British Comedy Guide

Schedule Friday 23rd January 1959

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 6:10pm
30 min
ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV

Life With The Lyons

Series 4, Episode 10

TV version of the famed 1950-61 radio sitcom of the same name, starring real life family Ben Lyon, Bebe Daniels and children Barbara and Richard.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 7:30pm
30 min
Hancock's Half Hour. Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock). Copyright: BBC

Hancock's Half Hour

Series 4, Episode 5 - The Flight Of The Red Shadow

Tony Hancock stars in Galton & Simpson's comic masterpiece, with his delusions of grandeur and acquaintances at the root of his every downfall.

BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC 8pm
30 min
Ray's A Laugh

Ray's A Laugh

Series 10, Episode 18

Classic long-running comedy series starring Ted Ray and Kitty Bluett.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 8:30pm
30 min
The Army Game. Copyright: Granada Television

The Army Game

Series 2, Episode 19 - Bootsie's Butler

A group of National Service conscripts are determined to dodge duty and create some amusement out of a situation they'd rather not be in.

BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC 9:45pm
30 min
BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC

Round The Bend

Series 2, Episode 5

Early radio sketch show from Michael Bentine.

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