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- The Goodies were a trio of British comedians: Tim Brooke-Taylor (17 July 1940–12 April 2020), Graeme Garden (b. 18 February 1943) and Bill Oddie (b. 7 July 1941). The trio created, wrote for and performed in their eponymous television comedy show from 1970 until 1982, combining sketches and situation comedy.
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- Hardwicke House - ITV - 1987. Written by Richard Hall and Simon Wright, Hardwicke House is a sitcom set in an East Midlands secondary school. But, rather than focussing its attentions on the pupils, Hardwicke House cranes its neck round the staff room door.
- Oh Happy Band! - BBC1 - 1980. Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft put in a decent shift for British comedy, didn't they? Together they created both Are You Being Served and 'Allo 'Allo which is more than enough to establish themselves as legends.
- Pushing Up Daisies / Coming Next - Channel 4 - 1984 to 85. Boasting a rather impressive roster of Chris Barrie, Gareth Hale, Norman Pace and Carla Mendonca, Pushing Up Daisies (and its follow up series Coming Next) was a sketch show put together by legendary comedy producer Paul Jackson.
- Snakes and Ladders - Channel 4 - 1989. Everyone (worth knowing) knows who Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran are. And just as many people recognise John Gordon Sinclair and Adrian Edmondson.
Sayle was at the forefront of the alternative comedy boom in the 1980s. Alistair McGowan's Big Impression This became the most popular impressionism show on TV, targeting celebrities and...
This is a list of radio and television situation comedies produced by the BBC.
- Fawlty Towers. John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Connie Booth. 1,202 votes. A brilliantly crafted farce, Fawlty Towers stars the incomparable John Cleese as Basil Fawlty, the perpetually flustered and hapless hotel manager.
- Steptoe and Son. Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett. 418 votes. This gritty comedy-drama centres on father-and-son rag-and-bone men Albert (Wilfrid Brambell) and Harold Steptoe (Harry H. Corbett), whose bitter relationship drives the show's dark humour.
- Porridge. Ronnie Barker, Brian Wilde, Fulton Mackay. 748 votes. Set within the confines of HM Slade Prison, Porridge is led by Ronnie Barker's iconic portrayal of inmate Norman Stanley Fletcher.
- Are You Being Served? Trevor Bannister, John Inman, Wendy Richard. 1,076 votes. An ensemble sitcom set in a department store, Are You Being Served? features an unforgettable cast of eccentric characters led by the charmingly snobbish Mrs Slocombe (Mollie Sugden) and her colourful wigs.
1970. New titles in 1970 included The Goodies, Simon Simon, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Take A Girl Like You, For The Love Of Ada, The Breaking Of Bumbo, Loot, Some Will, Some Won't, Zeta One and Every Home Should Have One. A list of British comedies that launched between 1979 and 1970.
The Two Ronnies is a British television comedy sketch show created by Bill Cotton for the BBC, which aired on BBC1 from April 1971 to December 1987. It featured Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, the two Ronnies of the title.
Allo Allo! is a British sitcom television series created by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd, starring Gorden Kaye, and originally broadcast on BBC1.
