Comedy G-L
George & Mildred1976 Thames Television Created by Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke, this popular spin-off sitcom from 'Man About The House' saw landlord and landlady George and Mildred Roper (Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce), move from their ground-floor flat to middle-class suburbia. The posh Fourmile family, Jeffrey (Norman Eshley), Ann (Sheila Fearn) and young Tristram (Nicholas Bond-Owen) lived next door.
George & Mildred1977 Thames Television The comedy live-action opening titles from series 2, first shown in November 1977.
George and the Dragon1966 ATV
A brilliant sitcom with top scripts by Vince Powell and Harry Driver. Sid James cackles and letches as chauffeur George, Peggy Mount waves her battle-axe as housekeeper Gabrielle Dragon, while John le Mesurier, as Colonel Maynard, ambles about the place as a prototype Sergeant Wilson.
The Good Life1975 BBC Television The Good Life ran from 1975 to 1978. Tom and Barbara Good decide to try their hand at self sufficiency whilst their friends and neighbours Jerry and Margo Ledbetter look on. The series starred Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Paul Eddington and Penelope Keith. The writers were John Esmonde and Bob Larbey.
The Goodies1970 BBC Television The Goodies ran from 1970 to 1977 with the BBC. The series starred Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie.
The Goodies1981 London Weekend Television LWT blew a fortune on lavish props when Graeme, Bill and Tim switched to ITV for their ninth series. Executives believed that spending so much money on what was deemed to be "just a kids programme" was not a viable option, and just six episodes were made, plus a Christmas special in 1981. The theme is funkier than the Beeb version, and the titles show the chaps larking about in the Festival gardens on the South Bank.
Here's Harry1960-1965 BBC Television
Here's Harry sees him living at 53 Acacia Avenue, Woodbridge. The series focussed on his bumbling manor, creating chaos with officialdom wherever he went. The series ran for 60 30 minute episodes over 7 series, starting 11th Oct 1960 and ending 10th Dec 1965. Written by Eddie Maguire, Vince Powell, Harry Driver & Frank Roscoe.
Hi-de-Hi1981 BBC Television Hi-de-Hi! ran from 1981 to 1988. The series was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. It was set in 1959 and featured the antics of the entertainment staff at Maplin's Holiday Camp. It starred Simon Cadell, Paul Shane, Ruth Madoc, Jeffrey Holland, Su Pollard, Leslie Dwyer, Felix Bowness, Dianne Holland, Barry Howard and latterly David Griffin.
Hot Metal1986 London Weekend Television A very funny comedy by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick, who had previously given us "Whoops Apocalypse". Robert Hardy and Geoffrey Palmer starred in this satire of trashy tabloid journalism, as seen in the Daily Crucible. A second series replaced Palmer with Richard Wilson. This clip from part 6, voiced by Christopher Timothy, neatly summarises the crazy events of series one. (tx 23/03/1986)
The Ken Dodd Show1966 BBC Television The Ken Dodd Show ran from 1959 to 1966. Ken also had other series with the BBC, ABC, ATV and Thames.
The Likely Lads1964-1966 BBC Television The Likely Lads ran from 1964 to 1966. The series was written by Dick Clements and Ian La Fresnais. It starred James Bolam and Rodney Bewes.
The Likely Lads (Christmas Special)1974 BBC Television The Likely Lads returned as Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads from 1973 to 1974. This is the final episode, the Christmas Special from 1974.