A collection of some of the finest comic moments presented on British television from the fifties to the late seventies that were produced at the BBC. Starring a cast of many, there’s Hancock, Marty Feldman, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, the Two Ronnies, Derek Fowlds, Nigel Hawthorne, Felicity Kendall, Richard Briers, Rowan Atkinson, Eric Sykes, Rik Mayall, Hattie Jacques and Michael Crawford, to name a few…. from programs such as “Blackadder”, “Morecambe and Wise”, “One Foot in the Grave”, “The Good Life”, “Yes Minister”, “Some Mothers Do ‘Ave Em” plus many more…
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ACMI Identifier
315810
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television comedies
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television programs
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television programs - Great Britain
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television series
Television → Television comedies
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - Great Britain
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)