Category: Comedy
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Running Wild With Morecambe And Wise
Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise used to carry around clippings of the reviews from their first TV series as a reminder that they needed to do better. So the story goes. One said ‘the definition of TV: the box they buried Morecambe and Wise in last night’ – or words to that effect. Running Wild…
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I’m Sorry?
In an article from The Daily Mirror, dated Saturday 1st November 1980, amongst a weirdly braggadoccio puff about The Two Ronnies‘ possible new show in Australia, there’s a brief mention of an upcoming sitcom for Ronnie Corbett. Either the article is just wrong, or at this stage the sitcom was called I’m Sorry. It would…
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At Last The At Last The 1948 Show Clippings
As David Frost’s ITV show drew to a close in 1967, there came announcements that he was to produce (but not appear in) his own show’s replacement. Here’s how the Daily Mirror reported this news on Monday the 23rd of January. On Thursday of that same week, The Stage also reported on the new show.…
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End Of Part One – A Soft Soap Opera
End Of Part One, the ITV show written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick, was always playing with its form, and trying new things. This can be seen even in the newspapers during the run up to the debut of the show in April of 1979. The promotional material and interviews took an interesting tack.…
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Not Home To Roast
Home To Roost, the sitcom from the creator of Rising Damp, arrived on ITV screen in April of 1985. For a comedy with proven pedigree, much like Ever Decreasing Circles, it seemed to arrive without much fanfair. Maybe that’s just how it was in those days. It was announced in The Stage on Thursday 21st…
