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Jimmy Perry
Jimmy Perry

Jimmy Perry

  • English
  • Actor, writer and composer

Jimmy Perry features

It Ain't Half Hot Mum. Image shows left to right: Bombardier 'Gloria' Beaumont (Melvyn Hayes), BSM Geoffrey 'Shut Up' Williams (Windsor Davies), Gunner 'Lofty' Sugden (Don Estelle) Features

Comedy Rewind: It Ain't Half Hot Mum ain't half funny

Sunday 5th January 2025

Broadcaster Georgy Jamieson explores It Ain't Half Hot Mum, the 1940s-set sitcom that Jimmy Perry and David Croft labelled their favourite and funniest work.

The Gnomes Of Dulwich. Image shows from L to R: Small (Hugh Lloyd), Big (Terry Scott). Copyright: BBC Features

Three shows missing from the archives

Monday 1st April 2024

A look back at three lost shows: Morecambe & Wise's Running Wild; Tony Hancock performing H.G. Wells; and Hugh Lloyd and Terry Scott in Jimmy Perry's sitcom The Gnomes Of Dulwich.

Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold Steptoe (Harry H. Corbett), Albert Steptoe (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC Features

Britain's sitcom invasion

Tuesday 31st August 2021

As his new book on 1970s sitcoms is published, author Robert Sellers takes a look at the topic of British sitcoms being re-made for an American audience, in the process sharing some of the conversations he had with the original writers involved.

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