Schedule Thursday 7th March 1996

Laurel And Hardy

Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel are are trapped in a radio studio - it's another fine mess, but when the red light goes on Stan and Ollie rise to the occasion...

Laughter In The Air

Series 2, Episode 2 - Sketches And Sitcoms

Writers come under the spotlight as Barry Took charts the development of scripted comedy from its beginnings in Danger - Men at Work and ITMA through to the "golden age" comedies - The Goon Show, Round the Home and Hancock's Half Hour.

The Detectives

Series 4, Episode 4 - Sacked

At Cottam's reitrement party, Bob and Dave mistake his female successor for the stripper they've booked. An authoritarian, she doesn't take kindly to the mistake and submits them for psychological testing under threat of the sack...