1 9 7 8 (UK) 7 x 30 minute episodes John Alderton declined to appear in a second series of The Upchat Line so Keith Waterhouse came…
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1 9 7 7 (UK) 7 x 30 minute episodes Created and written by Billy Liar creator Keith Waterhouse, The Upchat Line starred John Alderton as an unknown author and…
1 9 7 3 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes Lord and Lady Seacroft (Charles Gray and Margaret Leighton) are an aristocratic couple without any money…
1 9 9 0 – 1 9 9 6 (UK) 95 x 25 minute episodes This terminally cosy role-reversal sitcom from ITV was a British version…
1 9 9 2 – 1 9 9 3 (UK) 12 x 30 minute episodes This BBC comedy series featured a three-generation West Indian family…
1 9 6 7 (UK) 7 x 30 minute episodes Alfie Bass and Bill Fraser starred in this short-lived Saturday night comedy series from ATV Weekend…
1 9 8 7 – 1 9 8 8 (UK) 12 x 30 minute episodes This unfunny 12-part sitcom from Central was set in a municipal…
1 9 6 4 – 1 9 6 5 (USA) 34 x 30 minute episodes This black-and-white ABC comedy depicted the life of debonair, handsome young…
1 9 7 6 (USA) 11 x 60 minute episodes Emmy award-winning actor Dick Van Dyke came back to episodic TV with his series Van…
1 9 8 8 (USA) 10 (6) x 30 minute episodes Matt Burgess (Barry Van Dyke) is a former stage actor who now runs the Arley…
1 9 9 7 – 2 0 0 0 (USA) 67 x 30 minute episodes “Ronnie” Chase (Kirstie Alley) was a model for women everywhere – …
1 9 9 1 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes Originally scheduled for autumn 1990, this short-lived ITV comedy series gathered dust in Central Television’s Nottingham…
1 9 6 7 – 1 9 6 8 (UK) 13 x 30 minute episodes 1 9 6 9 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes The late…
1 9 8 6 – 1 9 8 8 (UK) 15 x 60 minute episodes The saga of a medical practice run by four doctors -…
1 9 9 0 – 1 9 9 3 (UK) 28 x 30 minute episodes Almost undefinable entertainment featuring velvet-suited Vic Reeves (born Jim Moir) and…
1 9 9 4 – 2 0 0 7 (UK) 20 x 30 minute episodes Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and A Funeral (1994), Blackadder, Mr Bean) wrote this wonderful…
1 9 8 1 (UK) 7 x 30 minute episodes This seven-part series from ATV was set in the Victorian era and based on a story published…
1 9 8 5 – 1 9 8 7 (UK) 13 x 30 minute episodes This BBC2 monologue and sketch showcase for former New Faces winner Victoria Woods featured…
1 9 7 0 (Australia) 1 x 30 minute episode Picture an 80-year-old Cleopatra and Beethoven as a honky-tonk barroom pianist banging out Stardust – complete…
1 9 7 4 – 1 9 7 5 (UK) 14 x 55 minute episodes The star of this anthology series from Granada Television was the…