have a plot, but is an irresistible rapid succession of independent short, comical scenes, mostly without any text, often using artificial speed enhancing in the countless chases, which have little in common except the eponymous title-hero himself, who like several frequently recurring sidekicks (especially the old bald guy, who gets countless knocks all over the place) turns up in all sort of places and is frequently tempted by too blond, young and long-legged to be true Benny Hill-girls, getting in - but mostly also out of all kinds of trouble with jealous husbands, police etcetera.
- DirectorDewi HumphreysStarsJason WatkinsSherrie HewsonJohn ChallisA reboot of the classic sitcom Are You Being Served? (1972).
- DirectorBarry PeakStarsBruno LawrenceNique NeedlesRay BarrettA surfer who stops in for a bite to eat at a 1940s-type diner eventually realizes that it is not a diner at all - it is a spaceship disguised as one, and the "owners" of the diner are aliens.
- StarsJames BaxterDavid JasonStephanie ColeHaving inherited the shop from his uncle, it's business as usual for Granville at Arkwright's corner shop.
- StarsJulia McKenzieAnton RodgersAnn BeachPopular British sitcom about middle-aged suburban couple William and Hester Fields. Hester is suffering 'empty-nest syndrome' after their two children have left home, so she keeps trying to find new hobbies and interests.
- StarsDawn FrenchJames FleetTrevor PeacockA boisterous female minister comes to serve in an eccentricly conservative small town's church.
- DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsAlec GuinnessStanley HollowaySidney JamesA meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers.
- DirectorBob KellettStarsFrankie HowerdPatrick CargillBill FraserRoman slave Lurcio inadvertently becomes the possessor of a scroll naming the proposed assassins of the Emperor Nero. Administering to the participants of his master's orgy guests seems small compared to the trouble the scroll brings, but all are in for a nasty shock when Mount Vesuvius decides to erupt.
- StarsFrankie HowerdNicholas CourtneyJoanna DunhamSet in the 1940s in Winston Churchill's secret underground bunker. Frankie Howerd plays a soldier named Private Potts who is a barman to a group of officers, who, like his character in Up Pompeii!, is hell-bent on avoiding work.
- DirectorIan HamiltonStarsFrankie HowerdJoanna DickensElizabeth AnsonOne more look at ancient Rome with Lurcio in this London Weekend Television special.
- DirectorBob KellettStarsFrankie HowerdDavid KernanNora SwinburneThe Queen of England gives birth to twins. In order to protect the blood line one is kept and the other hidden in a pig sty and is raised to think it's mother is the pig. Lurkalot is the one raised by pigs who doesn't know his past. He makes a good living as a servant, selling chastity belts on the side. When his master's castle is lost to Sir Braggart de Bombast, Lurkalot must fight to protect his daughter, eventually travelling to the missions to bring back his master. On the mission he uncovers that his twin is Richard the Lionheart and he is of Royal stock and must bring them both back.
- DirectorDick ClementStarsRonnie BarkerRichard BeckinsaleFulton MackayFletcher is ordered to arrange a prisoner vs celebrity football game, unaware it's a diversion for an escape. Fletcher and cellmate Lennie accidentally discover the plan and must break back into prison to avoid punishment.
- CreatorRichard GordonStarsBarry EvansGeorge LaytonGeoffrey DaviesFollowing his student misadventures in Doctor in the House (1969), Michael Upton (Barry Evans) starts out on an equally fun-filled but disaster-prone solo career. He moves through a variety of jobs in general practice, including one with Dr. Maxwell (Arthur Lowe), before returning to St. Swithin's Hospital as a junior registrar.
- StarsRonnie CorbettRonnie BarkerJon EnglishWell known British comedians Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett perform this comedy skit series in Australia.
- StarsRonnie BarkerRonnie CorbettJohn CleeseA sketch special made as a lead-in the The Two Ronnies. The following week, Corbett had his own special, 'Ronnie Corbett in Bed'.
- StarsJohn CleesePrunella ScalesAndrew SachsHotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.
- CreatorGraham ChapmanEric IdleTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseTerry GilliamThe original surreal sketch comedy showcase for the Monty Python troupe.
- CreatorVince PowellStarsBarry EvansGeorge CamillerJacki HardingA diverse group of immigrants and foreigners learn English at an adult education school in London.
- CreatorRowan AtkinsonRichard CurtisStarsRowan AtkinsonMatilda ZieglerRobin DriscollBumbling, childlike Mr. Bean has trouble completing the simplest of day-to-day tasks, but his perseverance and resourcefulness frequently allow him to find ingenious ways around problems.
- StarsJames BolamRodney BewesDon McKillopTerry and Bob have been friends since childhood. Bob is the sensible one, trying hard to get on with his job and life. Terry is the wild one, always ready to lead Bob astray.
- CreatorJohnny SpeightStarsWarren MitchellAnthony BoothUna StubbsA working-class Cockney bigot with a biased and experienced opinion of everything shares them bluntly and carelessly.
- DirectorHoward MorrisStarsJackie GleasonEstelle ParsonsTed BessellThe Hollander family's European vacation is interrupted when their plane is forced to land in Vulgaria. The Hollanders leave the plane to take pictures which results in accusations of spying. Chased by Vulgarian soldiers, they take refuge in the American Embassy under the protection of the absent ambassador's hapless son.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenJulie KavnerEd HerlihyAn ordinary American family goes on vacation to Europe. Because of the Cold War they are stuck in the U.S. Embassy surrounding by the Soviet forces.
- DirectorHarry BoothStarsReg VarneyDoris HareMichael RobbinsLondon bus driver Stan Butler wants to get married and takes his chance to earn more money when he is given a new job driving a tour bus on a safari park.
- StarsArthur LoweDaniel AbineriGabrielle Daye"Bless Me Father" is a 21-episode British sitcom that ran from 1978 to 1981. A gentle and impish look at Catholic life in post-war suburban Britain, the series follows the adventures and misadventures of the practical-minded veteran Irish priest Fr. Father Duddleswell (Arthur Lowe) as he tries to break in his inexperienced and idealistic young curate Father Boyd (Daniel Abineri). The priests' lives at St. Jude's Parish in London are hilariously complicated by an unflappable and tart housekeeper (Gabrielle Daye), a stern and imperious Mother Superior (Sheila Keith), and a flippant worldling neighbor, Billy Buzzle (David Ryall). Plots revolve around crises that make Catholic parish life both charming and frustrating, e.g., fund-raising and parish bazaars, the seal of confession, complications over funerals, etc.
- CreatorRichard GordonStarsRobin NedwellGeoffrey DaviesErnest ClarkThe continuing adventures of the boys from "Doctor In The House", "Doctor At Large", and "Doctor In Charge". When Dick (Geoffrey Davies) finally gets the sack from St Swithin's, Duncan (Robin Nedwell) resigns in support. They sign up for what they hope will be a cushy job as medical officers on the cruise ship MS Begonia. Unfortunately, they didn't realise that Professor Loftus' twin brother would be the captain.
- CreatorRichard GordonGeorge LaytonStarsRobin NedwellGeoffrey DaviesGeorge LaytonAn update of the classic seventies "Doctor" comedies.
- CreatorRichard GordonStarsRobin NedwellGeorge LaytonGeoffrey DaviesThe continuing misadventures of Duncan Waring (Robin Nedwell), Dick Stuart-Clark (Geoffrey Davies), and Paul Collier (George Layton) see them move further up the promotion ladder, but there's no change in their fondness for slacking off and trying to chat up girls, nor in their ability to drive Professor Loftus (Ernest Clark) round the bend. But there's more trouble for the boys in the form of brown-noser Lawrence Bingham (Richard O'Sullivan), who trots about after Loftus hoping to crawl into his good books.
- CreatorRichard GordonStarsBarry EvansRobin NedwellGeoffrey DaviesMedical students' antics and flirtations with nurses exasperate their professor, despite their good intentions
- CreatorRichard GordonStarsRobin NedwellGeoffrey DaviesErnest ClarkDuncan (Robin Nedwell) and Dick (Geoffrey Davies) return from their escapades on the MS Begonia ('"Doctor at Sea" (1974)') and manage to wangle new jobs at St Swithin's Hospital. Unfortunately for them, Professor Sir Geoffrey Loftus (Ernest Clark) is still on their case.
- StarsYootha JoyceBrian MurphyNorman EshleyGeorge and Mildred Roper have just moved into a middle-class neighborhood.
- StarsPeggy MountSidney JamesJohn Le MesurierColonel Maynard has a problem when it comes to housekeepers - his chauffeur. George has an eye for the ladies, and his behaviour has seen sixteen housekeepers hand in their resignations. One solution is to find somebody that he couldn't possibly fancy, and Gabrielle Dragon fits the bill perfectly.
- CreatorEric ChappellStarsPeter BowlesGeorge ColeIsla BlairUpon being released from prison, ex-con Howard Booth comes to live with his sister Mary disrupting her calm life with her cynical, uptight husband, Trevor.
- StarsWarren MitchellCarmel McSharryArthur EnglishAlf and Else are getting old, Rita's left home, Else's confined to a wheelchair. Alf must now do battle with the Social Security system.
- StarsPaul ShaneJeffrey HollandSu PollardAdventures and misadventures of Lord Meldrum, his family and their servants in the 1920s.
- StarsPaul ShaneSu PollardJeffrey HollandThe trials and tribulations of the staff at Hatley railway station, who are all wondering if Dr Beeching will close them down.
- CreatorJohn SullivanStarsJohn ChallisSue HoldernessDavid RossShifty car salesman Boycie and his wife Marlene leave their council estate in Peckham, London to start a new life in a rambling farmhouse in Shropshire.
- StarsRonnie CorbettBarbara LottWilliam MooreA 41-year-old man is unable to leave home because of his domineering mother.
- StarsPenelope KeithMark KingstonGarfield MorganJean Price is the idealistic, newly-elected Labour Party Member of Parliament for a deprived inner-city constituency. She must try to balance her work with her family life, learn the ways of the House and try to keep her principles.
- StarsPenelope KeithHarry DitsonElizabeth CounsellCaroline Fairchild returns to work as an Editorial Director for Oasis Publishing after spending the last 25 years raising her five children. Her husband, Donald Fairchild works for Gingsberg, also a publishing house. Oasis buys out Ginsberg and now Caroline and Donald are working for the same company. But, Oasis has a rule that doesn't allow married couples to work together. Since Caroline applied for the job under her maiden name Fielding, she decides not to quit her new job. Instead Donald and Caroline must pretend not to know one another in order for them to continue on with their careers.
- StarsPenelope KeithRonald PickupRoger Lloyd PackNow that their children have grown up and left home, Sarah and Frank Gladwyn are alone in their large family home.
- CreatorBen EltonStarsRowan AtkinsonMina AnwarJames DreyfusVarious mishaps at a police station in an English town. The main character is the anachronistic, yet charming and funny Inspector Fowler. CID foil to Fowler, Inspector Grim is a bumbling, seething idiot.
- DirectorBryan IzzardStarsReg VarneyStephen LewisDoris HareAfter being fired from the bus company for crashing two buses, Stan and Jack seek bus-driving work at a holiday camp - only to find that Inspector Blake too now works there.
- CreatorSam DenoffBill PerskyCarl ReinerStarsDom DeLuiseKathleen FreemanWynn IrwinSitcom about Stanley, his family and his work life.
- StarsRobertson HareWilliam MervynDerek NimmoClerical comedy centered on hapless curate Mervyn Noote.
- CreatorCarla LaneStarsJean BohtNick ConwayJonathon MorrisThe series set in working-class Liverpool. Meet the Boswells: they're penniless, jobless and with little hope of things improving, but life's never stale.
- StarsKeith BarronGwen TaylorJoanna Van GyseghemDavid and Amy are on holiday in Spain, where they meet Robert and Linda, who are also holidaymakers. David and Linda spend their holiday trying to find some time alone together away from their spouses.
- StarsRodney BewesGarfield MorganSheila WhiteAlbert Courtnay (Rodney Bewes), a 24-year-old innocent northern lad, relocates to London and manages to earn a basic living, but romanticises and exaggerates his success and experiences in euphemistic letters home to his mum.
- DirectorKim FlitcroftStarsRonnie BarkerPatricia BrakeBill NighySpoof documentary on the life of the main protagonist of the television prison comedy "Porridge", Mr. Norman Stanley Fletcher.
- StarsRonnie BarkerJosephine TewsonPhyllida LawClarence is a myopic delivery man who retires to the countryside, and goes from one mishap to another due to his short-sightedness
- DirectorBill WilsonStarsRonnie BarkerRonnie CorbettBarbara NewA crusty old General leads his dotty family on a relaxing weekend at the seaside, and comic chaos ensues.
- StarsMollie SugdenChristopher BlakeJennifer LonsdaleIda Willis goes to her employment agency, and finds herself with a new job - that of housekeeper to Robert Price and his wife. She soon discovers the man is her son Shane, whom she gave up for adoption many years earlier.
- StarsTerry ScottJune WhitfieldBeryl CookeTerry and June Fletcher are a middle-aged, middle-class couple who find themselves alone when their adult daughters Susan and Debbie leave home. But they're not along for long before Aunt Lucy moves in, bringing her garrulous mynah bird. Terry frequently hits upon an idea and acts on it in his foolhardy and obsessive manner whatever the consequences, while June remains patient and tolerant.
- CreatorHarry DriverVince PowellStarsSidney JamesDiana CouplandRobin StewartSid and Jean struggle to understand their teen kids' progressive ways. The couple lives in London with protest-loving son Mike and trendy daughter Sally.
- StarsSpike MilliganEric SykesKenny LynchA Pakistani Irishman Kevin O'Grady arrives in England and joins the workforce at a novelty objects manufacturers. He also shares digs with his factory manager. He quickly becomes bemused with British labour practices and suffers the slings and arrows of racism.
- StarsRonnie BarkerDavid JasonJoan SimsAn anthology of single plays starring actor-comedian Ronnie Barker. Two of the plays were developed into their own sitcoms: Open All Hours and Porridge.
- CreatorMichael AshtonPam ValentineStarsPeggy MountPat CoombsLally BowersComedy about the residents of Paradise Lodge, retirement home for Gentle folk.
- CreatorDavid CroftJimmy PerryStarsPaul ShaneRuth MadocJeffrey HollandComic goings-on in this series. Ted's the camp comic but is always on the lookout for a way to make money. Gladys has her eye on the boss, and Peggy wants to swap her mop and cleaner's outfit for a 'yellow coat.'
- CreatorDavid CroftJeremy LloydStarsGorden KayeCarmen SilveraVicki MichelleIn France during World War II, René Artois runs a small café where Resistance fighters, Gestapo men, German Army officers and escaped Allied POWs interact daily, ignorant of one another's true identity or presence, exasperating René.
- CreatorRowan AtkinsonRichard CurtisStarsRowan AtkinsonMatilda ZieglerRobin DriscollBumbling, childlike Mr. Bean has trouble completing the simplest of day-to-day tasks, but his perseverance and resourcefulness frequently allow him to find ingenious ways around problems.
- StarsBenny HillHenry McGeeJackie WrightA skit based show with Benny Hill, often containing smutty humour.
- StarsJohn CleeseGraham ChapmanTim Brooke-TaylorWritten by and starring The Goodies' Tim Brooke-Taylor, Monty Python's Graham Chapman and John Cleese, and comedy legend Marty Feldman, "At Last the 1948 Show" is a groundbreaking, splendidly silly and surreal sketch comedy series.
- StarsDenise CoffeyEric IdleDavid JasonShort comedy sketches performed by an ensemble cast accompanied by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, an eccentric English group featuring Neil Innes and fronted by Vivian Stanshall.
- CreatorRonnie TaylorStarsDavid JasonJacqueline ClarkeRichard WilsonBritish sitcom in which happy-go-lucky character Peter Barnes comically and haphazardly tries to deal with the daily frustrations his life throws at him.
- StarsJune WhitfieldReg VarneyPat CoombsRose Garvey, and her husband Gerald, live next door to her sister Lana Butt, and her husband Harry, in the fictional Larkworthy Road, Muswell Hill, North London. Gerald is an underpaid junior executive, while Harry is a well-paid fitter. The slightly snobbish Gerald makes sure that he and Rose keep up a pretense of doing well even though they are not. Meanwhile, the Butts' relative wealth encourages Lana to put on airs and graces, although Harry remains down to earth.
- CreatorRichard GordonGeorge LaytonStarsRobin NedwellGeoffrey DaviesGeorge LaytonAn update of the classic seventies "Doctor" comedies.
- StarsPeter KayLucy SpeedLaurie KynastonA TV show showing the ups and downs of the well-known TV actor and presenter Danny Baker and his friends during childhood.
- StarsRonnie BarkerMichael HordernJoan SimsSix one-off episodes by different writers, featuring actor and comedian Ronnie Barker.
- CreatorAlun OwenStarsRonnie BarkerFrank GatliffJosephine TewsonHark at Barker was a 1969 British comedy series combining elements of sitcom and sketch show, which starred Ronnie Barker. It was made for the ITV network by LWT.