British Comedy Guide

Black And Blue

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1973
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

A series of six seperate dark and disturbing comedy stories.

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Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1973
Channel
BBC 1
Episodes
6 (1 series)
Producer
Mark Shivas
Company

Black And Blue is collection of six different stories, all of which contain black and blue comedy content.

The stories concern a firm selling chocolate with human meat; a film-writer who pays the wrong writer; a gang of relatives trying to get money from a dying man; an anti-flu drug which renders people impotent; an accidental baby-snatching; and a butler who thinks he is being hired for a much more dangerous job.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Tuesday 14th August 1973 on BBC One

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