British Comedy Guide

Schedule Tuesday 20th December 1960

BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC 12:31pm
29 min
BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC

Workers' Playtime

Episode 101

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

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 7:30pm
30 min
Whack-O!. Professor James Edwards (Headmaster) (Jimmy Edwards). Copyright: BBC

Whack-O!

Series 7, Episode 5 - Jim's Better Self

It's Christmas Eve, the boys are leaving for home, and Edwards and Pettigrew are looking forward to a fortnight skiing. Then the doctor arrives with some very bad news: one of the boys has developed measles, and so to avoid spreading the disease, everyone who's not contracted it before must stay quarantined in the building.

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

The Army Game

Series 4, Episode 13 - The Artist

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.

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