British Comedy Guide
Please donate to help support British comedy at all levels. Thank you. Find out more

Schedule Friday 31st March 1978

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 7:30pm
30 min
Mixed Blessings. Image shows from L to R: Thomas Simpson (Christopher Blake), Susan Lambert/Simpson (Muriel Odunton). Copyright: London Weekend Television

Mixed Blessings

Series 1, Episode 5 - Happy Birthday, Dear Fathers

Thomas and Susan have to find a way to celebrate their fathers' birthdays but it proves a challenge as they are not the best of friends.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:25pm
30 min
Going Straight. Norman Stanley Fletcher (Ronnie Barker). Copyright: BBC

Going Straight

Episode 5 - Going Going Gone

First pay packet, some light police baiting and the potential to foil a crime right under his nose. Life is busy for our Fletch. But things are rarely what they seem and Fletch's journey on the straight and narrow may be about to be cut short.

BBC Two 9:30pm
45 min
BBC Two

Hinge And Bracket

Episode 1 - Easter Special

A gala evening from the Royal Hall at Harrogate with Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket and the Stackton Tressel Choir and Strings. Introduced by Joseph Cooper with music from Gilbert and Sullivan, Novello and Elgar. This glittering occasion brings the 21st Stackton Tressel Music Festival to a triumphant close.

Radio 4 10:30pm
25 min
Radio 4

Week Ending

Series 24, Episode 13

A satirical sketch show that started many comedy careers and ran for more than 1,100 episodes, for nearly 30 years.

Share this page