British Comedy Guide

Schedule Sunday 7th January 1951

BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC 12pm
60 min
BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC

Calling All Forces

Episode 1

Popular post-war variety series hosted by Ted Ray, showcasing many stars of the day.

BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC 3pm
30 min
Life With The Lyons. Image shows from L to R: Richard (Richard Lyon), Barbara (Barbara Lyon), Ben (Ben Lyon). Copyright: BBC

Life With The Lyons

Series 1, Episode 10 - It's A Man's World

Family sitcom about a showbiz American couple raising their children in post-war Britain, starring real-life family the Lyons.

BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC 5:30pm
30 min
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Take It From Here

Series 4, Episode 12

Long-running comedy series starring Jimmy Edwards, June Whitfield and Dick Bentley.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:15pm
15 min
BBC One. Copyright: BBC

Mr Pastry's Progress

Episode 2

The weekly adventures of Mr Pastry, aka Richard Hearne.

BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC 9pm
60 min
BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC

Variety Bandbox

Episode 1

Max Wall, Sylvia Marriott and Douglas Taylor, Alfred Marks, Rube Silver and Marion Day, Tony Hancock, Gerald Young, Lionel Baker, Bernard Spear Felix Mendelssohn and his Hawaiian Serenaders Billy Ternent and his Orchestra

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