At its peak Steptoe and Son pulled in 28 million viewers on British television. The two stars of the show, Wilfred Brambell and Harry H Corbett,...
Character: Mrs. Emma Peel Actress: Diana Rigg Show: The Avengers Proof that political progress needn’t be PC, Diana Rigg’s Emma Peel definitely gave the ’60s women’s...
A show’s soundtrack plays an incredibly important role when it comes to storytelling. Even the most casual fans can spot when a soundtrack works and when...
On 25 June 1968 iconic comedian Tony Hancock was found dead in a flat in Sydney Australia after taking an overdose of sleeping pills. Things had...
Wilfrid Brambell, iconic star of BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son, was homosexual at a time when it was illegal to be so in the UK. On...
British comedy entered the 1970s with some new sheriffs in town. They weren’t technically new on the scene – they had all been around for almost...
“Well I’m trying to give it up but it’s one of those nights.” This 1973 ad was on air until the early 1990’s and is very...
During the 1970s and 80s Rod Hull was a top ranking star of British showbiz, the darling of the chat show circuit and a multi-millionaire. His...
In the early 1960’s Andy Warhol moved from painting to filmmaking. No less radical in this area, he eschewed Hollywood conventions, setting up his own rival...
Les Dawson was one of Britain’s most successful and respected comedians. Over 30 years, from the 1960s to the early 1990s, TV viewers grew to love...