While the 1970s in Britain are remembered for iconic sitcoms like Porridge, Fawlty Towers, and The Good Life, many lesser-known comedies have faded from memory. This era of social change brought both new freedoms and controversies, reflected in shows such as ‘Now Take My Wife’, ‘Casanova ‘73’, ‘Get Some In!’, and ‘Well Anyway’. This video revisits these overlooked sitcoms, highlighting their unique contexts and contributions to British comedy.
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More of The UK’s Forgotten 1960s Sitcoms
The 1960s. A decade defined by revolution in music, fashion, and culture. But while we all remember The Beatles, Carnaby Street, and the Moon landing, what about the comedies that kept Britain laughing?
You know Dad’s Army. You know Steptoe and Son. But for every TV titan that endured, there’s a whole generation of brilliant, bizarre, and boundary-pushing sitcoms that have been almost entirely erased from history.
In this video, we’re dusting off the archives to explore four of the ‘forgotten’ favourites from the era, including one of the strangest, most ambitious, and most lost sitcoms ever made. Get ready for a trip back to the golden age of British comedy… that almost nobody remembers.
Christmas Sitcom Advent Calendar Day 9
Rob Pickles asked to see Harry Worth a BBC Christmas Night with the Stars programme. All three shows featuring Harry are missing from the archive, so here’s Harry in one of his own festive episodes, The Last Train.
Christmas Sitcom Advent Calendar Day 5
We’re taking a nostalgic trip to Grace Brothers department store for a festive feature of ‘Are You Being Served?’.
We’re unwrapping the classic Christmas special ‘Christmas Crackers’. Get ready to join the staff as they navigate the chaos of Christmas costumes. So, let’s see what’s on offer!
Christmas Sitcom Advent Calendar Day 4
We’re spending some quality time with the one and only Hyacinth Bucket. So, grab your best bone China with the hand-painted periwinkles, and let’s get into it!
Christmas Sitcom Advent Calendar Day 2
For the second day of our ‘Christmas Sitcom Advent Calendar,’ we’re re-visiting a timeless classic: ‘Last of the Summer Wine’.
Over its record breaking 31 series, ‘Last of the Summer Wine’ had 28 Christmas related episodes, including a short special for the BBC’s ‘Funny Side of Christmas’ show in 1982. So, grab a cuppa and get ready to join Compo, Clegg, and Foggy as they bring their unique brand of Yorkshire mischief to the most magical time of the year!
ITC’s British – American Co-productions
Lights, Camera, Transatlantic: The ITC Sitcom Story
From the mid-1950s through the early 1970s, ITC Entertainment (Incorporated Television Company), led by the formidable Lew Grade, pioneered lucrative American syndication alongside British broadcast. ITC became famous for its slick action-adventure series like ‘The Saint’ and ‘The Persuaders!’. They also had a fascinating foray into sitcom and light entertainment co-productions and distribution deals. Join me as we explore the rarely-discussed comedy side of this transatlantic empire, examining how these early British and American co-produced or co-distributed tv comedies attempted to find a common comedic language across the Atlantic.
The UK’s Least Funny Sitcoms – Viewers Top 3
Now, it’s time to settle a debate as old as British television itself. I asked the community to vote on the least funny British sitcom of all time.
You voted in your hundreds, and the results are in. In the previous videos of this series, I sorted the sitcoms into chronological order as they all had a fairly similar number of votes, but the three shows in today’s video stuck out like sore thumbs. Get ready to count down the three shows that you think are the least funny British sitcoms ever made.
UK’s Least Funny Sitcoms 1985 – 1990
The late 1980s. A time of big hair, shoulder pads, and for many people, the golden age of British sitcoms. Or so we thought.
I put a question to the channel recently, asking you to nominate some of the sitcoms that, frankly, left you with a straight face. The votes are now tallied, and we’re about to take a look at the sitcoms that your collective memory has deemed the least hilarious between 1985 and 1990.
Viewer Vote: UK’s Least Funny Sitcoms 1968 – 1984
We’ve all got our favourite shows, the ones we can watch over and over again for a good laugh, but there are some shows that just didn’t hit the comedic mark for some people. In this video, we’ll explore why you voted these 1970s and 1980s sitcoms the least funny. So, grab a cuppa and get ready to find out what went wrong.