British Comedy Guide

Schedule Tuesday 5th May 1964

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

Workers' Playtime

Episode 35

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

BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC 8pm
30 min
The Arthur Haynes Show. Copyright: BBC

The Arthur Haynes Show

Series 3, Episode 2

Sketch show adapted from the hit ITV television series, starring comic Arthur Haynes.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8pm
25 min
Meet The Wife. Image shows from L to R: Thora Blacklock (Thora Hird), Freddie Blacklock (Freddie Frinton). Copyright: BBC

Meet The Wife

Series 1, Episode 3 - The Back

It's Sunday and Thora's back's playing up, so Freddie brings her breakfast in bed. It's not long before their quiet morning is disturbed by the doorbell, and when she sees the state of the kitchen she insists on getting up.

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

The Omar Khayyam Show

Episode 6 - Waltzing Matilda

Sketch show written by and starring Spike Milligan, based on his earlier radio shows for the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

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