British Comedy Guide
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Schedule Friday 6th March 1959

BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC 7pm
30 min
BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC

Round The Bend

Series 2, Episode 11

Early radio sketch show from Michael Bentine.

BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC 7:30pm
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 9, Episode 6 - The Confused Cubit

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

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 10 - The Wrong Man

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 24

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 25 - The Initiative Test

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.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 10:15pm
30 min
The Arthur Haynes Show. Arthur Haynes. Copyright: Associated Television

The Arthur Haynes Show

Series 3, Episode 1

Largely forgotten but hugely popular, long-running sketch show starring Arthur Haynes with support from Nicholas Parsons and scripts by Johnny Speight.

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