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Season 1

  • S01E01 Cliquot et Fils

    • December 15, 1961
    • BBC One

    An undertaker in 1920s France needs to drum up trade for his ailing business.

  • S01E02 Lunch in the Park

    • December 22, 1961
    • BBC One

    A pair of office workers have for ten years spent their lunch hour on the same park bench.

  • S01E03 The Private Lives of Edward Whitely

    • December 29, 1961
    • BBC One

    The misadventures of bigamist Edward Whitely.

  • S01E04 The Offer

    • January 5, 1962
    • BBC One

    Harold Steptoe, a middle aged rag and bone man, yearns to break away from the clutches of his elderly, conniving, and disgusting father, but events always conspire against him.

  • S01E05 The Reunion

    • January 12, 1962
    • BBC One

    A reunion doesn't go as planned.

  • S01E06 The Telephone Call

    • June 19, 1962
    • BBC One

    A worried man uses his phone to do something about the troubled world.

  • S01E07 The Status Symbol

    • January 26, 1962
    • BBC One

    A garage owner doesn't want to return a customer's Rolls Royce because he he likes the way it looks in his yard.

  • S01E08 Visiting Day

    • February 2, 1962
    • BBC One

    A group of hospital patients prepare for visiting day.

  • S01E09 Sealed with a Loving Kiss

    • February 9, 1962
    • BBC One

    A pair of penpals decide to meet for the first time, but they haven't been telling the truth about themselves.

  • S01E10 The Channel Swimmer

    • February 16, 1962
    • BBC One

    A man determines to swim the Channel.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Our Man in Moscow

    • March 1, 1962
    • BBC One

    A Russian musician asks for political asylum and gives the British ambassador troubles.

  • S02E02 And Here, All The Way From ...

    • March 8, 1963
    • BBC One

    District Commissioner Donald Lawrence travels to London from Borneo in order to be a guest on his brother's ""This Is Your Life,"" but the show is called off.

  • S02E03 Impasse

    • March 15, 1962
    • BBC One

    Two drivers meet each other halfway down a narrow country lane. Both refuse to give way. When the AA and the RAC arrive and defend their respective members, they only make the situation worse. Bernard Cribbins and Leslie Philips star in this edition of Comedy Playhouse, written by Ray Galton & Alan Simpson.

  • S02E04 Have You Read This Notice?

    • March 29, 1963
    • BBC One

    Norman is beset by nerves as he tries to sneak a watch through the ""Nothing To Declare"" channel at an airport.

  • S02E05 A Clerical Error

    • April 5, 1963
    • BBC One

    A con-man, recently released from Wormwood Scrubs prison, dresses up as a clergyman and turns up in a pub collecting for a highly dubious charity.

  • S02E06 The Handyman

    • April 12, 1963
    • BBC One

    An out of work machine minder takes a job as a Handyman at a health club.

Season 3

  • S03E01 On The Knocker

    • September 28, 1963
    • BBC One

    Exploits of door-to-door salesman Ronnie Fender.

  • S03E02 Underworld Nights

    • October 5, 1963
    • BBC One

    Exploits of crime writer Vogler.

  • S03E03 Fools Rush In

    • October 12, 1963
    • BBC One

    A retired Major tries to adjust to civilian life.

  • S03E04 Shamrot

    • October 19, 1963
    • BBC One

    Dermot is a London-born Irishman who hates everything about England, but has never even been to the ""Old Country.""

  • S03E05 The Bachelor Girls

    • October 26, 1963
    • BBC One

    Two young girls about town share a flat.

  • S03E06 The Plan

    • November 2, 1963
    • BBC One

    Albert Fawkes hates his surname and rebels against it by trying to re-enact the Gunpowder Plot.

  • S03E07 A Picture of Innocence

    • November 9, 1963
    • BBC One

    Northern Arthur Berry develops an interest in art.

  • S03E08 Nicked at the Bottle

    • November 16, 1963
    • BBC One

    Lawyer Mossy advises Mrs Emily Trout and her family of crooks.

  • S03E09 The Chars

    • November 23, 1963
    • BBC One

    Exploits of two charladies at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

  • S03E10 Comrades in Arms

    • November 30, 1963
    • BBC One

    A window cleaner witnesses an extramarital affair and is soon involved in farcical cover-up shenanigans.

  • S03E11 The Walrus and the Carpenter

    • December 14, 1963
    • BBC One

    Exploits of a pair of mismatched elderly friends.

  • S03E12 The Bed

    • December 28, 1963
    • BBC One

    The ups and downs of a Northern married couple.

  • S03E13 The Mate Market

    • January 3, 1964
    • BBC One

    Exploits of marriage bureau owner John Cook.

  • S03E14 The Hen House

    • January 10, 1964
    • BBC One

    Mrs Fanwyn runs her Khartoum House Girls Hostel with a firm hand.

  • S03E15 The Siege of Sydney's Street

    • January 17, 1964
    • BBC One

    Sydney Lord hates beaurocracy and determines to fight it whenever he finds it.

  • S03E16 The Mascot

    • January 24, 1964
    • BBC One

    Mad keen football fan Arnold Birtwhistle is mascot of Northtown Football Club, but new chairman Mr Gibson wants to change the club's image.

  • S03E17 Good Luck Sir, You've Got A Lucky Face

    • January 31, 1964
    • BBC One

    Match seller Gomorrah Weevil tangles with slum landlord Harold Harbinger.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Barnaby Spoot And The Exploding Whoopee Cushion

    • May 28, 1965
    • BBC One

    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....

  • S04E02 Mother Came Too

    • June 4, 1965
    • BBC One

    Arthur Pratt struggles to break away from his domineering mother.

  • S04E03 Here I Come Whoever I Am

    • June 11, 1965
    • BBC One

    32-year-old Ambrose Twombly yearns to fall in love.

  • S04E04 Happy Family

    • June 18, 1965
    • BBC One

    Problems of Ted coping with a wife and four daughters.

  • S04E05 Memoirs Of A Chaise Longue

    • July 2, 1965
    • BBC One

    Stories of various couples who have 'used' a chaise longue through the years.

  • S04E06 Murray And Me

    • July 8, 1965
    • BBC One

    Murray tries to learn ""The Knowledge' (all the streets in London) in order to qualify as a taxi driver.

  • S04E07 Hudd

    • July 15, 1965
    • BBC One

    A solo vehicle for comedian Roy Hudd, later developed into a six-episode series, with no continuing characters or situations.

  • S04E08 Till Death Us Do Part

    • July 22, 1965
    • BBC One

    Working class bigot Alf fights with his more liberal daughter and son-in-law on every conceivable issue.

  • S04E09 The Time And Motion Man

    • July 29, 1965
    • BBC One

    Time and Motion man Kingsley Binns lets his job spill over into his private life.

  • S04E10 Sam The Samaritan

    • August 5, 1965
    • BBC One

    Exploits of three sailors on leave in 1910.

  • S04E11 The Vital Spark

    • August 12, 1965
    • BBC One

    Misadventures of Captain Para Handy and his hapless crew aboard ""The Vital Spark.""

  • S04E12 Betsy Mae

    • August 19, 1965
    • BBC One

    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.

Season 5

  • S05E01 The Bishop Rides Again

    • May 17, 1966
    • BBC One

    The misadventures of a group of clergymen in the cloisters of a cathedral.

  • S05E02 Beggar My Neighbour

    • May 24, 1966
    • BBC One

    Two married sisters living next door to one another are locked in a continuous battle of one-upmanship.

  • S05E03 A Little Learning

    • May 31, 1966
    • BBC One

    The Dean of co-educational Sheridan College at the University of Wessex is shocked by the appointment of a new female bursar whom he was once close to.

  • S05E04 Judgement Day For Elijah Jones

    • June 7, 1966
    • BBC One

    Elijah Jones believes the world is about to end and plans to build himself an Ark and stock it with stolen animals.

  • S05E05 Room At The Bottom

    • June 14, 1966
    • BBC One

    The misadventures of the Maintenance Men at Saracens Manufacturing.

  • S05E06 The End Of The Tunnel

    • June 21, 1966
    • BBC One

    A businessman has to start again when his wife leaves him.

  • S05E07 Seven Year Hitch

    • June 28, 1966
    • BBC One

    Complications arise in the lives of Ern and Is Conway, proprietors of an unsuccessful dancing school, when Ern forgets their seventh wdding anniversary.

  • S05E08 The Mallard Imaginaire

    • July 5, 1966
    • BBC One

    Misadventures of an inept MP.

  • S05E09 The Reluctant Romeo

    • August 2, 1966
    • BBC One

    Advertising executive Thomas Jones finds himself irresistible to women, but would prefer to concentrate on his job and his fiancée Sally.

Season 6

  • S06E01 Hughie

    • May 19, 1967
    • BBC One

    Released from prison after a 10 year sentence, Hughie wants to return straight to the comfort of his cell.

  • S06E02 House In A Tree

    • May 26, 1967
    • BBC One

    Mother and housewife Jennifer Corner copes with the running of her household.

  • S06E03 Spanner In The Works

    • June 2, 1967
    • BBC One

    Arthur Machin, owner of a small engineering works, is determined to get the most out of his employees.

  • S06E04 Heirs On A Shoestring

    • June 9, 1967
    • BBC One

    A couple are expecting an inheritance from their elderly uncle, but a spanner is put in the works by a prospective new heir.

  • S06E05 Uncle Fred Flits By

    • June 16, 1967
    • BBC One

    The exploits of the eccentric Earl of Ickenham.

  • S06E06 Loitering With Intent

    • June 23, 1967
    • BBC One

    A good-cause-supporting couple don't like it when a pair of "Kilburn Refugees" take up residence in their garden.

  • S06E07 To Lucifer: A Son

    • June 29, 1967
    • BBC One

    Nick, the son of the devil, decides that Hell needs to be more trendy and with-it.

  • S06E08 The Old Campaigner

    • June 30, 1967
    • BBC One

    Exploits of super salesman James Franklin-Jones or FJ as he is known as he travels the globe for Balsom Plastics and seeking out 'crumpet' at every opportunity.

Season 7

  • S07E01 State Of The Union

    • April 26, 1968
    • BBC One

    Exploits of a trade union secretary.

  • S07E02 View By Appointment

    • May 3, 1968
    • BBC One

    A lonely couple decide to sell their house so that potential buyers can be treated as new friends.

  • S07E03 The Family Of Fred

    • May 10, 1968
    • BBC One

    Next-door neighbor Aggie Plunkett has her eye on Fred, a widower of twelve years; but there are his three daughters to contend with.

  • S07E04 Stiff Upper Lip

    • May 17, 1968
    • BBC One

    Misadventures of diplomats working in the Iron Curtain state of Vulgaria.

  • S07E05 Wild, Wild Women

    • May 24, 1968
    • BBC One

    In Victorian times a group of women work in a milliners.

  • S07E06 Current Affairs

    • May 31, 1968
    • BBC One

  • S07E07 B-And-B

    • June 7, 1968
    • BBC One

    Stories of a married show business couple.

  • S07E08 Me Mammy

    • June 14, 1968
    • BBC One

    The adventures of Irishman Bunjy Kennefick, a top executive with a London company. His jet-set bachelor lifestyle of fast cars and faster women makes him the envy of his friends—until, that is, they meet his ever-present mother.

  • S07E09 The Gold Watch Club

    • June 28, 1968
    • BBC One

    Edward Wilkins is looking forward to his retirement, but things don't turn out as planned.

Season 8

  • S08E01 The Liver Birds

    • April 14, 1969
    • BBC One

    Two young Liverpudlian girls share a flat.

  • S08E02 The Valley Express

    • April 21, 1969
    • BBC One

    A pair of bored hacks working on a Welsh newspaper decide to invent stories and sell them on to Fleet Street.

  • S08E03 Tooth And Claw

    • April 28, 1969
    • BBC One

    Misadventures of a pair of Jewish multimillionaires.

  • S08E04 As Good Cooks Go

    • May 5, 1969
    • BBC One

    The exploits of a jobbing cook.

  • S08E05 The Loves Of Larch Hill

    • May 12, 1969
    • BBC One

    Episodes in the life of the decidedly strange Love family.

  • S08E06 The Making Of Peregrine

    • May 19, 1969
    • BBC One

    Stanley Mold is determined to make a man out of his son Peregrine.

  • S08E07 Up Pompeii

    • September 17, 1969
    • BBC One

Season 9

  • S09E01 Joint Account

    • December 18, 1969
    • BBC One

    A newly wed husband faces problems when he learns his wife is a useless cook.

  • S09E02 The Jugg Brothers

    • January 1, 1970
    • BBC One

    Misadventures of brothers Stephen and Robert Jugg.

  • S09E03 An Officer And A Gentleman

    • January 8, 1970
    • BBC One

    Character actor James Grout flexed his comedy muscles in the role of military man Major Gissing, but his usual sterling performance failed to rescue this Comedy Playhouse project from the one-off file. (BBCi Comedy Guide)

  • S09E04 Who's Your Friend

    • January 15, 1970
    • BBC One

    Exploits of escort Jimmy Sampson.

Season 10

  • S10E01 Keep 'Em Rolling

    • March 11, 1970
    • BBC One

    Exploits of Reggie Turpin, a 19th century photography enthusiast.

  • S10E02 Better Than A Man

    • March 18, 1970
    • BBC One

    Wendy Hillbright is the managing director of a steel works, unfortunately one where her troublesome father also works.

  • S10E03 Last Tribute

    • March 25, 1970
    • BBC One

    Misadventures of a pair of undertakers.

  • S10E04 Haven Of Rest

    • April 1, 1970
    • BBC One

    Exploits of the residents of an old folks home.

Season 11

  • S11E01 Mind Your Own Business

    • June 8, 1970
    • BBC One

    The misadventures of a pair of window cleaning Cockney brothers, one of whom happens to be black, the other white.

  • S11E02 The Old Contemptible

    • July 15, 1970
    • BBC One

    Old World War One veteran Sam Oakley hates everything about the modern world.

  • S11E03 Don't Ring Us ... We'll Ring You

    • July 29, 1970
    • BBC One

    Exploits of two down-at-heel theatrical agents.

  • S11E04 Meter Maids

    • August 5, 1970
    • BBC One

    The exploits of a group of a group of female traffic wardens.

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

  • S14E01 Last of the Summer Wine

    • January 4, 1973
    • BBC One

  • S14E02 The Rescue

    • January 11, 1973
    • BBC One

    A man causes havoc for his rescuer after attempting suicide.

  • S14E03 Elementary My Dear Watson

    • January 18, 1973
    • BBC One

    A send-up of the Sherlock Holmes oeuvre.

  • S14E04 The Birthday

    • January 25, 1973
    • BBC One

  • S14E05 Marry The Girls

    • February 1, 1973
    • BBC One

    To ease the burden on his wallet, Luke Elms decides to marry off his daughters.

  • S14E06 Home From Home

    • February 8, 1973
    • BBC One

    Put-upon wife Pam Collins leaves her husband and gets a job as a traffic warden.

Season 15

  • S15E01 No Strings

    • April 16, 1974
    • BBC One

    After veterinary surgeon Derek advertises for a new flatmate, Leonora moves in and disrupts his bachelor routine. One-off comedy by Carla Lane, starring Keith Barron and Rita Tushingham

  • S15E02 Franklyn And Johnnie

    • April 23, 1974
    • BBC One

    Two old rivals decide to make up at the funeral of a friend.

  • S15E03 Howerd's History Of England

    • April 30, 1974
    • BBC One

    A series of period sketches.

  • S15E04 Happy Ever After

    • May 7, 1974
    • BBC One

    Exploits of a middle-class, middle-aged couple.

  • S15E05 The Dobson Doughnut

    • May 14, 1974
    • BBC One

  • S15E06 The Big Job

    • May 21, 1974
    • BBC One

  • S15E07 It's Only Me - Whoever I Am

    • May 28, 1974
    • BBC One

    A young man struggles to break free of his domineering mother.

  • S15E08 The Last Man On Earth

    • June 4, 1974
    • BBC One

    Mother and Henry return home from their caravan in Frinton to find everyone in the entire world has vanished.

  • S15E09 Sitting Pretty

    • June 11, 1974
    • BBC One

    Sitting tenant Jo Ransley is wanted out of her home.

  • S15E10 Pygmalion Smith

    • June 25, 1974
    • BBC One

    Pygmalion 'Smithy' Smith, a less than glamorous photographer at an out of work holiday resort, tries to make a young girl into a star.

  • S15E11 A Girl's Best Friend

    • July 3, 1974
    • BBC One

    Divorcée Audrey Dalton learns she is going out with the same man as her daughter.

  • S15E12 The Reverent Wooing Of Archibald

    • July 9, 1974
    • BBC One

    Archibald Mulliner enlists the help of his Uncle in wooing the girl of his dreams.

  • S15E13 French Relish

    • July 16, 1974
    • BBC One

  • S15E14 Bird Alone

    • BBC One

Season 16

  • S16E01 Over to Bill

    • April 29, 2014
    • BBC One

    Over to Bill is a sit com starring starring Hugh Dennis as a weatherman who manages to get fired from his job. Bill Onion is fired after making a joke live on air about the south of England being better than the north. A train of events follow which ends in his humiliation in front of an employer from a rival network.

  • S16E02 Miller's Mountain

    • May 6, 2014
    • BBC One

    Comedy set around the antics of Jimmy Miller and his ragtag family of mountain rescue volunteers. When the naive and enthusiastic Conor reports for his first day as a volunteer, Jimmy, the shambolic old rescue hand, takes it upon himself to teach Conor the ways of the hills. Conor's education begins in the pub, where he is introduced to the small mountain community of Jules, Bill, and Bernie. No-nonsense barmaid Jules runs the pub, the Busted Femur; Bill spends every living hour looking after dogs, and his social skills have suffered as a result; and Bernie is head of operations, happy to the point of delirium in her work. When the actual mountain rescuing begins, things go from bad to worse, and then to even worse than that

  • S16E03 Monks

    • May 13, 2014
    • BBC One

    Gary has been defrauding the dole office for ten years. Faced with criminal prosecution, he decides to join a religious order to save himself from a long stretch of hardship and abstinence. However, it turns out monastic life is a lot like prison but with more praying. Rudley Abbey is a monastery under threat with only four monks remaining, so the abbot welcomes their new recruit - much to the annoyance of his deputy, Brother Francis. This could be Gary's chance to learn about himself, take some responsibility and bring some meaning to his life. Gary causes an expensive accident and is forced to raise money for the monastery, by increasingly unorthodox means. In the meantime, Brother Francis is forced to take measures to control his anger.

Season 17

  • S17E01 Hospital People

    • February 26, 2016
    • BBC One

    This episode follows how the big decisions can affect the little people in the hospital.

  • S17E02 Broken Biscuits

    • March 4, 2016
    • BBC One

    Five disparate groups of people, friends, partners and parents stories unfold.

  • S17E03 Stop/Start

    • March 11, 2016
    • BBC One

    Studio sitcom about three marriages in various states of disrepair. Rob and Cathy have been married for a long time, and it shows. Evan and Fiona's marriage is one big, noisy argument punctuated by even noisier make-up sex. And David and Georgy have just moved in next door to Rob and Cathy - he's in his 60s, she's in her 30s - firmly putting the (younger) cat amongst the (not very welcoming) pigeons. When things get tricky in these relationships the characters are able to stop the action, explain themselves directly to the audience and start it all up again.

Season 18

  • S18E01 Tim Vine Travels In Time

    • September 1, 2017
    • BBC One

    Master of the pun Tim Vine journeys back in time to the days of Robin Hood in a quest to mend a golden arrow and a broken heart. Tim is in search of a celebrity for the grand opening of his antique shop. It just so happens that his very first customer is presenter and Strictly Come Dancing champion Ore Oduba, who asks Tim if he can mend his ancient golden arrow. Tim steps inside his very special Grandfather clock which travels him back in time to Sherwood Forest in the days of Robin Hood and his band of merry men. On arriving, Tim is greeted by Robin himself (who bears an uncanny resemblance to Ore Oduba). Robin is suffering from a broken heart. He has mysteriously lost his famous bullseye aim, and with it the love of Maid Marion. Tim must get to the bottom of the mystery but local tyrant and shouty killjoy, the Sheriff of Nottingham, is determined to drive him out of town. Can Tim get to the bottom of this skullduggery and help Robin regain his archery prowess and win back the love of Maid Marion? Will he be able to repair the broken arrow and secure Ore Oduba to cut the ribbon at the grand opening of Tim’s Antiques? Only time travel will tell...

  • S18E02 Mister Winner

    • September 8, 2017
    • BBC One

    Mister Winner is a sitcom starring Spencer Jones (Upstart Crow, Tim Vine Travels Through Time) as Leslie Winner, a well-meaning but hapless chap who is prone to accidents, complications and landing himself in unusual and often somewhat dangerous situations. Leslie plans to propose to his girlfriend, Jemma Smith (Aimee-Ffion Edwards - Skins, Peaky Blinders), but unknown to him, she is having doubts about their relationship as he doesn’t take life seriously enough. Jemma is a young professional from Croydon who loves Leslie, but doesn’t know if that’s enough as he doesn’t have a job, any money, or ever take her anywhere. But he makes her laugh more than anyone else ever has. Jemma’s parents, Chris and Teresa, (Shaun Williamson - EastEnders, Extras; Dorothy Atkinson - Call The Midwife, Mum) have stuck together through 30 years of marriage. Chris is managing stress with colouring books (although he didn’t realise there were ‘adult’ ones so is frequently seen colouring in pictures of elephants and children with balloons) and Teresa refuses to take life too seriously. Both are supportive of Leslie’s endeavours to win Jemma’s hand in marriage, even after Leslie has an accident with Chris’s prize possessions, his Koi Carp. Leslie attempts a big proposal on a weekend break to London. After an eventful open-top bus tour, questionable accommodation and a surprise trip to the aquarium, this all results in an impromptu swim in a shark tank. Will Leslie win Jemma over?

  • S18E03 Static

    • September 15, 2017
    • BBC One

    Not only is Rob now jobless, but he’s now having to live on a sofabed in his parents’ caravan in a holiday park 80 miles from London whilst he figures out his next move. It seems like a disaster to begin with, but his mum’s delighted to have someone to cook for, and his dad’s figured out how to get thousands of football channels on the telly. Before long Rob’s getting used to being with mum and dad again, and through them he’s quickly drawn into the world of the park, not to mention the extraordinary characters within it. Static is at heart a family sitcom - warm, working-class, multi-generational and broad, with acutely and affectionately observed characters.

Additional Specials

  • SPECIAL 0x1 Comedy Playhouse: Where It All Began

    • April 30, 2014
    • BBC One

    A trip through the Comedy Playhouse archive in the company of the people who made some of the most-loved episodes from the original series, as it returns to BBC One for a new run. From Steptoe and Son to Last of the Summer Wine, a series of one-off comedy ideas produced some of the most watched comedy series of the last 50 years. With commentary and insider knowledge from June Whitfield, Paul Merton, Hugh Dennis and top writing team Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.