What was it all about? A sketch show starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. The title was a bit of a giveaway really. When was it...
Robert Lindsay is the Afghan coat-wearing, beret sporting Wolfie Smith, the Che Guevara of South London who banged on about “power to the people” while not...
Classic 70’s Legal shenanigans with the brilliant Leo McKern as gruff barrister Horace Rumpole. Rumpole of the Bailey was a huge hit both at home and...
The Man From UNCLE was a spy serial inspired by James Bond, about agents of the United Network Command for Law Enforcement saving the world from...
The Royal was an ITV drama commission and was inspired by its sister programme Heartbeat. The lowdown: This nostalgic family drama is set in the swinging...
Oliver Postgate’s world of Norse folklore The Saga of Noggin The Nog, which aired on BBC One in the mid sixties, featured crude animation, diddy Norse...
James Bolam and Rodney Bewes starred in wily, gritty 1960’s sitcom The Likely Lads about two working-class, Northern lads who liked beer, birds and football. It’s...
The Flowerpot Men, a children’s show with puppets Bill and Ben (and not forgetting Little Weed) began in 1952 and was repeated until the ’70s. It...
Watched by more than 10 million people – huge figures for those days – this comic classic (which aired on the BBC from 1956-1961) had Hancock...
First broadcast: 1991 Stars: David Jason, Pam Ferris, Catherine Zeta Jones and Philip Franks Based on: The books by HE Bates and adapted by the late...