British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

Schedule Thursday 17th January 1963

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

Workers' Playtime

Episode 6

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

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 7:30pm
25 min
Bootsie And Snudge. Image shows from L to R: Claude Snudge (Bill Fraser), 'Excused Boots' Bisley (Alfie Bass)

Bootsie And Snudge

Series 3, Episode 11 - Man Up A Statue

Hugely successful spin-off from The Army Game, following Bootsie after his demobbing.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 7:55pm
30 min
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Albert Steptoe (Wilfrid Brambell), Harold Steptoe (Harry H. Corbett). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Series 2, Episode 3 - The Stepmother

Albert plans to get married and Harold is not happy with it.

BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC 8pm
30 min
Beyond Our Ken. Image shows left to right: Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne. Credit: BBC

Beyond Our Ken

Series 6, Episode 4

Long-running, hugely popular sketch show starring Kenneth Horne.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 8:30pm
30 min
Hancock. Image shows from L to R: Peter Dartford (Denholm Elliott), Tony Hancock (Tony Hancock)

Hancock

Episode 3 - Shooting Star

Spotted by an avant-garde film director, Tony is plucked from obscurity and taken to star in his latest picture, a gritty drama about the stresses of a family with an argumentative husband/father.

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