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British comedy in 1974

Notable comedies debuting in 1974

...And Mother Makes Five. Sally Redway (Wendy Craig)
...And Mother Makes Five
Happy Ever After. Image shows from L to R: June Fletcher (June Whitfield), Terry Fletcher (Terry Scott). Copyright: BBC
Happy Ever After
It Ain't Half Hot Mum. Image shows from L to R: BSM Geoffrey 'Shut Up' Williams (Windsor Davies), Bombardier 'Gloria' Beaumont (Melvyn Hayes). Copyright: BBC
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
Rising Damp. Rupert Rigsby (Leonard Rossiter). Copyright: Yorkshire Television
Rising Damp
The Wheeltappers And Shunters Social Club. Copyright: Granada Productions
The Wheeltappers And Shunters Social Club

All new TV comedy from 1974

  1. Aladdin
  2. ...And Mother Makes Five
  3. Are You Being Served?
  4. Badger's Set
  5. The Basil Brush Show
  6. Behind The Fridge
  7. The Benny Hill Show
  8. Beryl's Lot
  9. Billy Liar
  10. Bird Alone
  11. Bless This House
  12. Bonny!
  13. Bootsie And Snudge
  14. Brotherly Love
  15. Cambridge Footlights Revue
  16. Candid Camera
  17. The Comedians
  18. Commander Badman
  19. The Complete Victor Borge
  20. Dad's Army
  21. Danny La Rue - The Ladies I Love
  22. Dave Allen At Large
  23. The David Nixon Show
  24. Des O'Connor Entertains
  25. The Dick Emery Show
  26. The Dobson Doughnut
  27. Doctor At Sea
  28. Don't Blame Us!
  29. Don't Drink The Water
  30. The End Of The Pier Show
  31. Fallen Angels
  32. Follow That Dog
  33. Football Crazy
  34. Francis Howerd In Concert
  35. Franklyn And Johnnie
  36. Frost's Weekly
  37. The Generation Game
  38. A Girl's Best Friend
  39. Good Girl
  40. The Goodies
  41. Happy Ever After
  42. Hold The Front Page
  43. Holiday With Strings
  44. The Hope And Keen Scene
  45. Howerd's History Of England
  46. How's Your Father
  47. If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have To Invent Them
  48. It Ain't Half Hot Mum
  49. It's Norman
  50. It's Only Me - Whoever I Am
  51. The Jimmy Tarbuck Show
  52. Jokers Wild
  53. Ken Dodd's World Of Laughter
  54. The Larry Grayson Hour Of Stars
  55. The Last Man On Earth
  56. The Last Turkey In The Shop Show
  57. Les Dawson's Christmas Box
  58. A Little Bit Of Wisdom
  59. The Liver Birds
  60. Look - Mike Yarwood
  61. Love Thy Neighbour
  62. Man About The House
  63. Marty Back Together Again
  64. Max
  65. Me 'n' Meep
  66. Michael Bentine's Potty Time
  67. Mike Yarwood
  68. The Molly Wopsies
  69. Monty Python's Flying Circus
  70. Moody And Pegg
  71. The Morecambe & Wise Show
  72. Mr Big
  73. My Good Woman
  74. My Name Is Harry Worth
  75. My Old Man
  76. No - Honestly
  77. No Strings
  78. Not Only... But Also...
  79. Not On Your Nellie
  80. Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt
  81. Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration Of Stan Laurel And Oliver Hardy
  82. Oneupmanship
  83. Perils Of Pendragon
  84. Porridge
  85. The Prince Of Denmark
  86. Pygmalion Smith
  87. Ready Freddie Starr
  88. Reg Varney
  89. The Reverent Wooing Of Archibald
  90. Rising Damp
  91. Roberts Robots
  92. Romany Jones
  93. Scott On...
  94. Second Time Around
  95. Sez Les
  96. Sing The Lady Out Of Bed
  97. Sitting Pretty
  98. Slater's Day
  99. The Small World Of Samuel Tweet
  100. Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
  101. Sounds Like Les Dawson
  102. Spring & Autumn
  103. Sprout
  104. The Squirrels
  105. The Stanley Baxter Picture Show
  106. The Stanley Baxter Scots Picture Show
  107. Steptoe And Son
  108. Sunday Night At The London Palladium
  109. Sykes
  110. Thick As Thieves
  111. Till Death Us Do Part
  112. The Tommy Cooper Hour
  113. Too Much Monkey Business
  114. The Top Secret Life Of Edgar Briggs
  115. The Two Ronnies
  116. Up The Workers
  117. The Vital Spark
  118. Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?
  119. The Wheeltappers And Shunters Social Club
  120. Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Bear?
  121. You'll Never Walk Alone

All new radio comedy from 1974

  1. The Betty Witherspoon Show
  2. Cold Comfort Farm
  3. Dad's Army
  4. David Jason's Sketchbook
  5. Flanders And Swann - And Then We Wrote
  6. Frankie Howerd
  7. Frank Muir Goes Into...
  8. Hello, Cheeky!
  9. Home To Roost
  10. The Impressionists
  11. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
  12. Just A Minute
  13. The Ken Dodd Show
  14. Listen To Les
  15. The Men From The Ministry
  16. My Music
  17. My Word!
  18. Oh No It Isn't!
  19. Radio Five
  20. Steptoe And Son
  21. Week Ending

British comedy films released in 1974

  1. The Best Of Benny Hill
  2. The Best Pair Of Legs In The Business
  3. Can You Keep It Up For A Week?
  4. Carry On Dick
  5. The Cherry Picker
  6. Commuter Husbands
  7. Confessions Of A Sex Maniac
  8. Confessions Of A Window Cleaner
  9. The Great McGonagall
  10. Little Malcolm And His Struggle Against The Eunuchs
  11. Man About The House
  12. On The Game
  13. Percy's Progress
  14. Put Yourself In My Place
  15. Romance With A Double Bass
  16. Sex Play
  17. Soft Beds, Hard Battles
  18. Vampira
  19. What Changed Charley Farthing?

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