Comedy Playhouse (series 3)

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The third series of Comedy Playhouse, the long-running BBC series, aired from 28 September 1963 to 31 January 1964.

[edit] Background

The third series, which was in black-and-white, consisted of seventeen episodes, each of which had a different cast and storyline. Two of the episodes made it to its own series, The Walrus and the Carpenter, and The Bed which became Meet the Wife.

[edit] Episodes

Title Airdate Duration Overview IMDb link
On The Knocker 28 September 1963 30 mins [1]
Underworld nights 5 October 1963 30 mins [2]
Fools Rush In 12 October 1963 30 mins [3]
Shamrot 19 October 1963 30 mins [4]
The Bachelor Girls 26 October 1963 30 mins [5]
The Plan 2 November 1963 30 mins [6]
A Picture of Innocence 9 November 1963 30 mins [7]
Nicked at the Bottle 16 November 1963 30 mins [8]
The Chars 23 November 1963 30 mins [9]
Comrades in Arms 30 November 1963 30 mins [10]
The Walrus and the Carpenter 14 December 1963 30 mins [11]
The Bed 28 December 1963 30 mins Starring Thora Hird and Freddie Frinton. Following this pilot, a series was commissioned under the name Meet the Wife which ran for 5 series. [12]
The Mate Market 3 January 1964 30 mins [13]
The Hen House 10 January 1964 30 mins [14]
The Siege of Sydney's Street 17 January 1964 30 mins [15]
The Mascot 24 January 1964 30 mins [16]
Good Luck Sir, You've Got a Lucky Face 31 January 1964 30 mins [17]

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