Sitcom Coppers End was very much from the Will Hay (and Ask A Policeman in particular) school of comedy; When the series began the boys at...
Sitcom Odd Man Out saw down at heel Blackpool fish and chip shop owner Neville Sutcliffe inheriting a half-share in his father’s stick of rock factory...
Sitcom Rude Health told stories of the staff of a small town doctors surgery. cast John Wells as Dr. Charles Sweet Josephine Tewson as Mrs. Thorpe...
Sitcom His Lordship Entertains was a change of channel and title for Ronnie Barker’s series Hark at Barker and continuing the misadventures of Lord Rustless at...
Sketch based sitcom Hark At Barker detailed the misadventures of the crotchety old Lord Rustless and his dodgy servants at his stately home Chrome Hall. Played...
One of Ronnie Barker’s lesser known sitcoms but definitely up there amongst his most enjoyable, set in a wonderfully realised 1930’s Clarence, made in 1988 sees...
The many faces, male and female, of comedian Dick Emery. Who were the principal characters? Maybe because he was married five times, Dick Emery was particularly...
Anthology series Wodehouse Playhouse used the stories of P.G. Wodehouse (naturally enough) for it’s episodes. Husband and wife team Pauline Collins and John Alderton starred in...
Comedy Elementary My Dear Watson was a send up of the Sherlock Holmes oeuvre set in the modern day but with Sherlock and Watson dressed in...
In A Coffin For The Bride dashing Mark Walker is a major hit with women of a certain age, he likes to marry them and then,once...
Ancient Ice Zombies: Visits to the most remote, cold and inhospitable places on the planet to reveal great mysteries that...
Deadly Disposal: This series explores some of the most startling criminal cases of the past two decades where technology has...
Tony McCluskie: The case of Tony McCluskie, who made headlines across Britain when he was revealed to have slaughtered his...
A Greek Tragedy: As the Housewives react to Tanya's early departure, all efforts are made to make the most of...
David and Helen: Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell present the stories of people who were abandoned as babies, helping them...
Eric Monkman and Bobby Seagull explore their favourite inventions and scientific breakthroughs from the years between 1850 and 1900, beginning...
Alan shows how to grow a summer feast of strawberries, even if the only space available is a doorstep, and...
A Camden resident bought her two-bedroom maisonette 25 years ago. She calls on Sarah's expertise to help redesign a disastrous...
Dark Days: As winter descends on Southeast Alaska, residents in the remote village of Port Protection must combat deadly conditions...
Baked Beans Update: Gregg Wallace catches up with the Heinz baked bean factory in Wigan, which has upped production to...
Doomed Vessels explores the human errors that condemned great ships to a tragic end, including the Vasa, a 17th-century combat...
The Royle campervan hits the North-East, to experience the Angel of the North, a working coal mine and glass blowing...
