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For Richer... For Poorer

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1975
  • 1 pilot

Sitcom pilot starring Harry H. Corbett as a working class, left-wing shop steward. Also features Eric Pohlmann, David Battley and Don Henderson.

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BBC1 Comedy Pilots (1975)

Untitled season of comedy pilots.

Till Death Us Do Part. Image shows from L to R: Mike Rawlins (Anthony Booth), Rita Rawlins (Una Stubbs), Alf Garnett (Warren Mitchell), Else Garnett (Dandy Nichols). Copyright: BBC TV

Till Death Us Do Part

Opinionated Alf Garnett reels off a string of misinformed, bigoted, reactionary opinions each week, to the chagrin of his family.

In Sickness & In Health. Image shows from L to R: Alf Garnett (Warren Mitchell), Mrs Hollingbery (Carmel McSharry). Copyright: BBC TV

In Sickness & In Health

In this sequel to Till Death Us Do Part, Alf is rather put out by Elsie's confinement to a wheelchair, and eventual death.

Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Albert Steptoe (Wilfrid Brambell), Harold Steptoe (Harry H. Corbett). Copyright: BBC TV

Steptoe And Son

Albert Steptoe and his son Harold run a rag and bone business. Harold wants to move on in the world and leave home but his plans are always thwarted.

Citizen Smith. Wolfie Smith (Robert Lindsay). Copyright: BBC TV

Citizen Smith

Wolfie Smith leads South London's premier Marxist revolutionary movement - the Tooting Popular Front. Membership: 6.

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.

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.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC TV

Them

Telling the tall tales of two gentlemen of the road, one Irish, one Cockney on their travels through life's pretensions.

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