Long running, popular BBC comedy sketch series The Two Ronnies starred portly Ronnie Barker and diminutive Ronnie Corbett. Regular segments included Corbett telling a long winded...
The Gamblers was an anthology series which was about people taking a gamble on something – and not necessarily a monetary gamble. Writers included C.P. Taylor,...
In Sitcom Barney Is My Darling, Barney Pank (Bill Fraser) retires from a life at sea. His wife Romana (Irene Handl) is less than impressed at...
Sitcom Bold as Brass detailed the exploits of brass band mad Ernie Briggs (Jimmy Edwards) and his put upon wife Bessie (Beryl Reid). The series grew...
In sitcom Going Straight, after three years, eight months and four days of residing at her majesty’s pleasure at HMP Slade Norman Stanley Fletcher (Ronnie Barker)...
Sitcom The Magnificent Evans was another Roy Clarke vehicle for Ronnie Barker (the two had hit big with Open All Hours) but one that didn’t quite...
A five minute trailer made by the BBC to celebrate their comedy output, with over 40 of the biggest names in comedy each telling one line...
Richard Lester is very much the archetypal British director and also a director par excellence of historical dramas (Four Musketeers, Royal Flash). He also provided flair...
In highly popular sitcom Open All Hours Arkwright, the brown-coated, stuttering, Northern shop-keeper likes to open his corner-shop for as long as the law will permit....
Following on from Hark at Barker and the earlier Ronnie Barker Playhouse, Barker returned with another series of six individual comedies, each written by individual writers...