British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide
Citizen Smith. Wolfie Smith (Robert Lindsay). Copyright: BBC
Citizen Smith

Citizen Smith

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1977 - 1980
  • 30 episodes (4 series)

Wolfie Smith leads South London's premier Marxist revolutionary movement - the Tooting Popular Front. Membership: 6. Stars Robert Lindsay, Cheryl Hall, Mike Grady, Hilda Braid, Tony Millan and more.

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Comedy Special

One-off comedy strand on BBC1 in the vein of the long-running Comedy Playhouse, which lead to the creation of the hit series Citizen Smith.

My Family. Image shows from L to R: Michael Harper (Gabriel Thomson), Susan Harper (Zoë Wanamaker), Ben Harper (Robert Lindsay), Janey Harper (Daniela Denby-Ashe) TV

My Family

A long-running, high rating BBC One sitcom about an average middle class family. Stars Robert Lindsay and Zoe Wanamaker.

John Sessions Radio

Electric Ink

Radio 4 sitcom set in a newspaper office that aims to satirise the world of modern journalism.

Get Some In!. Cpl. Percy Marsh (Tony Selby). Copyright: Thames Television TV

Get Some In!

Sitcom about a group of young conscripts forced into the RAF on two years of National Service.

Only Fools And Horses. Image shows from L to R: Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Del (David Jason), Grandad (Lennard Pearce). Copyright: BBC TV

Only Fools And Horses

Sitcom about two market traders, Del Boy and his brother Rodney.

The Comedy Genius Of John Sullivan. John Sullivan. Copyright: BBC TV

The Comedy Genius Of John Sullivan

Documentary tributing the genius of comedy writer John Sullivan, creator of Only Fools And Horses.

Party. Image shows from L to R: Simon (Tom Basden), Phoebe (Katy Wix), Mel (Anna Crilly), Duncan (Tim Key), Jared (Jonny Sweet). Copyright: BBC Radio

Party

Political satire about five young adults who want to change the world but have no idea how, and little idea why.

Comrade Dad. Reg Dudgeon (George Cole) TV

Comrade Dad

Sitcom set in a 1999 where England has been taken over by the Russians, creating the communist USSR-GB.

Dear John..... John Lacey (Ralph Bates). Copyright: BBC TV

Dear John....

Sitcom following the trials of John Lacey, who joins a singles' club when his wife suddenly leaves him for his best friend.

Over Here. Image shows from L to R: Archie Bunting (Samuel West), Group Captain Barker (Martin Clunes). Copyright: BBC TV

Over Here

Comedy drama set at an air-base in East England in 1942, when an RAF Spitfire squadron is joined by the first USAAF recruits.

Sitting Pretty. Annie Briggs (Diane Bull). Copyright: BBC TV

Sitting Pretty

Upon the death of her rich husband, Annie Briggs finds herself in financial trouble and must return to her poor family roots.

Roger Roger. Image shows from L to R: Andre (Terence Maynard), Reen (Pippa Guard), Cambridge (Chris Larkin), Marlon (Ricci Harnett), Tina (Barbara Durkin), Baz (David Ross), Sam (Robert Daws), Barry (Jonathan Moore), Henry (Jude Akuwudike), Rajiv (Paul Sharma), Phil (Philip Glenister), Chrissie (Helen Grace). Copyright: BBC TV

Roger Roger

Comedy drama about mini-cab firm Cresta Cabs, written by John Sullivan and starring Robert Daws.

Micawber. Wilkins Micawber (David Jason). Copyright: Yorkshire Television TV

Micawber

David Jason stars as Wilkins Micawber in this gentle festive comedy drama set in the heart of Victorian England.

The Green Green Grass. Image shows from L to R: Boycie (John Challis), Marlene Boyce (Sue Holderness). Copyright: Shazam Productions TV

The Green Green Grass

Boycie is on the run from infamous London villains. To help ensure he lives to an old age he moves to the countryside with his family.

Rock & Chips. Image shows from L to R: Freddie 'The Frog' Robdal (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Joan Trotter (Kellie Bright) TV

Rock & Chips

Comedy drama prequel to Only Fools & Horses. Set in Peckham in the early 1960s, Del Boy and cohorts are still teenagers, and Rodney is yet to be born.

No Sex Please - We're British. Brian Runnicles (Ronnie Corbett). Credit: Columbia Pictures Film

No Sex Please - We're British

Ronnie Corbett and Arthur Lowe star in an adaptation of the long-running stage farce about a bank, some Swedish glassware, and obscene material.

Lenin Of The Rovers Radio

Lenin Of The Rovers

The gripping story of one man's fight to establish Britain's first communist football club.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC TV

For Richer... For Poorer

Sitcom pilot starring Harry H. Corbett as a working class, left-wing shop steward.

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