A comedy trilogy of occasional stand up shows starring American comic Shelley Berman. Frank Muir and Denis Norden were big fans of Berman (who had also...
Comedy. Writer and presenter Denis Norden looks back over 21 years of situation-comedy from Thames Television. Every story has its own ‘hilarious consequences’ — and many...
UK / BBC / 5x30m-e 1x45m-e / 1954 1 October – 10 December Fridays 9.00pm shown fortnightly Writers: Frank Muir, Denis Norden / Producer: Brian Tesler,...
UK / ITV Network – LWT / 1x60m-e / 1996 21 September Comedy. Clips of comedy acts in action at various Royal Variety shows, presented by...
UK / ITV Network – Rediffusion / 1x30m-e / 1964 28 April – Tuesday 10.50pm black and white Writers: Frank Muir, Denis Norden, Keith Waterhouse, Willis...
ITV Network – LWT / 1x60m-e / 1989 29 July Comedy. A look at the comedy archives of LWT presented by Denis Norden.
ITV Network – Thames / 1x60m-e / 1988 27 December Comedy. Clips from the comedy archive of Thames presented by Denis Norden.
One off sketch show Barbara With Braden was tailored to the talents of husband and wife team Bernard Braden and Barbara Kelly. Also appearing were Benny...
In The Big Noise we follow episodes in the life of popular radio DJ Bob Mason (Bob Monkhouse). The show was subtitled ‘episodes in the uneasy...
Sitcom Brothers In Law detailed the misadventures of bumbling trainee barrister Roger Thursby (Richard Briers). The series was based on the 1955 novel by County Court...
In sitcom Whack-O! Professor James Edwards (popular comedian Jimmy Edwards), headmaster of Chislebury School, rules his pupils with an iron hand, and his hand normally had...
Comedy. Clips from the comedy archive of Thames presented by Denis Norden. production details UK / ITV Network – Thames / 1x60m-e / 1988 27 December
Gina Lollobrigida plays Carla Campbell, a glamorous Italian who, during the war, had affairs with three members of the US Army Air Force (Phil Silvers, Peter...
Larger-than-life comedian Jimmy Edwards, who made his name in radio with Take It From Here and scored strongly on television in the Fifties in Whack-O! as...
Sitcom The Glums detailed the exploits of a dour family. Based on a long running and hugely popular sketch that appeared in the Take It From...