''Comedy Firsts'' is a short-lived British

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consisting of five unrelated

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and one

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that aired in 1995. Two of the episodes later led to full series, ''

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'' and '' Sometime, Never''.

Background

''Comedy Firsts'' followed on from ITV's ''

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'' that had aired in 1993. It followed the same format of a series of one-off comedy

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. Each episode of ''Comedy Firsts'' aired on Monday at 8pm and had a different cast and writers.

Episodes

References

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, ''Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy'', BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003
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