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Comedy Playhouse
1961 - 2017 6.0 (2 votes) 18 Seasons
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Genres
Comedy
Networks
BBC One

Comedy Playhouse

Overview

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.

Seasons

Season 3 (1963)

No overview available.

17 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: On The Knocker
1963-09-28

Exploits of door-to-door salesman Ronnie Fender.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Underworld Nights
1963-10-05

Exploits of crime writer Vogler.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Fools Rush In
1963-10-12

A retired Major tries to adjust to civilian life.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Shamrot
1963-10-19

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: The Bachelor Girls
1963-10-26

Two young girls about town share a flat.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: The Plan
1963-11-02

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: A Picture of Innocence
1963-11-09

Northern Arthur Berry develops an interest in art.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Nicked at the Bottle
1963-11-16

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: The Chars
1963-11-23

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Comrades in Arms
1963-11-30

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: The Walrus and the Carpenter
1963-12-14

Exploits of a pair of mismatched elderly friends.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: The Bed
1963-12-28

The ups and downs of a Northern married couple.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: The Mate Market
1964-01-03

Exploits of marriage bureau owner John Cook.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 14: The Hen House
1964-01-10

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 15: The Siege of Sydney's Street
1964-01-17

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 16: The Mascot
1964-01-24

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

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

Match seller Gomorrah Weevil tangles with slum landlord Harold Harbinger.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 4 (1965)

No overview available.

12 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Barnaby Spoot And The Exploding Whoopee Cushion
1965-05-28

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 Chatty Cheddar) that no one wants. So Spoot decides to wreak revenge on the conglomerate that controls the shop by assassinating the entire board of directors with....

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Mother Came Too
1965-06-04

Arthur Pratt struggles to break away from his domineering mother.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Here I Come Whoever I Am
1965-06-11

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Happy Family
1965-06-18

Problems of Ted coping with a wife and four daughters.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Memoirs Of A Chaise Longue
1965-07-02

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Murray And Me
1965-07-08

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Hudd
1965-07-15

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Till Death Us Do Part
1965-07-22

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: The Time And Motion Man
1965-07-29

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Sam The Samaritan
1965-08-05

Exploits of three sailors on leave in 1910.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: The Vital Spark
1965-08-12

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: Betsy Mae
1965-08-19

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 14 poster
Season 14 (1974)

No overview available.

14 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: No Strings
1974-04-16

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Franklyn and Johnnie
1974-04-23

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Howerd's History of England
1974-04-30

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Happy Ever After
1974-05-07

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: The Dobson Doughnut
1974-05-14

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, along with her talking mynah bird.Terry frequently hits upon an idea, which due to his foolhardy and obsessive manner he then continues with whatever the consequences, while June remains patient and tolerant.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: The Big Job
1974-05-21

Comedy about a family of incompetent criminals

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: It's Only Me: Whoever I am
1974-05-28

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

Runtime: N/A min
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.

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 9: Sitting Pretty
1974-06-11

Runtime: N/A min
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.

Runtime: N/A min
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.

Runtime: N/A min
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.

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 13: French Relish
1974-07-09

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 14: Bird Alone
1974-07-16

Runtime: N/A min
Season 15 (1975)

No overview available.

14 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Melting Pot
1975-06-11

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Only on Sunday
1975-06-18

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 just a front because really they going off to meet their girlfriends as they do every Sunday. The deception goes on for quite some time until one weekend the wives decide to go with them. What happens next is hilarious.

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Captive Audience
1975-07-02

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

A divorcee looks forward to being single again.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: delete this
1974-05-21

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: delete this
1974-05-28

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: delete this
1974-06-04

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: delete this
1974-06-11

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Pygmalion Smith
1974-06-25

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: A Girl's Best Friend
1974-07-03

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: The Reverent Wooing Of Archibald
1974-07-09

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: French Relish
1974-07-16

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 14: Bird Alone

Runtime: 30 min
Season 16 (2014)

No overview available.

3 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Over to Bill
2014-04-29

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 follow which ends in his humiliation in front of an employer from a rival network.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Miller's Mountain
2014-05-06

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 to teach Conor the ways of the hills. Conor's education begins in the pub, where he is introduced to the small mountain community of Jules, Bill, and Bernie. No-nonsense barmaid Jules runs the pub, the Busted Femur; Bill spends every living hour looking after dogs, and his social skills have suffered as a result; and Bernie is head of operations, happy to the point of delirium in her work. When the actual mountain rescuing begins, things go from bad to worse, and then to even worse than that

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Monks
2014-05-13

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 like prison but with more praying. Rudley Abbey is a monastery under threat with only four monks remaining, so the abbot welcomes their new recruit - much to the annoyance of his deputy, Brother Francis. This could be Gary's chance to learn about himself, take some responsibility and bring some meaning to his life. Gary causes an expensive accident and is forced to raise money for the monastery, by increasingly unorthodox means. In the meantime, Brother Francis is forced to take measures to control his anger.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 18 (2017)

No overview available.

3 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Tim Vine Travels In Time
2017-09-01

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 first customer is presenter and Strictly Come Dancing champion Ore Oduba, who asks Tim if he can mend his ancient golden arrow. Tim steps inside his very special Grandfather clock which travels him back in time to Sherwood Forest in the days of Robin Hood and his band of merry men. On arriving, Tim is greeted by Robin himself (who bears an uncanny resemblance to Ore Oduba). Robin is suffering from a broken heart. He has mysteriously lost his famous bullseye aim, and with it the love of Maid Marion. Tim must get to the bottom of the mystery but local tyrant and shouty killjoy, the Sheriff of Nottingham, is determined to drive him out of town. Can Tim get to the bottom of this skullduggery and help Robin regain his archery prowess and win back the love of Maid Marion? Will he be able to repair the broken arrow and secure Ore Oduba to cut the ribbon at the grand opening of Tim’s Antiques? Only time travel will tell...

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Mister Winner
2017-09-08

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 dangerous situations. Leslie plans to propose to his girlfriend, Jemma Smith (Aimee-Ffion Edwards - Skins, Peaky Blinders), but unknown to him, she is having doubts about their relationship as he doesn’t take life seriously enough. Jemma is a young professional from Croydon who loves Leslie, but doesn’t know if that’s enough as he doesn’t have a job, any money, or ever take her anywhere. But he makes her laugh more than anyone else ever has. Jemma’s parents, Chris and Teresa, (Shaun Williamson - EastEnders, Extras; Dorothy Atkinson - Call The Midwife, Mum) have stuck together through 30 years of marriage. Chris is managing stress with colouring books (although he didn’t realise there were ‘adult’ ones so is frequently seen colouring in pictures of elephants and children with balloons) and Teresa refuses to take life too seriously. Both are supportive of Leslie’s endeavours to win Jemma’s hand in marriage, even after Leslie has an accident with Chris’s prize possessions, his Koi Carp. Leslie attempts a big proposal on a weekend break to London. After an eventful open-top bus tour, questionable accommodation and a surprise trip to the aquarium, this all results in an impromptu swim in a shark tank. Will Leslie win Jemma over?

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Static
2017-09-15

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 have someone to cook for, and his dad’s figured out how to get thousands of football channels on the telly. Before long Rob’s getting used to being with mum and dad again, and through them he’s quickly drawn into the world of the park, not to mention the extraordinary characters within it. Static is at heart a family sitcom - warm, working-class, multi-generational and broad, with acutely and affectionately observed characters.

Runtime: 30 min

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