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List Of BBC Sitcoms
This is a list of radio and television situation comedies produced by the BBC. 0–9 * ''10:96'' * ''2point4 Children'' * ''4 O'Clock Club'' * ''15 Storeys High'' * ''500 Bus Stops'' A B C D E F G H I J * ''Jam & Jerusalem'' * ''Joking Apart'' * ''Josh (TV series), Josh'' * ''Just Good Friends'' * ''Justin's House'' K * ''Keeping Mum (TV series), Keeping Mum'' * ''Keeping Up Appearances'' * ''Kiss Me Kate (TV series), Kiss Me Kate'' L M N * ''Next of Kin (TV series), Next of Kin'' * ''No Place Like Home (TV series), No Place Like Home'' * ''No Strings (1974 TV series)'' * ''Not Going Out'' * ''Not in Front of the Children (TV series), Not in Front of the Children'' O P * ''Peter Kay's Car Share'' * ''Porridge (1974 TV series), Porridge'' * ''Pramface'' * ''A Prince Among Men'' * ''People Just Do Nothing'' * ''Pulling (TV series), Pulling'' Q * ''Quacks (TV series), Quacks'' R * ''Rab C. Nesbitt'' * ''Red Dwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2point4 Children
''2point4 Children'' is a BBC Television sitcom that was created and written by Andrew Marshall. It follows the lives of the Porters, a seemingly average, working-class London family whose world is frequently turned upside-down by bad luck and bizarre occurrences. The show was originally broadcast on BBC One from 1991 to 1999, and ran for eight series, concluding on 30 December 1999 with the special episode "The Millennium Experience". The show is regularly repeated in the UK. In Australia showings are on UKTV. The name of the show comes from the stereotypical average size of a typical nuclear family in the UK at the time of the writing of the first series. The show regularly picked up audiences of up to 14 million throughout the 1990s, with an average of between 6 and 9 million. The final episode was viewed by 9.03 million people. Lead actor Gary Olsen died in 2000, effectively ruling out a return of the show for any further series. Plot summary The Porters are a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Night Long (TV Series)
''All Night Long'' is a British sitcom starring Keith Barron that aired in 1994. It was written by Dick Fiddy and Mark Wallington, and was produced and directed by Harold Snoad, who also produced and directed ''Keeping Up Appearances''. Cast *Keith Barron as Bill Chivers *Maureen Beattie as Vanda *Dinah Sheridan as Clare *Angus Lennie as Tom *Jan Winters as WPC Hannah Jackson *John Phythian as PC Digby *Jacqueline Reddin as Terry *Robert McKewley as Courtney *Paul Grunert as Wally Plot ''All Night Long'' was set in a bakery in London, and showed the employees working during the night to prepare the bread for local hotels and cafés. Bill Chivers, who owned the business, had learnt bakery while in prison for armed robbery, and was determined to be a law abider. He employed Vanda, a Romanian, Scottish Tom and Courtney who was given a job after breaking into the bakery in the first episode. Clare was a disabled crime writer, who was inspired by the bakery, Wally was a cab driver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Education (TV Series)
''Bad Education'' is a British television sitcom set in a dysfunctional secondary school broadcast on BBC Three. Running from August 2012 to October 2014, the first three series were written by Jack Whitehall, who starred as Alfie Wickers, "the worst teacher ever to grace the British education system". Set at the fictional Abbey Grove School in Hertfordshire, the series follows Wickers' class of misfits, Class K, headed by eccentric headmaster Shaquille "Simon" Fraser (Mathew Horne), and Wickers' ploys to win the affection of crush Rosie Gulliver ( Sarah Solemani). Despite a mixed reception from critics, the show remained "a hit with the target audience", and was adapted to a 2015 film starring the original cast. In January 2023, a fourth series aired, though no longer starring Whitehall. In the revived show, former pupils Stephen Carmichael ( Layton Williams) and Mitchell Harper ( Charlie Wernham) return to teach Class K at Abbey Grove, now headed by Bernadette Hoburn (Vicki P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Band Waggon
''Band Waggon'' was a comedy radio show broadcast by the BBC from 1938 to 1940. The first series featured Arthur Askey and Richard "Stinker" Murdoch. In the second series, Askey and Murdoch were joined by Syd Walker, and the third series added Diana Clare for two episodes. ''Band Waggon'' was co-produced by Gordon Crier and Harry S. Pepper and was the first comedy show to be designed for radio. Together with '' Monday Night at Seven'', it established the practice of broadcasting a regular comedy and music programme at the same time each week. The show ended in 1940, allowing Askey to pursue a career in film and Murdoch to join the Royal Air Force. A stage show of the same name and starring Askey and Murdoch was toured by Jack Hylton beginning in November 1938. The show, with the addition of Tommy Trinder, was playing at the London Palladium when the Second World War broke out. The following year, another version - with Norman Evans in place of Trinder - played at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballylenon
''Ballylenon'' is a radio situation comedy set in a small village in County Donegal in Ireland in the 1950s. The six series totalling 30 half-hour episodes were originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from 1994 until 1999. The series was written by Christopher FitzSimon, and it starred T P McKenna, Stella McCusker and Margaret D'Arcy. A seventh and eighth series were broadcast in 2009 and 2010. Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes (Michael Harrison in Series 7 and 8). ''The Daily Telegraph'''s radio columnist Gillian Reynolds cheered at the show's 1995 return, calling it "neat, witty, and perfect", and called the 1999 season "the perfect haven just now from all the mud, blood and studs everywhere else." In ''The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badults
''Badults'' is a British sitcom series created and starring the members of Pappy's, along with Emer Kenny, Jack Docherty and Katherine Ryan in the lead roles. Written collectively by Pappy's, the first series piloted on 23 July 2013 on BBC Three. A second and final series was commissioned by the BBC on 23 August 2013 for broadcast in summer 2014. Plot A series following the lives of some flatmates, Matthew, Ben, Tom and Rachel, who do their best to fulfill their age old ambition of living together as adults albeit badly and earning the label 'Badults' hence. Clark, Crosby and Parry play characters who share a flat but are "bad at being adults". Production The series was developed under the working title ''The Secret Dude Society''. Andrew Collins was Script Editor. Filming Series 1 was filmed at BBC Scotland in Glasgow in early 2013 where it was produced by The Comedy Unit. Series 2 began shooting in early 2014. Cast * Matthew Crosby as Matthew * Ben Clark as Ben * Tom Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bachelor Father (British TV Series)
''Bachelor Father'' is a British sitcom starring Ian Carmichael that aired for two series from 1970 to 1971. It was written by Richard Waring. Background ''Bachelor Father'' is loosely based on the life of Peter Lloyd Jeffcock. Jeffcock was a bachelor who had fostered twelve children. He later wrote an autobiography called ''Only Uncle''. Richard Waring, who wrote ''Bachelor Father'', based some of the plots on incidents told in ''Only Uncle''. Waring said that he would have kept more to ''Only Uncle'', but many of the true stories were so far-fetched, he thought the public wouldn't believe them. Cast *Ian Carmichael – Peter Lamb *Sonia Graham – Mrs Rathbone *Diana King – Norah *Ian Johnson – Ben * Briony McRoberts – Anna *Michael Douglas – Freddie *Beverley Simons – Jane *Joan Hickson – Mrs Pugsley * Gerald Flood – Harry ''(series 1)'' *Colin Gordon – Mr Gibson ''(series 1)'' *Pauline Yates – Mrs Moore ''(series 1 and 1970 special)'' * Jack May – Mr Moor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B-And-B
''B-And-B'' is a British television sitcom starring Bernard Braden, his wife Barbara Kelly and their daughter Kim Braden. It was written by Michael Pertwee, and aired for a pilot and one series in 1968. Cast *Bernard Braden – Bernie * Barbara Kelly – Barbara *Kim Braden – Sally *Mark Griffith – Johnny *Pauline Collins – Chantal ''(pilot)'' Plot This domestic sitcom stars married couple Bernard Braden and Barbara Kelly as a married couple who both have successful showbusiness careers, and clearly there was an ounce of realism in the programme. In the pilot, Bernie falls for Chantal, their French au pair. Bernie thinks his wife is having an affair, they both think their children are taking drugs and in the final episode the couple contemplate divorce. Episodes Pilot (1968) *Pilot (7 June 1968) (part of ''Comedy Playhouse'') Series One (1968) #"No Son of Mine" (13 November 1968) #Episode Two (20 November 1968) #Episode Three (27 November 1968) #Episode Four (4 Decem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atletico Partick
''Atletico Partick'' is a Scottish sitcom that aired on thd BBC from 1995 to 1996. It was written by Ian Pattison and produced and directed by Colin Gilbert, who worked together on '' Rab C. Nesbitt''. Cast * Gordon Kennedy as Jack Roan *Aline Mowat as Karen Roan *Tom McGovern as Ally * Steven McNicoll as Lachie * Iain McColl as Pettigrew *Clive Russell as Bonner ''(series)'' *Anne Marie Timoney as Marie ''(series)'' * Ronnie Letham as Gazza ''(series)'' * Jonathan Watson as Sean ''(series)'' * Gavin Mitchell as Stick ''(series)'' Plot The main character was Jack Roan, who is more passionate about football than he is about his wife, Karen. She finds some solace with Ally, who is more interested in having sex than in playing football. Jack's best friend is Pettigrew, whose wife is into witchcraft. The football team they play for, Atletico Partick, is in a Sunday amateur league. Episodes Pilot (1995) Series 1 (1996) References *Mark Lewisohn Mark Lewisohn (born 16 Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As Time Goes By (TV Series)
''As Time Goes By'' is a British romantic sitcom that aired on BBC One from 12 January 1992 to 30 December 2005, running for nine series and two specials. Starring Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer, it follows the relationship between two former lovers who meet unexpectedly after losing contact for 38 years. The series originated as an idea by Colin Bostock-Smith. It was produced and directed by Sydney Lotterby and was written by Bob Larbey, who had co-written both '' The Good Life'' and ''Ever Decreasing Circles'' with John Esmonde. In 2004, ''As Time Goes By'' was ranked No. 29 in ''Britain's Best Sitcom''. The programme's original working title had been ''Winter with Flowers'' but was changed during its first day of filming because of the cast's protests. The new title was taken from the 1931 Herman Hupfeld song " As Time Goes By", and the recorded version by Joe Fagin was used as the title music. The series was produced by Theatre of Comedy Entertainment in association wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As Good Cooks Go
''As Good Cooks Go'' was a black-and-white British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1969 to 1970. Written by John Warren (actor), and John Singer, it starred Tessie O'Shea and Frank Williams. Cast * Tessie O'Shea – Blodwen O'Reilly *Robert Dorning – Mr Bullock ''(pilot)'' * Frank Williams – Mr Bullock ''(series)'' Plot Blodwen O'Reilly is a cook who works in many different establishments. She turns a transport café into a quality restaurant, works in an Army canteen and prepares meals in an old people's home. Episodes Pilot (1969) *Pilot (5 May 1969) (part of ''Comedy Playhouse'') Series One (1970) #Episode One (28 January 1970) #Episode Two (4 February 1970) #Episode Three (11 February 1970) #Episode Four (18 February 1970) #Episode Five (25 February 1970) #Episode Six (4 March 1970) As was BBC practice of the time, all of the episodes were later junked, and none survive in the archives as of 2022. References * *Mark Lewisohn Mark Lewisohn (born 16 June 1958) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Artful Dodger (1959 TV Series)
''The Artful Dodger'' is a black-and-white British TV sitcom starring Dave Morris and Gretchen Franklin. It ran for one series in 1959. It was written by Frank Roscoe and Morris. Plot In the radio and television series ''Club Night'', Dave Morris, the comedian, had developed a swaggering, work-shy, know-all character, and ''The Artful Dodger'' featured the same character, and his wife Sylvia. Cast * Dave Morris as himself *Joe Gladwin as Cedric Butterworth *Gretchen Franklin Gretchen Franklin (7 July 1911 – 11 July 2005) was an English actress and dancer with a career in show business spanning over 70 years. She played Ethel Skinner in the long-running BBC 1 soap opera ''EastEnders'' on a regular basis from 198 ... as Sylvia Morris * John Barrie as Mr Grimshaw Episodes #''Episode One'' (28 September 1959) #''Episode Two'' (5 October 1959) #''Episode Three'' (12 October 1959) #''Episode Four'' (19 October 1959) #''Episode Five'' (26 October 1959) #''Episode Six'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |