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COLLECTION · Series · 1961

Comedy Playhouse

Comedy Playhouse is a long-running British anthology series of one-off unrelated sitcoms that aired for 120 episodes from 1961 to 1975. Many episodes later graduated to their own series, including Steptoe and Son, Till Death Us Do Part, All Gas and Gaiters, The Liver Birds, Are You Being Served? and Last of the Summer Wine, which is the world's longest running sitcom, having run from January 1973 to August 2010.

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* 6.0 (2)Comedy
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BBC One
Runtime
30 min/ep
Release
15/12/1961
Score
6.0 / 10 (2)
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
10 episodes · 1961
Episode 1. Cliquot et Fils
1961-12-15 · 30 min

An undertaker in 1920s France needs to drum up trade for his ailing business.

Episode 2. Lunch in the Park
1961-12-22 · 30 min

A pair of office workers have for ten years spent their lunch hour on the same park bench.

Episode 3. The Private Lives of Edward Whitely
1961-12-29 · 30 min

The misadventures of bigamist Edward Whitely.

Episode 4. The Offer
1962-01-05 · 30 min

Harold Steptoe, a middle aged rag and bone man, yearns to break away from the clutches of his elderly, conniving, and disgusting father, but events always conspire against him.

Episode 5. The Reunion
1962-01-12 · 30 min

A reunion doesn't go as planned.

Episode 6. The Telephone Call
1962-06-19 · 30 min

A worried man uses his phone to do something about the troubled world.

Episode 7. The Status Symbol
1962-01-26 · 30 min

A garage owner doesn't want to return a customer's Rolls Royce because he he likes the way it looks in his yard.

Episode 8. Visiting Day
1962-02-02 · 30 min

A group of hospital patients prepare for visiting day.

Episode 9. Sealed with a Loving Kiss
1962-02-09 · 30 min

A pair of penpals decide to meet for the first time, but they haven't been telling the truth about themselves.

Episode 10. The Channel Swimmer
1962-02-16 · 30 min

A man determines to swim the Channel.

Season 2
6 episodes · 1962
Episode 1. Our Man in Moscow
1962-03-01 · 30 min

A Russian musician asks for political asylum and gives the British ambassador troubles.

Episode 2. And Here, All The Way From ...
1963-03-08 · 30 min

District Commissioner Donald Lawrence travels to London from Borneo in order to be a guest on his brother's ""This Is Your Life,"" but the show is called off.

Episode 3. Impasse
1962-03-15 · 30 min

Two drivers refuse to give way to each other.

Episode 4. Have You Read This Notice?
1963-03-29 · 30 min

Norman is beset by nerves as he tries to sneak a watch through the ""Nothing To Declare"" channel at an airport.

Episode 5. A Clerical Error
1963-04-05 · 30 min

A con-man, recently released from Wormwood Scrubs prison, dresses up as a clergyman and turns up in a pub collecting for a highly dubious charity.

Episode 6. The Handyman
1963-04-12 · 30 min

An out of work machine minder takes a job as a Handyman at a health club.

Season 3
17 episodes · 1963
Episode 1. On The Knocker
1963-09-28 · 30 min

Exploits of door-to-door salesman Ronnie Fender.

Episode 2. Underworld Nights
1963-10-05 · 30 min

Exploits of crime writer Vogler.

Episode 3. Fools Rush In
1963-10-12 · 30 min

A retired Major tries to adjust to civilian life.

Episode 4. Shamrot
1963-10-19 · 30 min

Dermot is a London-born Irishman who hates everything about England, but has never even been to the ""Old Country.""

Episode 5. The Bachelor Girls
1963-10-26 · 30 min

Two young girls about town share a flat.

Episode 6. The Plan
1963-11-02 · 30 min

Albert Fawkes hates his surname and rebels against it by trying to re-enact the Gunpowder Plot.

Episode 7. A Picture of Innocence
1963-11-09 · 30 min

Northern Arthur Berry develops an interest in art.

Episode 8. Nicked at the Bottle
1963-11-16 · 30 min

Lawyer Mossy advises Mrs Emily Trout and her family of crooks.

Episode 9. The Chars
1963-11-23 · 30 min

Exploits of two charladies at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Episode 10. Comrades in Arms
1963-11-30 · 30 min

A window cleaner witnesses an extramarital affair and is soon involved in farcical cover-up shenanigans.

Episode 11. The Walrus and the Carpenter
1963-12-14 · 30 min

Exploits of a pair of mismatched elderly friends.

Episode 12. The Bed
1963-12-28 · 30 min

The ups and downs of a Northern married couple.

Episode 13. The Mate Market
1964-01-03 · 30 min

Exploits of marriage bureau owner John Cook.

Episode 14. The Hen House
1964-01-10 · 30 min

Mrs Fanwyn runs her Khartoum House Girls Hostel with a firm hand.

Episode 15. The Siege of Sydney's Street
1964-01-17 · 30 min

Sydney Lord hates beaurocracy and determines to fight it whenever he finds it.

Episode 16. The Mascot
1964-01-24 · 30 min

Mad keen football fan Arnold Birtwhistle is mascot of Northtown Football Club, but new chairman Mr Gibson wants to change the club's image.

Episode 17. Good Luck Sir, You've Got A Lucky Face
1964-01-31 · 30 min

Match seller Gomorrah Weevil tangles with slum landlord Harold Harbinger.

Season 4
12 episodes · 1965
Episode 1. Barnaby Spoot And The Exploding Whoopee Cushion
1965-05-28 · 30 min

Barnaby Spoot, the lowly assistant in a novelty shop managed by short-tempered Mr Bostock, is determined to make his mark in the novelty trade by inventing new gags. Unfortunately, his latest device is typical: a talking cheese (the…

Episode 2. Mother Came Too
1965-06-04 · 30 min

Arthur Pratt struggles to break away from his domineering mother.

Episode 3. Here I Come Whoever I Am
1965-06-11 · 30 min

32-year-old Ambrose Twombly yearns to fall in love.

Episode 4. Happy Family
1965-06-18 · 30 min

Problems of Ted coping with a wife and four daughters.

Episode 5. Memoirs Of A Chaise Longue
1965-07-02 · 30 min

Stories of various couples who have 'used' a chaise longue through the years.

Episode 6. Murray And Me
1965-07-08 · 30 min

Murray tries to learn ""The Knowledge' (all the streets in London) in order to qualify as a taxi driver.

Episode 7. Hudd
1965-07-15 · 30 min

A solo vehicle for comedian Roy Hudd, later developed into a six-episode series, with no continuing characters or situations.

Episode 8. Till Death Us Do Part
1965-07-22 · 30 min

Working class bigot Alf fights with his more liberal daughter and son-in-law on every conceivable issue.

Episode 9. The Time And Motion Man
1965-07-29 · 30 min

Time and Motion man Kingsley Binns lets his job spill over into his private life.

Episode 10. Sam The Samaritan
1965-08-05 · 30 min

Exploits of three sailors on leave in 1910.

Episode 11. The Vital Spark
1965-08-12 · 30 min

Misadventures of Captain Para Handy and his hapless crew aboard ""The Vital Spark.""

Episode 12. Betsy Mae
1965-08-19 · 30 min

A twleve-year-old schoolboy has written a winning essay on the works of children's author Betsy Mae Meadows. His prize is a visit to her home—and naturally she detests actual children.

Season 5
9 episodes · 1966
Episode 1. The Bishop Rides Again
1966-05-17 · 30 min

The misadventures of a group of clergymen in the cloisters of a cathedral.

Episode 2. Beggar My Neighbour
1966-05-24 · 30 min

Two married sisters living next door to one another are locked in a continuous battle of one-upmanship.

Episode 3. A Little Learning
1966-05-31 · 30 min

The Dean of co-educational Sheridan College at the University of Wessex is shocked by the appointment of a new female bursar whom he was once close to.

Episode 4. Judgement Day For Elijah Jones
1966-06-07 · 30 min

Elijah Jones believes the world is about to end and plans to build himself an Ark and stock it with stolen animals.

Episode 5. Room At The Bottom
1966-06-14 · 30 min

The misadventures of the Maintenance Men at Saracens Manufacturing.

Episode 6. The End Of The Tunnel
1966-06-21 · 30 min

A businessman has to start again when his wife leaves him.

Episode 7. Seven Year Hitch
1966-06-28 · 30 min

Complications arise in the lives of Ern and Is Conway, proprietors of an unsuccessful dancing school, when Ern forgets their seventh wdding anniversary.

Episode 8. The Mallard Imaginaire
1966-07-05 · 30 min

Misadventures of an inept MP.

Episode 9. The Reluctant Romeo
1966-08-02 · 30 min

Advertising executive Thomas Jones finds himself irresistible to women, but would prefer to concentrate on his job and his fiancée Sally.

Season 6
8 episodes · 1967
Episode 1. Hughie
1967-05-19 · 30 min

Released from prison after a 10 year sentence, Hughie wants to return straight to the comfort of his cell.

Episode 2. House In A Tree
1967-05-26 · 30 min

Mother and housewife Jennifer Corner copes with the running of her household.

Episode 3. Spanner In The Works
1967-06-02 · 30 min

Arthur Machin, owner of a small engineering works, is determined to get the most out of his employees.

Episode 4. Heirs On A Shoestring
1967-06-09 · 30 min

A couple are expecting an inheritance from their elderly uncle, but a spanner is put in the works by a prospective new heir.

Episode 5. Uncle Fred Flits By
1967-06-16 · 30 min

The exploits of the eccentric Earl of Ickenham.

Episode 6. Loitering With Intent
1967-06-23 · 30 min

A good-cause-supporting couple don't like it when a pair of ""Kilburn Refugees"" take up residence in their garden.

Episode 7. To Lucifer: A Son
1967-06-29 · 30 min

Nick, the son of the devil, decides that Hell needs to be more trendy and with-it.

Episode 8. The Old Campaigner
1967-06-30 · 30 min

Exploits of super salesman James Franklin-Jones or FJ as he is known as he travels the globe for Balsom Plastics and seeking out 'crumpet' at every opportunity.

Season 7
9 episodes · 1968
Episode 1. State Of The Union
1968-04-26 · 30 min

Exploits of a trade union secretary.

Episode 2. View By Appointment
1968-05-03 · 30 min

A lonely couple decide to sell their house so that potential buyers can be treated as new friends.

Episode 3. The Family Of Fred
1968-05-10 · 30 min

Next-door neighbor Aggie Plunkett has her eye on Fred, a widower of twelve years; but there are his three daughters to contend with.

Episode 4. Stiff Upper Lip
1968-05-17 · 30 min

Misadventures of diplomats working in the Iron Curtain state of Vulgaria.

Episode 5. Wild, Wild Women
1968-05-24 · 30 min

In Victorian times a group of women work in a milliners.

Episode 6. Current Affairs
1968-05-31 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 7. B-And-B
1968-06-07 · 30 min

Stories of a married show business couple.

Episode 8. Me Mammy
1968-06-14 · 30 min

The adventures of Irishman Bunjy Kennefick, a top executive with a London company. His jet-set bachelor lifestyle of fast cars and faster women makes him the envy of his friends—until, that is, they meet his ever-present mother.

Episode 9. The Gold Watch Club
1968-06-28 · 30 min

Edward Wilkins is looking forward to his retirement, but things don't turn out as planned.

Season 8
7 episodes · 1969
Episode 1. The Liver Birds
1969-04-14 · 30 min

Two young Liverpudlian girls share a flat.

Episode 2. The Valley Express
1969-04-21 · 30 min

A pair of bored hacks working on a Welsh newspaper decide to invent stories and sell them on to Fleet Street.

Episode 3. Tooth And Claw
1969-04-28 · 30 min

Misadventures of a pair of Jewish multimillionaires.

Episode 4. As Good Cooks Go
1969-05-05 · 30 min

The exploits of a jobbing cook.

Episode 5. The Loves Of Larch Hill
1969-05-12 · 30 min

Episodes in the life of the decidedly strange Love family.

Episode 6. The Making Of Peregrine
1969-05-19 · 30 min

Stanley Mold is determined to make a man out of his son Peregrine.

Episode 7. Up Pompeii
1969-05-26

No synopsis

Season 9
4 episodes · 1969
Episode 1. Joint Account
1969-12-18 · 30 min

A newly wed husband faces problems when he learns his wife is a useless cook.

Episode 2. The Jugg Brothers
1970-01-01 · 30 min

Misadventures of brothers Stephen and Robert Jugg.

Episode 3. An Officer And A Gentleman
1970-01-08 · 30 min

Character actor James Grout flexed his comedy muscles in the role of military man Major Gissing, but his usual sterling performance failed to rescue this Comedy Playhouse project from the one-off file. (BBCi Comedy Guide)

Episode 4. Who's Your Friend
1970-01-15 · 30 min

Exploits of escort Jimmy Sampson.

Season 10
6 episodes · 1970
Episode 1. Keep 'Em Rolling
1970-03-11 · 30 min

Exploits of Reggie Turpin, a 19th century photography enthusiast.

Episode 2. Better Than A Man
1970-03-18 · 30 min

Wendy Hillbright is the managing director of a steel works, unfortunately one where her troublesome father also works.

Episode 3. Last Tribute
1970-03-25 · 30 min

Misadventures of a pair of undertakers.

Episode 4. Haven Of Rest
1970-04-01 · 30 min

Exploits of the residents of an old folks home.

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Season 11
4 episodes · 1970
Episode 1. Mind Your Own Business
1970-06-08 · 30 min

The misadventures of a pair of window cleaning Cockney brothers, one of whom happens to be black, the other white.

Episode 2. The Old Contemptible
1970-07-15 · 30 min

Old World War One veteran Sam Oakley hates everything about the modern world.

Episode 3. Don't Ring Us ... We'll Ring You
1970-07-29 · 30 min

Exploits of two down-at-heel theatrical agents.

Episode 4. Meter Maids
1970-08-05 · 30 min

The exploits of a group of a group of female traffic wardens.

Season 12
7 episodes · 1971
Episode 1. Under And Over
1971-01-08 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 2. Just Harry And Me
1971-04-01 · 30 min

Claire and Harry Love face problems with their teenage daughter.

Episode 3. Uncle Tulip
1971-04-08 · 30 min

Kenyan Uncle Tulip arrives in England to look after his neice and nephew and is shocked to discover how English they've become.

Episode 4. It's Awfully Bad For Your Eyes, Darling
1971-04-15 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 5. The Rough With The Smooth
1971-04-22 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 6. Equal Partners
1971-04-29 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 7. The Importance Of Being Hairy
1971-05-06 · 30 min

No synopsis

Season 13
6 episodes · 1972
Episode 1. Idle At Work
1972-01-14 · 30 min

Misadventures of one George Idle.

Episode 2. And Whose Side Are You On
1972-01-21 · 30 min

During WWII, German Major Sperling has his cushy existence in a rural village put under strain by the arrival by the arrival of a tough Gestapo officer.

Episode 3. The Dirtiest Soldier In The World
1972-03-27 · 30 min

Exploits of a group of Highland soldiers, especially Private McAuslan.

Episode 4. Are You Being Served?
1972-09-08 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 5. Weren't You Marcia Honeywell?
1972-09-07 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 6. Born Every Minute
1972-01-28 · 30 min

The shady exploits of a pair of con men.

Season 14
Season 14
14 episodes · 1974
Episode 1. No Strings
1974-04-16 · 30 min

Derek advertises for a flatmate. When Leonora arrives his tidy bachelor domain is soon disrupted by a feminine touch.

Episode 2. Franklyn and Johnnie
1974-04-23 · 30 min

Two old rivals decide to make up at the funeral of a friend.

Episode 3. Howerd's History of England
1974-04-30 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 4. Happy Ever After
1974-05-07 · 30 min

Pilot for BBC's "Happy Ever After" series.

Episode 5. The Dobson Doughnut
1974-05-14 · 30 min

Terry and June Fletcher are a middle-aged, middle-class couple who find themselves alone when their grown-up children, daughters Susan and Debbie, leave home. However, they are not alone for long as Aunt Lucy comes to live with them,…

Episode 6. The Big Job
1974-05-21 · 30 min

Comedy about a family of incompetent criminals

Episode 7. It's Only Me: Whoever I am
1974-05-28

A young man struggles to break free of his domineering mother.

Episode 8. The Last Man on Earth
1974-06-04

A man and his wife wake one morning to discover that everyone else on Earth had just disappeared. After initial disbelief, they settle into looting stores until suddenly they come under mysterious sniper fire at the end.

Episode 9. Sitting Pretty
1974-06-11

No synopsis

Episode 10. Pygmalion Smith
1974-06-18

Pygmalion 'Smithy' Smith, a less than glamorous photographer at an out of work holiday resort, tries to make a young girl into a star.

Episode 11. A Girl's Best Friend
1974-06-25

Divorcee Audrey Dalton learns she is going out with the same man as her daughter.

Episode 12. The Reverend Wooing of Archibald
1974-07-02

Archibald Mulliner enlists the help of his Uncle in wooing the girl of his dreams.

Episode 13. French Relish
1974-07-09

No synopsis

Episode 14. Bird Alone
1974-07-16

No synopsis

Season 15
14 episodes · 1975
Episode 1. The Melting Pot
1975-06-11 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 2. Only on Sunday
1975-06-18 · 30 min

An episode of Comedy Playhouse where Trevor Bannister and Peter Bowles play two friends who tell their wives they play for a local cricket team. Every Sunday they grab their cricket gear and head off to the local cricket pitch. This is…

Episode 3. For Richer... For Poorer
1975-06-25 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 4. Captive Audience
1975-07-02 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 5. Going, Going, Gone... Free?
1975-07-09 · 30 min

A divorcee looks forward to being single again.

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1974-05-21 · 30 min

No synopsis

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1974-05-28 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 8. delete this
1974-06-04 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 9. delete this
1974-06-11 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 10. Pygmalion Smith
1974-06-25 · 30 min

Pygmalion 'Smithy' Smith, a less than glamorous photographer at an out of work holiday resort, tries to make a young girl into a star.

Episode 11. A Girl's Best Friend
1974-07-03 · 30 min

Divorcée Audrey Dalton learns she is going out with the same man as her daughter.

Episode 12. The Reverent Wooing Of Archibald
1974-07-09 · 30 min

Archibald Mulliner enlists the help of his Uncle in wooing the girl of his dreams.

Episode 13. French Relish
1974-07-16 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 14. Bird Alone
30 min

No synopsis

Season 16
3 episodes · 2014
Episode 1. Over to Bill
2014-04-29 · 30 min

Over to Bill is a sit com starring starring Hugh Dennis as a weatherman who manages to get fired from his job. Bill Onion is fired after making a joke live on air about the south of England being better than the north. A train of events…

Episode 2. Miller's Mountain
2014-05-06 · 30 min

Comedy set around the antics of Jimmy Miller and his ragtag family of mountain rescue volunteers. When the naive and enthusiastic Conor reports for his first day as a volunteer, Jimmy, the shambolic old rescue hand, takes it upon himself…

Episode 3. Monks
2014-05-13 · 30 min

Gary has been defrauding the dole office for ten years. Faced with criminal prosecution, he decides to join a religious order to save himself from a long stretch of hardship and abstinence. However, it turns out monastic life is a lot…

Season 17
3 episodes · 2016
Episode 1. Hospital People
2016-02-26 · 30 min

This episode follows how the big decisions can affect the little people in the hospital.

Episode 2. Broken Biscuits
2016-03-04 · 30 min

Five disparate groups of people, friends, partners and parents stories unfold.

Episode 3. Stop/Start
2016-03-11 · 30 min

Studio sitcom about three marriages in various states of disrepair. Rob and Cathy have been married for a long time, and it shows. Evan and Fiona's marriage is one big, noisy argument punctuated by even noisier make-up sex. And David and…

Season 18
3 episodes · 2017
Episode 1. Tim Vine Travels In Time
2017-09-01 · 30 min

Master of the pun Tim Vine journeys back in time to the days of Robin Hood in a quest to mend a golden arrow and a broken heart. Tim is in search of a celebrity for the grand opening of his antique shop. It just so happens that his very…

Episode 2. Mister Winner
2017-09-08 · 30 min

Mister Winner is a sitcom starring Spencer Jones (Upstart Crow, Tim Vine Travels Through Time) as Leslie Winner, a well-meaning but hapless chap who is prone to accidents, complications and landing himself in unusual and often somewhat…

Episode 3. Static
2017-09-15 · 30 min

Not only is Rob now jobless, but he’s now having to live on a sofabed in his parents’ caravan in a holiday park 80 miles from London whilst he figures out his next move. It seems like a disaster to begin with, but his mum’s delighted to…

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