For the first time the stories behind the making of every sitcom from the 1970s will be told by the actors, writers, directors and producers who made them all happen.
Aside from providing entertainment to millions of people, the sitcom is a window into the culture of the day, and...
Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais are the creators of some of British television's most beloved comedies. Essex-born Clement teamed up with Geordie insurance salesman La Frenais in the early 1960s and scripted a series about two young pals from Newcastle, The Likely Lads, which became one of BBC Two's...
Regarded by many critics as Britain's best sitcom, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais's tales of life inside Slade Prison first hit the screens in 1973 and three series were transmitted before the prison show finally closed its doors in 1977. But it has never faded from the nation's consciousness.
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