British Comedy Guide
Courtesy of BFI. Alan Day (Lance Percival). Credit: BBC
Lance At Large

Lance At Large

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1964
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

First TV series from David Nobbs and Peter Tinniswood, starring Lance Percival as Alan Day. Also features Bernard Spear.

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Press clippings

Missing 1960s BBC comedy episode found at Coventry Cathedral

Some more detail has been revealed about the discovery of a wiped 1960s BBC sitcom episode, first reported in October.

Caroline Gall & Kevin Reide, BBC, 14th February 2024

David Nobbs and Peter Tinniswood's first sitcom partly recovered

The first ever sitcom from David Nobbs (The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin) and Peter Tinniswood (I Didn't Know You Cared), as well as a long-forgotten comedy from Johnny Speight, are amongst missing episodes to have been recovered in 2023, ahead of a screening this weekend.

British Comedy Guide, 30th November 2023

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