British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

British comedy in 1963

Notable comedies debuting in 1963

Marriage Lines. Image shows from L to R: George Starling (Richard Briers), Kate Starling (Prunella Scales). Copyright: BBC
Marriage Lines
Meet The Wife. Image shows from L to R: Thora Blacklock (Thora Hird), Freddie Blacklock (Freddie Frinton). Copyright: BBC
Meet The Wife
Our Man At St. Mark's. Stephen Young (Donald Sinden)
Our Man At St. Mark's
The Des O'Connor Show. Des O'Connor. Copyright: Associated Television
The Des O'Connor Show
The Dick Emery Show. Dick Emery. Copyright: BBC
The Dick Emery Show
The Ken Dodd Show. Ken Dodd. Credit: BBC
The Ken Dodd Show

All new TV comedy from 1963

  1. And Here, All The Way From...
  2. The Arthur Haynes Show
  3. The Bachelor Girls
  4. Benny Hill
  5. Best Of Fred
  6. The Best Of Fred
  7. Best Of Friends
  8. Big Night Out
  9. The Bob Monkhouse Hour
  10. Bold As Brass
  11. Bootsie And Snudge
  12. Bud
  13. The Charlie Drake Show
  14. The Chars
  15. Christmas Night With The Stars
  16. A Clerical Error
  17. Comedy Bandbox
  18. Comrades In Arms
  19. Corrigan Blake
  20. The Des O'Connor Show
  21. The Dick Emery Show
  22. The Dickie Henderson Show
  23. Dig This Rhubarb
  24. Faces Of Jim
  25. Fit For Heroes
  26. Fools Rush In
  27. The Front Room
  28. Hancock
  29. The Handy Gang
  30. The Handyman
  31. Have You Read This Notice?
  32. Here's Bob Monkhouse
  33. Here's David Nixon
  34. Here's Harry
  35. Home From Home
  36. Hugh And I
  37. Impasse
  38. It's A Square World
  39. It's Young Again
  40. The Ken Dodd Show
  41. The Larkins
  42. Life And Al Read
  43. A Little Big Business
  44. Marriage Lines
  45. Meet The Wife
  46. Mr Justice Duncannon
  47. Nicked At The Bottle
  48. On The Knocker
  49. Our Man At St. Mark's
  50. Our Man In Moscow
  51. A Picture Of Innocence
  52. The Plan
  53. The Rag Trade
  54. Scoop
  55. Shamrot
  56. A Sickening Thud
  57. The Stanley Baxter Show
  58. Steptoe And Son
  59. Sunday Night At The London Palladium
  60. Sykes And A...
  61. Taxi!
  62. Tea At The Ritz
  63. The Telegoons
  64. That's My Boy!
  65. That Was The Week That Was
  66. Tin Pan Alice
  67. A Touch Of The Sun
  68. Two Of A Kind
  69. Underworld Knights
  70. The Walrus And The Carpenter
  71. Who Is Secombe?
  72. Wish You Were Here!
  73. Yes, But Seriously...

All new radio comedy from 1963

  1. Arthur Askey Time
  2. The Arthur Haynes Show
  3. The Benny Hill Show
  4. Beyond Our Ken
  5. The Bird On The Second Floor
  6. Cambridge Circus
  7. Crowther's Crowd
  8. Dick Emery Time, Hooray!
  9. Dishonest To Goodness
  10. Dry Up!
  11. The Frankie Vaughan Show
  12. A Good Bit Of Howerd
  13. Hank 'n' Hannah
  14. The Hen House
  15. How's Your Father?
  16. Hugh And I
  17. Jimmy And Ben's Establishment
  18. The Ken Dodd Show
  19. Let Bye-Laws Be Bye-Laws
  20. The Men From The Ministry
  21. Monkhouse And Goodwin: On The Off-Beat
  22. My Word!
  23. The Navy Lark
  24. The Norman Vaughan Show
  25. The Omar Khayyam Show
  26. Secombe Here
  27. Something Like This
  28. Thirty Minutes Worth
  29. Three On The Town
  30. Title To Be Decided Later
  31. The TV Lark
  32. Whack-O!
  33. Why Not Now?
  34. Workers' Playtime
  35. You Can Have Everything
  36. You're Joking, Of Course
  37. Yule Be Surprised

British comedy films released in 1963

  1. Billy Liar
  2. Call Me Bwana
  3. Carry On Cabby
  4. Carry On Jack
  5. The Cool Mikado
  6. The Cracksman
  7. Doctor In Distress
  8. The Fast Lady
  9. Heavens Above!
  10. It's All Happening
  11. The King's Breakfast
  12. Live It Up!
  13. Lunch Hour
  14. The Mouse On The Moon
  15. Nurse On Wheels
  16. Sparrows Can't Sing
  17. A Stitch In Time
  18. Summer Holiday
  19. Tamahine
  20. Tom Jones
  21. Two Left Feet
  22. The Wrong Arm Of The Law

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