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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.
Status
Ended
Network
BBC One
Seasons & Episodes
Season 4
Episodes
Barnaby Spoot And The Exploding Whoopee Cushion
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....
Mother Came Too
Arthur Pratt struggles to break away from his domineering mother.
Here I Come Whoever I Am
32-year-old Ambrose Twombly yearns to fall in love.
Happy Family
Problems of Ted coping with a wife and four daughters.
Memoirs Of A Chaise Longue
Stories of various couples who have 'used' a chaise longue through the years.
Murray And Me
Murray tries to learn ""The Knowledge' (all the streets in London) in order to qualify as a taxi driver.
Hudd
A solo vehicle for comedian Roy Hudd, later developed into a six-episode series, with no continuing characters or situations.
Till Death Us Do Part
Working class bigot Alf fights with his more liberal daughter and son-in-law on every conceivable issue.
The Time And Motion Man
Time and Motion man Kingsley Binns lets his job spill over into his private life.
Sam The Samaritan
Exploits of three sailors on leave in 1910.
The Vital Spark
Misadventures of Captain Para Handy and his hapless crew aboard ""The Vital Spark.""
Betsy Mae
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.
