Comedy Playhouse Archives

An Officer And A Gentleman, An (BBC Sitcom, James Grout)

In one off Comedy Playhouse entry An Officer And A Gentleman Sid Coil (Ken Wynne) is now the personal servant of former Major Gissling (James Grout),...

TV6 months ago

A Girl’s Best Friend (BBC Comedy, Zena Walker)

In one off Comedy Playhouse A Girl’s Best Friend, written by actor Donald Churchill, divorcee Audrey Dalton (Zena Walker) learns she is going out with the...

TV7 months ago

Beggar My Neighbour (BBC One Sitcom, Peter Jones, June Whitfield)

Sitcom Beggar My Neighbour saw two married sisters, Rose Garvey (June Whitfield) and Lana Butt (Pat Coombs) living next door to one another and locked in...

Episodes8 months ago

Comedy Playhouse: For Richer…For Poorer (BBC One 25 Jun 1975, Harry H. Corbett)

For Richer… For Poorer was another typical Johnny Speight scripted comedy shown as part of the Comedy Playhouse strand. Harry H. Corbett was Bert, a highly...

Episodes8 months ago

Comedy Playhouse: Fools Rush In (S3EP3 BBC 12 Oct 1963, Deryck Guyler)

In Fools Rush In, a one off for the Comedy Playhouse strand, retired Major Humphrey Carlton tries to adjust to civilian life. Deryck Guyler was always...

Episodes9 months ago

Comedy Playhouse: The Chars (BBC 1963, Doris Waters, Elsie Waters)

Single entry in the Comedy Playhouse strand The Chars focused on the exploits of two charladies working at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. The writers Rosenthal...

Episodes1 year ago

Valley Express, The (Comedy Playhouse BBC-1 1969, David Baxter, Richard Davies)

In Comedy Playhouse entry The Valley Express, a pair of bored hacks working on a Welsh newspaper decide to invent stories and sell them on to...

Episodes1 year ago

Meter Maids (Comedy Playhouse BBC-1 1970, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sanderson)

Comedy Playhouse entry Meter Maids detailed the exploits of a group of a group of female traffic wardens. Shame it never went to series as it...

TV2 years ago

And Here All The Way From… (BBC-1 Comedy Playhouse 8 Mar 1963, Eric Barker)

Comedy. District Commissioner Donald Lawrence travels to London from Borneo in order to be a guest on his brother’s This Is Your Life, but the show...

TV2 years ago

And Whose Side Are You On (Comedy Playhouse BBC-1 21 Jan 1972, Patrick Newell)

One off Comedy. During WWII German Mojor Sperling has his cushy existence in a rural village put under strain by the arrival by the arrival of...

TV2 years ago

Dirtiest Soldier In The World, The (Comedy Playhouse BBC-1 27 Mar 1972, John Standing)

Comedy. Exploits of a group of Highland soldiers especially Private McAuslan. production details UK | BBC One ‘Comedy Playhouse’ | 1×30 minutes | 1972 27 March...

TV3 years ago

Telephone Call, The (Comedy Playhouse BBC 1962, Peter Jones, June Whitfield)

In Comedy Playhouse entry Telephone Call worried Lionel Baxter decides to use his phone to do something about what he sees as a troubled world. Series:...

TV3 years ago

Reverent Wooing Of Archibald, The (Comedy Playhouse BBC-1 1974, William Mervyn)

In Comedy Playhouse entry, The Reverent Wooing Of Archibald, which was based on a short story by P.G, Wodehouse, Archibald Mulliner enlists the help of his...

TV3 years ago

Cliquot Et Fils (Comedy Playhouse BBC 15 Dec 1961, Eric Sykes, Warren Mitchell)

Cliquot Et Fils was the very first Comedy Playhouse. It told the story of an undertaker in 1920’s France who needs to drum up trade for...

TV3 years ago

Franklyn And Johnnie (Comedy Playhouse BBC-1 1974, Ronnie Barker, Geoffrey Bayldon)

In this one off comedy, two old rivals, the Franklyn and Johnnie of the title, decide to make up at the funeral of a friend. Series:...

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An Officer And A Gentleman, An (BBC Sitcom, James Grout)

A Girl’s Best Friend (BBC Comedy, Zena Walker)

Beggar My Neighbour (BBC One Sitcom, Peter Jones, June Whitfield)

Comedy Playhouse: For Richer…For Poorer (BBC One 25 Jun 1975, Harry H. Corbett)

Comedy Playhouse: Fools Rush In (S3EP3 BBC 12 Oct 1963, Deryck Guyler)

Comedy Playhouse: The Chars (BBC 1963, Doris Waters, Elsie Waters)

Valley Express, The (Comedy Playhouse BBC-1 1969, David Baxter, Richard Davies)

Meter Maids (Comedy Playhouse BBC-1 1970, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sanderson)

And Here All The Way From… (BBC-1 Comedy Playhouse 8 Mar 1963, Eric Barker)

And Whose Side Are You On (Comedy Playhouse BBC-1 21 Jan 1972, Patrick Newell)

Dirtiest Soldier In The World, The (Comedy Playhouse BBC-1 27 Mar 1972, John Standing)

Telephone Call, The (Comedy Playhouse BBC 1962, Peter Jones, June Whitfield)

Reverent Wooing Of Archibald, The (Comedy Playhouse BBC-1 1974, William Mervyn)

Cliquot Et Fils (Comedy Playhouse BBC 15 Dec 1961, Eric Sykes, Warren Mitchell)

Franklyn And Johnnie (Comedy Playhouse BBC-1 1974, Ronnie Barker, Geoffrey Bayldon)

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