British Comedy Guide

Schedule Thursday 22nd August 1957

BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC 12:25pm
30 min
BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC

Workers' Playtime

Episode 68

Long-running lunchtime variety series broadcast live from workplaces across Britain.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 7:30pm
30 min
BBC One. Copyright: BBC

Sheep's Clothing

Episode 6

Digby Wolfe is one of life's wide-boys. But, faced with forced employment, he is determined to do something and start at the top.

BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC 9:15pm
30 min
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 7, Special - The Reason Why

Being an account of the hole, the wonderful way it was filled, and with what.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 10pm
30 min
BBC One. Copyright: BBC

Early To Braden

Series 1, Episode 7

Sketch show written by some of Britain's most successful writers, starring popular Canadian comic Bernard Braden.

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