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British comedy in 1972

Notable comedies debuting in 1972

Are You Being Served?. Image shows from L to R: Mrs. Betty Slocombe (Mollie Sugden), Miss Shirley Brahms (Wendy Richard), Mr. Dick Lucas (Trevor Bannister), Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold (Nicholas Smith), Mr. Mash (Larry Martyn), Mr. Ernest Grainger (Arthur Brough), Mr. Wilberforce Humphries (John Inman), Captain Stephen Peacock (Frank Thornton). Copyright: BBC
Are You Being Served?
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue logo. Copyright: BBC
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Love Thy Neighbour. Image shows from L to R: Eddie Booth (Jack Smethurst), Bill Reynolds (Rudolph Walker). Copyright: Thames Television
Love Thy Neighbour
My Good Woman. Image shows from L to R: Sylvia Gibbons (Sylvia Syms), Clive Gibbons (Leslie Crowther). Copyright: Associated Television
My Good Woman
Romany Jones. Image shows from L to R: Lily Briggs (Queenie Watts), Wally Briggs (Arthur Mullard). Copyright: London Weekend Television
Romany Jones
Spring & Autumn. Image shows from L to R: Betty Harris (Jo Warne), Brian Reid (Larry Martyn), Tommy Butler (Jimmy Jewel), Charlie Harris (Charlie Hawkins), Vera Reid (June Barry). Copyright: Thames Television
Spring & Autumn
Sykes. Image shows from L to R: Corky Turnbull (Deryck Guyler), Eric Sykes (Eric Sykes), Hattie Sykes (Hattie Jacques). Copyright: BBC
Sykes

All new TV comedy from 1972

  1. Alcock And Gander
  2. Alexander The Greatest
  3. All-Star Comedy Carnival
  4. All The Jokers - Full House!
  5. ...And Mother Makes Three
  6. And Whose Side Are You On?
  7. Are You Being Served?
  8. The Basil Brush Show
  9. The Benny Hill Show
  10. Ben Spray
  11. Beyond A Joke
  12. Big Bad Mouse
  13. The Black Safari
  14. Bless This House
  15. The Bob Monkhouse Comedy Hour
  16. Born Every Minute
  17. Both Ends Meet
  18. But Seriously - It's Sheila Hancock
  19. Cabbages And Kings
  20. Carry On Christmas
  21. The Charlie Drake Comedy Hour
  22. Cheap At Half The Price
  23. Christmas Night With The Stars
  24. A Class By Himself
  25. Clochemerle
  26. The Comedians
  27. Cosmo And Thingy
  28. Dad's Army
  29. Dave Allen At Large
  30. The David Nixon Show
  31. Dear Mother.... ....Love Albert
  32. Des
  33. The Dick Emery Show
  34. The Dirtiest Soldier In The World
  35. Doctor In Charge
  36. Father, Dear Father
  37. The Fenn Street Gang
  38. The Fishing Party
  39. The Generation Game
  40. The Goodies
  41. Grubstreet
  42. The Harry Secombe Show
  43. Hey Brian!
  44. His And Hers
  45. His Lordship Entertains
  46. Hope And Keen's Crazy House
  47. Idle At Work
  48. In For A Penny
  49. It's All In Life
  50. It's Charlie Williams
  51. It's Murder - But Is It Art?
  52. Jokers Wild
  53. Joyce Grenfell
  54. Ken Dodd And The Diddymen
  55. Ken Dodd: Funny You Should Say That....
  56. Ken Goodwin's Golden Year
  57. Kopykats
  58. Larry's Christmas Party
  59. The Last Goon Show Of All
  60. The Last Of The Baskets
  61. Lex
  62. The Liver Birds
  63. Lollipop Loves Mr. Mole
  64. Love Thy Neighbour
  65. Madly In Love
  66. The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine
  67. Max Bygraves At The Royalty
  68. The Max Bygraves Show
  69. Michael Bentine Time
  70. Mike And Bernie
  71. The Mike And Bernie Show
  72. Mike And Bernie's Show
  73. Milligan In...
  74. Monty Python's Flying Circus
  75. The Morecambe & Wise Show
  76. My Good Woman
  77. My Wife Next Door
  78. Nearest And Dearest
  79. No Peace On The Western Front
  80. On The Buses
  81. Pardon My Genie
  82. Perils Of Pendragon
  83. Please Sir!
  84. Queenie's Castle
  85. The Reg Varney Revue
  86. Romany Jones
  87. The Roy Hudd Family Show
  88. Saturday Variety
  89. Scoop
  90. Scott On...
  91. Sez Les
  92. Shirley's World
  93. Shut That Door!
  94. Spring & Autumn
  95. Spyder's Web
  96. The Stanley Baxter Picture Show
  97. Steptoe And Son
  98. Sykes
  99. Tales From The Lazy Acre
  100. Talk About London
  101. Them
  102. Thirty Minutes Worth
  103. Three In A Bed
  104. Till Death Us Do Part
  105. Time For Baxter
  106. The Tommy Steele Hour
  107. The Train Now Standing
  108. Turnbull's Finest Half-Hour
  109. The Two Ronnies
  110. Up Sunday
  111. The Virgin Fellas
  112. Weren't You Marcia Honeywell?
  113. Whack-O!

All new radio comedy from 1972

  1. All Gas And Gaiters
  2. Brothers In Law
  3. Frank Muir Goes Into...
  4. Great Scott!
  5. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
  6. Just A Minute
  7. Ken Dodd's Comical Market
  8. The Ken Dodd Show
  9. The Last Goon Show Of All
  10. Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
  11. The Men From The Ministry
  12. Milligna (Or Your Favourite Spike)
  13. The Motorway Men
  14. My Music
  15. My Word!
  16. The Navy Lark
  17. The Next Programme Follows Almost Immediately
  18. Our Les
  19. Parsley Sidings
  20. Steptoe And Son
  21. Week Ending

British comedy films released in 1972

  1. Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall
  2. The Alf Garnett Saga
  3. Anoop And The Elephant
  4. Au Pair Girls
  5. Bless This House
  6. Carry On Abroad
  7. Carry On Matron
  8. A Couple Of Beauties
  9. A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg
  10. Dr Phibes Rises Again
  11. For The Love Of Ada
  12. Four Dimensions Of Greta
  13. Go For A Take
  14. The Love Box
  15. Mutiny On The Buses
  16. Nearest And Dearest
  17. Ooh... You Are Awful
  18. Our Miss Fred
  19. Pulp
  20. Rentadick
  21. The Ruling Class
  22. Sex And The Other Woman
  23. Some Like It Sexy
  24. Steptoe & Son
  25. Suburban Wives
  26. Sunstruck
  27. That's Your Funeral
  28. Time For Loving
  29. Up The Front

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