In this one-off production from the Comedy Playhouse strand Pygmalion ‘Smithy’ Smith (Leonard Rossiter) is a less than glamorous photographer in an out of season holiday...
Ronnie Barker proves his versatility with Seven Of One, a 1973 collection of seven single comedies, two of which would lead to his best known series....
BBC sitcom Rosie followed naive young police constable Michael Penrose (Paul Greenwood), he had a possessive girlfriend Gillian (Frankie Jordan) and a strange family. The show...
Having grown out of an episode of the BBC’s legendary Comedy Playhouse series and written by the well respected Roy Clarke Last of the Summer Wine...
In comedy tinged crime drama series Pulaski Larry Summers (David Andrews) is an actor who plays a Polish-American priest turned private detective in a popular TV series...
ITV crime drama series Mr Rose was about Ex-Scotland Yard Inspector Charles Rose (William Mervyn) who still finds time to tackle the odd case. Former detective...
In single season Roy Clarke penned sitcom The Clairvoyant, used car salesman Arnold Bristow (Roy Kinnear) is knocked down in a car accident and suddenly finds...
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...
Sitcom Spark focused on gauche middle aged Ashley Parkerwell (James Fleet), who following the death of his mother is desperate for a little fun out of...
Deflating pompous snobs has long been a comedy staple, especially in Britain, where class and social status have always played a keen role. Think of Basil...
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....
In Spyder Secures a Main Strand, the opening episode of spy drama series Spyder’s Web, Clive Hawksworth, a member of a highly top secret organisation is...
Sitcom The Growing Pains Of P.C. Penrose followed probationary cop PC Michael Penrose as he started his career in the Yorkshire town of Slagcaster. His immediate...
Comedy drama series that told stories of unsuccessful private eye Billy Gibbs and his ex-wrestler assistant Bloomfield. This short run series only ran 3 episodes and...
Period sitcom that served as a prequel to Last of the Summer Wine. The early days (late 1930’s and 40’s) of Compo, Clegg and Foggy etc....