Perhaps the single most celebrated comedy in ITV's near 70-year history, Rising Damp marks its own 50th anniversary this month. A perfect time to see just what all that popularity is about.
The Carry Ons are well-known, but the wildly successful Confessions series of sex comedies from the mid-1970s are far less celebrated today, despite barnstorming box office success. 50 years since the first was released, it's time to redress the balance.
One of the big comedy stars of the 1960s, Harry Worth is now near-forgotten with his television work rarely repeated, but there are familiar domestic mishaps aplenty in the mid-70s sitcom My Name Is Harry Worth.
Between two BBC sitcom hits, Wendy Craig starred in a popular 1970s ITV comedy ...And Mother Makes Three, and its sequel, Five, as the frequently flustered widow and mother, Sally Harrison.
