Comedy Playhouse

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This article is about the BBC series. For the 1993 ITV series see Comedy Playhouse (ITV TV series).

Comedy Playhouse
Format	Sitcom
Starring	Various
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	120
Production
Running time	Usually 25mims, 30 mins or 35mins
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC
Original run	15 December 1961 – 9 July 1974
External links
IMDb profile

Comedy Playhouse was a long running British series of one-off unrelated sitcoms that aired for 120 episodes from 1961 to 1974. Many episodes later graduated to their own series, including Steptoe and Son, Til Death Us Do Part, All Gas and Gaiters, The Liver Birds, Are You Being Served? and Last of the Summer Wine, which is now the World's longest running sitcom.

Contents 1 Background 2 Episodes 2.1 Series One (1961–62) 2.2 Series Two (1963) 2.3 Series Three (1963–64) 2.4 Series Four (1965) 2.5 Series Five (1966) 2.6 Series Six (1967) 2.7 Series Seven (1968) 2.8 Series Eight (1969) 2.9 Series Nine (1969–70) 2.10 Series Ten (1970) 2.11 Series Eleven (1970) 2.12 Special (1971) 2.13 Series Twelve (1971) 2.14 Series Thirteen (1972) 2.15 Specials (1972) 2.16 Series Fourteen (1973) 2.17 Series Fifteen (1974) 3 Scottish Comedy Playhouse 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Background

The first two series of Comedy Playhouse were written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, but after that the episodes were written by various writers. In all, 27 series started from a pilot in the Comedy Playhouse. The first eight series were in black-and-white, with the rest being in colour. Like many television programmes from the time, many of 1960s episodes are missing presumed wiped.

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Series One (1961–62)

Main article: Comedy Playhouse (series 1)

[edit] Series Two (1963)

Main article: Comedy Playhouse (series 2)

[edit] Series Three (1963–64)

Main article: Comedy Playhouse (series 3)

[edit] Series Four (1965)

Main article: Comedy Playhouse (series 4)

[edit] Series Five (1966)

Main article: Comedy Playhouse (series 5)

[edit] Series Six (1967)

Main article: Comedy Playhouse (series 6)

[edit] Series Seven (1968)

Main article: Comedy Playhouse (series 7)

[edit] Series Eight (1969)

Main article: Comedy Playhouse (series 8)

[edit] Series Nine (1969–70)

Main article: Comedy Playhouse (series 9)

[edit] Series Ten (1970)

Main article: Comedy Playhouse (series 10)

[edit] Series Eleven (1970)

Main article: Comedy Playhouse (series 11)

[edit] Special (1971)

Main article: Comedy Playhouse (series 12)

[edit] Series Twelve (1971)

Main article: Comedy Playhouse (series 12)

[edit] Series Thirteen (1972)

Main article: Comedy Playhouse (series 13)

[edit] Specials (1972)

Main article: Comedy Playhouse (series 13)

[edit] Series Fourteen (1973)

Main article: Comedy Playhouse (series 14)

[edit] Series Fifteen (1974)

Main article: Comedy Playhouse (series 15)

[edit] Scottish Comedy Playhouse

The BBC aired six comedy pilots in 1970 in Scotland only under the title Scottish Comedy Playhouse, none of which developed onto a full series. While these were being aired, Monty Python's Flying Circus was broadcast in the rest of the UK. The episodes were

1. Stand In For A Hearse (22 Sep 70)
2. The Siege of Castle Drumlie (29 Sep 70)
3. The Dinner Party (20 Oct 70)
4. To Grace A Son (28 Oct 70)
5. Stobo Takes The Chair (3 Nov 70)
6. Take Your Partners (10 Nov 70)

[edit] References

• Mark Lewisohn, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003
• British TV Comedy Guide for Comedy Playhouse

[edit] External links

• Comedy Playhouse at TelevisionHeaven

v • d • e Roy Clarke's Last of the Summer Wine Episodes · Characters Current cast members Peter Sallis · Kathy Staff · Frank Thornton · Brian Murphy · Jean Alexander · Jean Ferguson · Jane Freeman · Robert Fyfe · Mike Grady · Juliette Kaplan · Burt Kwouk · Stephen Lewis · Tom Owen · Josephine Tewson · Sarah Thomas · June Whitfield Former cast members Bill Owen · Michael Bates · Brian Wilde · Michael Aldridge · Keith Clifford · Dora Bryan · Blake Butler · John Comer · Joe Gladwin · Dame Thora Hird · Jonathan Linsley · Rosemary Martin · Danny O'Dea · Julie T. Wallace · Gordon Wharmby Related shows Comedy Playhouse · First of the Summer Wine