1 9 5 0 – 1 9 5 3 (USA) In 1950, when network television was still in its infancy in the US and radio ruled…
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1 9 8 4 – 1 9 8 8 (UK) 43 x 30 minute episodes 1 x 60 minute special Debuting on 31 January 1984, this…
1 9 7 0 – 1 9 7 1 (UK) 12 x 30 minute episodes This Yorkshire Television comedy series was set, as the title suggests,…
1 9 7 2 (UK) 7 x 30 minute episodes The North Country innocent-in-London, Albert Courtnay (Rodney Bewes) came bouncing back in this short-lived sequel to…
1 9 7 2 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes Another ITV comedy from the team of Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke. Mrs Marigold Alcock (Beryl…
1 9 4 9 – 1 9 5 3 (USA) Before it became a successful sitcom on television, The Aldrich Family had been a long-running and popular radio…
1 9 7 1 – 1 9 7 2 (UK) 13 x 30 minute episodes This comedy series from ATV starred Gary Warren (who had played…
1 9 9 8 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes This six-part BBC series was filmed largely on location as Alexei Sayle – bedecked in a…
1 9 8 8 – 1 9 9 1 (UK) 18 x 30 minute episodes “Who’s that fat bastard?” After an ill-conceived sojourn alongside Chris Tarrant…
1 9 8 6 – 1 9 9 0 (USA) 102 x 30 minute episodes 2 x 60 minute episodes Long before 3rd Rock From the Sun (but…
1 9 8 3 – 1 9 8 4 (UK) 13 x 30 minute episodes If asked to name Britain’s biggest comedy and drama names at…
1 9 7 6 – 1 9 8 5 (USA) 209 x 30 minute episodes Mel’s Diner – a greasy-spoon truck-stop in Phoenix, Arizona – was…
1 9 9 6 (USA) 8 x 30 minute episodes This family-friendly comedy was created by Andy and Susan Borowitz (the creators of The Fresh Prince…
2 0 0 3 – 2 0 0 4 (USA) 16 x 30 minute episodes Anthony Anderson stars as, essentially, himself: a guy who wants to…
1 9 9 9 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes RAF Auchnacluchnie is a nearly abandoned and long-forgotten remote early-warning radar station situated in the highlands…
1 9 8 6 – 1 9 8 7 (UK) 12 x 30 minute episodes Widow Sheila Haddon (Maureen Lipman in her first comedy series since Agony)…
1 9 6 6 (UK) 1 9 6 7 – 1 9 7 1 (UK) 33 x 30 minute episodes 1 x short special Another intelligent sitcom…
1 9 9 1 (UK) 6 x 50 minute episodes The third major comedy-drama series from the BBC in a few months, All Good Things…
1 9 8 5 – 1 9 8 8 (UK) 18 x 30 minute episodes In his first comedy for ITV, Richard Briers starred as…
1 9 7 1 – 1 9 9 1 (USA) 196 x 30 minute episodes 5 x 60 minute episodes 1 x 90 minute episode Though…