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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN BBC / 1x45m-e / 1960 24 September - Saturday 8.50pm black and white Writers: Johnny Speight, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, Barry Took / Producer: Richard Afton A one off sketch special starring Frankie Howerd, Dennis Price and Richard Wattis.
THE LANCE PERCIVAL SHOW BBC1 / 6x30m-e 6x25m-e / 1965-66 black and white Writers: Sid Green and Dick Hills (season one), Lew Schwarz, Maurice Wiltshire (season two) / Producer: Kenneth Carter A sketch series starring Lance Percival previously of That Was The Week That Was. Also appearing were Anita Harris (season one) and Kenneth Cope (season two).
LARRY GRAYSON LWT / 13x30m-e/1x60m-e / 1975-77 Season One:19 Sep - 31Oct 75/Fridays 8.30pm / Special: 9 Jan 77/ Season Two:15 Jan - 19 Feb 77/Saturdays 6.30pm Writers: Neil Shand, Bernie Sharp, Derek Collyer (season 1) / Producer: Mark Stuart / Director: Bruce Gowers Comedy. Larry Grayson's second and last sketch/stand up series, there were also regular appearances from Bill Pertwee, David Lodge, Nigel Pegram, Anna Dawson and Dennis Plowright.
THE LARRY GRAYSON HOUR OF STARS London Weekend Television / 1x60m-e / 1974 (13 September Friday 9.00pm) Writers: Peter Dulay, Bernie Sharp, Bryan Blackburn A comedy special in which world renowned film star Larry Grayson (in his own mind anyway) look over some of his past film successes. Special guest was Dame Anna Neagle.
LARRY'S CHRISTMAS PARTY ATV / 1x60m-e / 1972 (22 December Friday 7.30pm) Writers: Peter Dulay, Bernie Sharp, Bryan Blackburn / Producer/Director: Colin Clews One off Christmas Special for camp comic Larry Grayson, it was a mixture of stand up and sketch moments.
THE LAST GOON SHOW OF ALL BBC1 / 1x40m-e / 1972 (26 December Tuesday 8.20pm) Writer: Spike Milligan / Producer: Douglas Hope A
TV version of a recording of a Goon radio show starring the great team, Peter
Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan. The show basically consisted of the
trio standing in front of microphone reading their scripts before a large
audience. Definitely a
reunion of an old boys club the Goon trio are having a great old time, it’s
amazing how much the Goons influenced all aspects of modern comedy and while
they may be getting forgotten somewhat now by today’s comedy generation their
influence still filters down through the likes of Python and even the crazy
characters of Little Britain.
THE LAST LAUGH BEFORE TV-AM Channel 4-Ravel / 1x30m-e / 1985 (2 December -Monday 9.25pm) Writers: Spike Milligan, John Antrobus / Producer: Alan Wright / Director: John Stroud One off strangely titled sketch special starring Spike Milligan and also featuring Chris Langham, Ra Ra Zoo, Mark Steel and Emil Wolk.
LAST NIGHT OF THE POMS London Weekend Television-Even Steven / 1x 60m-e / 1982 (3 January - Sunday 11.15pm) Writer: Barry Humphries / Executive Producers: Harvey Goldsmith, Allan McKeown / Director: Stanley Dorfman A special starring the Gladioli loving Dame Edna Everage (aka Barry Humphries) recorded in concert at The Royal Albert Hall.
THE LAST TURKEY IN THE SHOP WINDOW BBC / 1x35m-e / 1974 (23 December - Monday 8.30pm) Writers: Spike Milligan, Neil Shand,Chris Langham / Producer: Sydney Lotterby / Director: Ray Butt Christmas special sketch show starring Spike Milligan with Carol Cleveland, John Bluthal, Chris Langham, Julia Breck, Fanny Carby, Johnny Vyvyan and Neil Shand.
A LAST WORD ON THE ELECTION BBC1 / 1x25m-e / 1964 (18 October - Sundays 11.15pm) Writers: Frankie Howerd, Galton and Simpson, Muir and Nordern, David Nathan, Dennis Potter / Producer/Director: Ned Sherrin One off special focusing on the previous Fridays General Election.
THE LATE SHOW BBC1 / 8x45m-e 4x40m-e 8x35m-e 1x50m-e 1x25m-e 1x20m-e / 1966-67 ( 15 October 66 - 1 April 67 / Saturdays 10.55pm) Writers: John Bird, Michael Palin and Terry Jones, John Fortune, Eleanor Bron / Producers: Jack Gold Hugh Burnett Sketch and satire series notable for early writing credits for two of the Pythons (Palin and Jones) and also for early appearances by Barry Humphries as housewife Edna Everage. Also appearing were John Bird, John Fortune, John Wells, Eleanor Bron and Malcolm Muggeridge.
LAUGH ATTACK BBC / 1x30m-e / 1986 (23 August Saturday 9.30pm) Script Editor: Barry Cryer / Producer: John Bishop / Director: Marcus Mortimer One off sketch show that featured David Copperfield, Duncan Neville, Roy Walker, Jeff Stevenson and Rory Bremner.
LAUGH??? I NEARLY PAID MY LICENSE FEE BBC2 / 6x30m-e / 1984 (29 October - 3 December / Mondays 9.00pm) Producer/Director: Colin Gilbert Scottish based sketch series with Robbie Coltrane, John Sessions, Ron Bain and Louise Gold.
LAUGHS FROM HER MAJESTYS London Weekend Television / 1x60m-e / 1986 (20 December Saturday 8.00pm) Producer: David Bell / Director: Alasdair Macmillan Stand up highlights from the variety series Live From Her Majesty's featuring Jimmy Tarbuck (who was host of that series), Michael Barrymore, Russ Abbot, Gary Wilmot, Bobby Davro, Joe Longthorne, Les Dennis, Kenny Lynch and Jessica Martin.
LAUGHTER BY ROYAL COMMAND LWT / 1x60m-e / 1993 13 November Comedy. Clips of comedy stars in action at various Royal Variety Shows, presented by Denis Norden.
THE LAUGHTER SHOW BBC1 / 10x35m-e / 1984-85 (Season 1: 7 April - 28 April 1984 / Season 2: 16 February - 23 March 1985) Script Associate: Neil Shand / Producer/Director: John Bishop Mixture of sketch, impressionism, stand up and musical moments, starring Les Dennis and Dustin Gee and also featuring Roy Jay and in the first series Gareth Hale and Norman Pace. See also Les and Dustin's Laughter Show.
LENNY HENRY IN PIECES BBC1 / 7x30m-e / 2000 and 2002 (Special: Saturday 30 December 2000 9.00pm / series started 1 March 2002) Producers: Lucy Robinson, Clive Tulloh / Director: Matt Lipsey A sketch show (after a long period away from such shows) in which Lenny Henry introduced several new characters such as The Big Tramp and the worlds worst assassin. A series of 6 episodes followed in 2002 from the 2000 special.
LESLIE CROWTHER SHOW LWT / 6x60m-e / 1971 (30 January - 6 March / Saturdays 7.15pm) Writers: Peter Dulay, Spike Mullins, Dick Vosburgh / Executive Producer: Terry Henebery / Producer/Director: William G. Stewart Sketch based series with actor and quiz show host Leslie Crowther. Larry Grayson made his TV debut on this show and also on hand most weeks were Arthur English and Chic Murray.
LES AND DUSTIN'S LAUGHTER SHOW BBC1 / 7x35m-e / 1986 28 December 85 - 22 February 86 Saturdays 6.45pm Producer/Director: John Bishop Sketch series headlined by Les Dennis and Dustin Gee, tragically Dustin Gee died in January 1986 aged 43 of a heart attack after only one edition of the show had been broadcast. Les and Dustin had not been working as a double act all that long but managed to have quite an understanding with each other. Les later carried on the show on his own. See below entry.
THE LES DENNIS LAUGHTER SHOW BBC1 / 19x30m-e 15x35m-e 1x40m-e / 1987-91 5 seasons plus 3 specials Producers: Kevin Bishop, Geoff Miles Sketch based series that saw Les Dennis continuing on from The Les and Dustin Laughter Show. Also appearing were Lisa Maxwell, Joe Longthorne (season s 1-2), Jeffrey Holland, Bella Emberg and Martin (son of Paul) Daniels.
THE LILY SAVAGE SHOW BBC1 / 12x30m-e / 1997-98 Writer: Paul O'Grady / Producer: Mark Linsey / Director: Alasdair MacMillan Stand up and sketch show starring the loud mouthed Liverpudlian Lily Savage (aka a dragged up Paul O'Grady). A regular element showed the Savage family at home, pop singer Sonia played daughter Bunty Savage and Daniel Newman played son Jason Savage.
THE LISA MAXWELL SHOW BBC / 6x30m-e / 1991 (25 July - 29 August / Thursday 8.30pm) Script Associates: Paul Alexander, Gavin Osborn / Producer/Director: Geoff Miles Sketch series for comedienne/actress Lisa Maxwell who had been appearing regularly on the Les Dennis Laughter Show before being given this, her own starring show.
THE LITTLE AND LARGE TELLY SHOW Thames / 7x45m-e / 1977 18 April - 30 May Mondays 6.45pm Producer/Director: Royston Morley First starring vehicle for the double act Sid Little (real name Cyril Mead) and Eddie Large (Eddie McGinnis). The pair had previously been winners of Opportunity Knocks in 1971. There was a 30 minute pilot broadcast 20 December 1976 on Monday 8.30pm.
LITTLE AND LARGE BBC1 / 76 episodes 57x35m-e 13x30m-e 3x40m-e 2x45m-e 1x50m-e / 1978-91 11 seasons plus 7 specials Script Associate: Russel Lane / Producers: Bill Wilson, Michael Hurll, David Taylor Long running sketch series starring Eddie Large and Sid Little - the majority of the shows were screened early on Saturday evenings for the family audience. The writers included Eddie Braben, David Renwick, Paul Minett, Brian Leveson, Laurie Rowley, Barry Cryer and Eddie Large himself.
LITTLE BRITAIN BBC3 (then BBC1) / 18x30 minute episodes / 2003-2005 Writers: Matt Lucas and David Walliams A
quick fire tour around little Britain, a strange place where daffy Thomas is the
only gay in town ( “ I always thought Captain Peacock was the gay one in Are
You Being Served” ), where government aide Sebastian Love has a mad crush on
the Prime Minister and where delinquent teenager Vicky Pollard runs riot. LITTLE BRITAIN ABROAD: 2 Part Special broadcast Christmas 2006 on BBC One | This Christmas special took the characters out of Britain and foisted them onto the big wide world, Vicky Pollard ended up in a Thai prison, Lou and Andy went to Disneyworld, Dafyd visits Mykanos and Marjorie Dawes has been sent on a FatFighters initiative to the USA. There were plenty of guest stars including Steve Coogan and Ronnie Corbett in part one and Paul McKenna, Peter Kay, Julia Davis, Morwenna Banks and Dawn French in part two.
LOOK AROUND YOU BBC2 / x10m / started 10 October 2002 Director:
Tim Kirkby / Producers: Robert Popper, Peter Serafinowicz
MARK LAMARR LEAVING THE 20th CENTURY BBC2 / 7x30m-e / 1999 First Episode: 4 July Sundays 9.30pm Producers: Andy Davies, Charlotte Crosse Comedy. Comedian Mark Lamarr looks at some of the topics relevant to the closing stages of the 20th Century.
MEL BROOKS HAILS SID CAESAR Channel 4-LWT / 1x60m-e / 1985 A special show by Mel Brooks celebrating the talents of Sid Caesar (Your Show of Shows etc). Carl Reiner also appeared and the trio had worked extensively together throughout the 1950's.
MICHAEL BARRYMORE Thames / 6x30m-e / 1983 (28 April - 13 June / Thursdays 8.00pm) Writers: Eric Davidson, Spike Mullins, Sid Green / Producer/Director: David Clark Michael Barrymore's first starring series, the basic mixture of sketches and music. Assisting him throughout the series was Nicholas Lyndhurst.
MICHAEL BARRYMORE SPECIAL Thames / 1x60m-e / 1987 ( 25 May - Monday 8.00pm) Producer/Director: Brian Penders One off bank holiday special starring the manic Michael Barrymore.
MILLIGAN IN... BBC2 / 4x30m-e / 1972-73 Producers: Roger Race, Ian MacNaughton, Michael Mills Four season based sketch shows from Spike Milligan. 1. AUTUMN (1 October 1972) / 2. WINTER (24 December 1972) / 3. SPRING (13 May 1973) / 4. SUMMER (27 August 1973)
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS
Producer: (mostly) Ian MacNaughton The sketch show par excellence, influential beyond imagining. Written by the cast, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam. The show, full of surreal moments and non-sequitors seemed to hit the times exactly and many of the sketches (Dead Parrot, Nudge Nudge etc) have passed into folklore. All of the Pythons went on to have other successes in films and TV. During the final season Cleese departed (to work on Fawlty Towers with then wife Connie Booth) and some material for this final season was written by the brilliant Douglas Adams and also Neil Innes (who also made occasional appearances in the show). Carol Cleveland and Connie Booth also appeared on a fairly regular basis.
MOODY IN... BBC / 6x30m-e / 1961 7 June - 12 July Wednesdays 8.30pm black and white Writer: Ron Moody / Producer: James Gilbert Six fantasies with a musical slant and a resident cast, headlined of course by Ron Moody but also featuring Peter Gilmore, Una Stubbs, Amanda Barrie, Pamela Conway, Brian Oulton, Tom Clegg and Vivienne Martin. The six stories were titled (all beginning Moody In) Storeland, Tin Pan Alley, Clock Factory Land, Theatreland, Musketeer Land and Teleland.
Writers: Sid Green, Dick Hills / Producer: Colin Clews Sketch series, the first of Morecambe and Wises shows to really define their style, with the pair becoming big stars in the UK (even appearing in three films during this time - The Intelligence Men, That Riviera Touch and The Magnificent Two). The season was made in colour but shown at the time in black and white.
THE MORECAMBE AND WISE SHOW BBC / 50x45m-e 3x65m-e 5x60m-e 4x50m-e 7x30m-e / 1968-77 9 seasons plus 9 specials Writers: Sid Green and Dick Hills (season 1), Eddie Braben (from season 2) / Producers: John Ammonds (seasons 1-8), Ernest Maxin (season 9) Eric and Ernie's quintessential series setting a standard that few have equaled never mind bettered. Many famous names lined up to appear (often in plays ' what Ernie had wrote' ) including Glenda Jackson, Shirley Bassey, John Thaw and Dennis Waterman, Andre Previn, Peter Cushing and Diana Rigg to name just a few. The pairs annual Christmas specials were an integral part of the festive period for most people during the seventies. Eventually after ten classic years at the beeb, the pair decided to switch over to the commercial channel (with Thames - see next entry).
THE MORECAMBE AND WISE SHOW Thames / 26x30m-e 6x60m-e 1x75m-e / 1978-83 4 seasons plus 7 specials Writers: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Eddie Braben, Sid Green and Dick Hills, Barry Cryer and John Junkin / Producers: Keith Beckett, John Ammonds, Mark Stuart Eric and Ernie's final series, the pair switching back to the ITV Network where they had first achieved success in the 1960's. This series was never seen as quite as good as their classic BBC 1970's shows. The series and the partnership ended when, after a long period of heart trouble, Eric died of a heart attack on 28 May 1984.
MORECAMBE AND WISE ON STAGE Thames / 1x60m-e / 1987 17 February A showing of a 1973 concert by Eric and Ernie when they performed at Croydon's Fairfield Halls.
THE MUPPET SHOW ATV-ITC / 120x30m-e / 1977-81 Five seasons Creator: Jim Henson / Producers: Jack Burns (season 1), Jim Henson (seasons 2-5) Exploits of the Muppet puppets as each week they attempted to put on a show, the gang included Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Rizzo the Rat, and elderly hecklers Statler and Waldorf. Each edition featured a big name guest star and the Muppets later went into the movies. Although seemingly American the show is officially a UK production. Voices:- JIM HENSON as Kermit, Waldorf / FRANK OZ as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal / JERRY NELSON / RICHARD HUNT / DAVE GOELZ / LOUISE GOLD / STEVE WHITMORE
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