In this pleasant adaptation of the H G Wells novel, John Mills plays the eponymous Mr Polly who, disillusioned by the constant nagging of his wife...
When writer Johnny Speight first came up with the concept of Alf Garnett (Warren Mitchell), he saw him as an anti-everyman encompassing much of what is...
In Yield to the Night Diana Dors, convicted of the murder of socialite Mercia Shaw, who’s dumping of Dors’ lover Michael Craig caused his suicide, reflects...
Sitcom In Sickness And In Health was a sequel to the iconic Til Death Us Do Part, catching up with Alf Garnett and Else as pensioners....
An anthology series of one off comedies all starring Roy Hudd. The series began life as an edition of Comedy Playhouse. Guest stars included the likes...
Sitcom Till Death… was a revival of the BBC’s iconic Till Death Us Do Part which had finished it’s run in 1975. This undoubtedly missed the...
In The Trouble With You Lilian, Madge and her best friend Lilian share a house. Madge tends to bully Lilian somewhat feeling that her position as...
A Message For The Rich, the season two opening episode, has a subtly different title sequence highlighting all the main cast members and the addition of...
Till Death Us Do Part was one of the most controversial sitcoms of its time. The reason due in no small part to its larger-than-life lead...
Comedy drama Margaret Moves On, broadcast as part of the London Playhouse strand, followed widowed and sixty-something Margaret who has a hard time coping after moving...
Period crime drama serial. The story behind Assistant Chief Constable George Oldfield’s tracking down of the evil incarnate that is...
A five minute trailer made by the BBC to celebrate their comedy output, with over 40 of the biggest names...
Sketch based series hosted by David Frost and broadcast live. Each episode looked at a different topic including the famous...
Sketch series tackling many different subjects and billing itself as an Encyclopedia of the Air. The big name writers on...
Medical drama series Monroe (which comes from the pen of the always excellent Peter Bowker) follows neuro surgeon Gabriel Monroe...
BBC 4 one off comedy drama Holy Flying Circus follows the hoopla surrounding the Monty Python’s team hugely controversial (but...
The bug eyed comic Marty Feldman was also a prolific writer (often with Barry Took) whose credits included The Army...
Long running sketch series starring Eddie Large and Sid Little – the majority of the shows were screened early on...
Crime drama Gentleman Thief was something of a misfire in it’s attempt to revive E.W. Hornungs Raffles character it saw...
Action adventure series. Cases of Peter Dallas, a British secret agent based in Argentina, South America. Unusually for a series...
Comedy sketch series initially conceived for children and shown at 5.20pm, the series featured half of Monty Python (Michael Palin,...
After a middle-aged couple is executed in cold blood, it sends shockwaves of fear through their normally quiet community, but...
