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...
In A Fixed Address, the final episode of the fourth season, Frank and his landlady Mrs Mortimer are becoming good friends but the dynamic is upset...
In season four opener Welcome to Brighton Frank Marker is released from prison having served a year of his three prison sentence after being sent down...
In comedy drama The Day Of The Janitor, a mild mannered maintenance supervisor in an office block is more interested in paelantology than in what is...
Well regarded six part scifi drama serial Children Of The Dog Star saw a trio of kids discovering an ancient space probe linked to a centuries...
In The Girl on the M1 an entry in the Armchair Theatre strand of single plays, ‘lorry driver groupie’ Veronica wants to start a new life....
The Feathered Serpent was a pair of period children’s adventure serials. Young Empress Chimalma finds herself caught up in the machinations of an evil priest in...
In sitcom Sorry, I’m A Stranger Here Myself, ageing librarian Henry Nunn (Robin Bailey) moves into the house left to him in his Uncle’s will, the...
In sitcom Spring and Autumn young teenager Charlie Harris (Charlie Hawkins) befriends cantankerous old age pensioner Tommy Butler (Jimmy Jewel). The opening episode set the scene:...
Out of work Darwin Sprout and his flatmate, John Russell, face rent, phone and every other bill imaginable. In his desperate search for work, Sprout has...
In Last Summer, a one off entry in the ITV Playhouse strand, a young car thief, Keith (Richard Mottau) gets involved with a gang of professional...
Comedy drama The Prime Ministers Daughter was about political skullduggery in the house of commons. It was an entry in the Armchair Theatre series. The play...
ITV Network – Thames / 1x60m-e / 1988 27 December Comedy. Clips from the comedy archive of Thames presented by Denis Norden.
Maigret and the Minister: The Minister of Public Works asks Maigret to investigate the theft of a government report. Regular Cast: Michael Gambon (Chief Inspector Maigret), Geoffrey...
Maigret and the Maid: Maigret investigates the murder of Peg Leg, who has been shot in his room. He appears to have been entertaining a guest, but...