The Definitive UK Sitcom List, part A-C, 701 lines, updated 1999-02-05 # Copyright (c) 1993-1998 by Dave Budd (D.Budd@mcc.ac.uk). Using this text without crediting the authors would be theft from over 200 contributors worldwide. Any non-profit usage is permitted if this copyright notice remains attached. # A.J.Wentworth BA (82) ITV(Thames) Basil Boothroyd from stories by H F Ellis School maths master and the dreaded third form Arthur Lowe (his last television role), Harry Andrews, Marion Mathie # A.P.Herbert's Misleading Cases (67-,71) BBC1 Alan Melville & Henry Cecil (67-), Michael Gilbert & Christopher Bond (71) Exceptionally litiginous man usually wins Alastair Sim, Roy Dotrice, Avice Landon, Thorley Walters # Abigail And Roger (56) BBC Kevin Sheldon Engaged couple in bedsit land Julie Webb, David Drummond, Rosina Enright, Grace Denbeigh-Russell, John Stone # Absolutely Fabulous (92,94,95,special{2eps}96) BBC Jennifer Saunders Magazine fashion exec (ie pretentious workshy hedonist 'society' type) Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Jane Horrocks, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield # An Actor's Life For Me (91) BBC Paul Mayhew-Archer. An aspiring actor goes for many auditions and few jobs (from Radio4) John Gordon Sinclair, Victor Spinetti, Gina McKee # The Adventures Of Don Quick (70) ITV(LWT) Peter Wildeblood, Kenneth Hill, Keith Miles, Charlotte & Dennis Plimmer Intergalactic maintenance techie tries to right wrongs [?sitcom] Ian Hendry, Ronald Lacey # Affairs of the Heart (85) ITV(Granada) Paul Daneman Convalescing after a heart attack Derek Fowlds, Sarah Badel # After Henry (88..92(30eps)) ITV(Thames) Simon Brett {straight copy of R4 version} Widow has daughter upstairs and mother downstairs Prunella Scales, Joan Sanderson, Janine Wood, Jonathan Newth # Agony (79,80,81) ITV(LWT) Len Richmond & Anna Raeburn (79), Stan Hey and Andrew Nickolds (80,81) About an agony-aunt Maureen Lipman, Simon Williams, Maria Charles, Peter Blake, Jan Holden, Diana Weston, Jeremy Bulloch, Peter Denyer, Robert Gillespie, Bill Nighy, Robert Austin # Agony Again (95) BBC Carl Gorham, Michael Hatt, Amanda Swift Dizzy agony aunt and chat show hostess: sequel to Agony Maureen Lipman, Maria Charles, Niall Buggy, David Harewood, Doon Mackichan, Sacha Grunpeter, Valerie Edmond # Ain't Misbehavin' (94,95) BBC Roy Clarke Eternal quadrangle Peter Davison, Nicola Pagett, Lesley Manville->Karen Drury, John Duttine, Polly Hemingway # The Airbase (65) BBC2 John Briley American airforce base in rural England David Healy, Eddie Matthews, Alan Gifford, David Kelsey # Albert! (72) ITV(Yorkshire) Rodney Bewes & Derrick Goodwin Continuation of Dear Mother . . . Love Albert (which see) Rodney Bewes, Cheryl Hall, Garfield Morgan, Amelia Bayntun # Albert And Victoria (70,71) ITV(Yorkshire) Reuben Ship Victorian father rules family sternly, but also with affection Zena Walker(70)->Barbara Murray(71)->Frances Bennett(71), Alfred Marks, Kika Markham(70)->Gay Hamilton(71), Petra Markham, John Alkin, Rufus Frampton, John Ash, Miriam Mann # Alcock And Gander (72) ITV(Thames) Johnnie Mortimer & Brian Cooke Marriage-bureau-cum-Tom O'Thimble Lucky Pixie shop Beryl Reid, Richard O'Sullivan, John Cater # Alexander The Greatest (71,72) ITV(ATV) Bernard Kops Inducements keep 16yr old rebel at home: domestic mayhem Sydney Tafler, Libby Morris, Garry Warren, Adrienne Posta, Peter Birrel # All Aboard (-59) ?channel Gerald Kelsey, Dick Sharples, John Jowett Ocean liner Arthur Lowe, Avril Angers, Susan Shaw, Richard Coleman, John Gale, Charles Morgan, Richard Thorp, Peter Greenspan # All At No. 20 (86,87) ITV(Thames) Ian Davidson & Peter Vincent; Alex Shearer; Richard Ommanney Woman takes in student lodgers Maureen Lipman, Gabrielle Glaister, Lisa Jacobs, Carol Hawkins(87) Gary Waldhorn, Martin Clunes(87), Gregory Doran(86), David Bannerman(86) # All Gas And Gaiters (p66,67..71:5seasons) BBC Edwin Apps & Pauline Devaney p66: "The Bishop Rides Again" General fun'n'games with bishops etc Derek Nimmo, Robertson Hare, William Mervyn, Ernest Clark # All Good Things (91) BBC Lesley Bruce Woman approaching 40 has new (3rd) baby and meddles in people's lives Brenda Blethyn, Warren Clarke, Paul Reynolds, Timothy Stark # All In Good Faith (-86,87,88) ITV(Thames) John Kane Country vicar changes his parish for an inner-city church Richard Briers, Barbara Ferris, James Campbell. # All Night Long (94) BBC Dick Fiddy & Mark Wallington All night bakery in Soho Keith Barron, Maureen Beattie, Dinah Sheridan, Angus Lennie, Jan Winters, John Pythian, Jacqueline Reddin, Robert McKewley, Paul Grunert. # All Our Saturdays (73) ITV(Yorkshire) Stuart Harris, Oliver Free Woman runs textile business and amateur rugby league team Diana Dors, Tony Caunter, Norman Jones, Anthony Jackson, Doug Fisher, John Comer # All Quiet On The Preston Front (94) BBC Tim Firth Sequel series called Preston Front TA volunteers Paul Haigh, Colin Buchanan, Adrian Hood, Susan Wooldridge, Alistair McGowan, Tony Marshall, Kate Gartside, Caroline Gatz, Lucky Athurst, David MacCreedy, Holly Grainger, Ozzie Yue, Keiran Flynn, Sam Graham # All Square (66) ITV(ATV) Michael Bentine? Filthnik is the capital of Ozonia Michael Bentine, Derek Guyler, Benny Lee, Leon Thau # 'Allo! 'Allo! (p82,84,85,86-,87,88-,89,,91,92ab) BBC Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft; later Jeremy Lloyd & Mark Adams Resistance, Gestapo, everybody, eat at Rene's cafe in occupied France Gorden Kaye, Sam Kelly, Vicki Michelle, Carmen Silvera, Richard Marner, Kirsten Cooke, Guy Siner, Richard Gibson, Kim Hartman, Kenneth Connor, John D Collins, Nicholas Frankau, Rose Hill, Francesca Gonshaw, Hilary Minster, John Louis Mansi, Arthur Bostrom, Jack Haig # And Mother Makes Five (74ab,75,76) ITV(Thames) Richard Waring, Jonathan Marr{=Wendy Craig}, Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke spinoff from AMM3, she marries a man with a child, to make it 5 Wendy Craig, Robin Davies, David Parfitt, Valerie Lush, Richard Coleman, Miriam Mann, Tony Britton, Charlotte Mitchell, Maxine Gordon # And Mother Makes Three (71ab-,72,73) ITV(Thames) Richard Waring, David Cumming, Derek Colyer, Peter Buchanan, Peter Robinson Woman has two kids, cat, goldfish Wendy Craig, Robin Davies, David Parfitt, Valerie Lush, Richard Coleman, Miriam Mann, George Selway, Lally Bowers, Gwen Nelson, Keith Marsh # Andy Capp (88) ITV(Thames) Keith Waterhouse after Reg Smythe's cartoons Hartlepool man: Dole, bookies, pub, snooker hall, telly James Bolam, Paula Tilbrook # Are You Being Served? (p72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,81,83,85) BBC1 film77(broadcast on tv 80) Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft Lots of double meanings etc in a department store Mollie Sugden, John Inman, Frank Thornton, Wendy Richard, Arthur Brough, Nicholas Smith, Trevor Bannister, Harold Bennett, Arthur English, Mike Berry # Are You Being Served Again? was the US title of Grace And Favour # The Army Game (57,58-ab-,-60,-61) ITV(Granada) Sid Colin, Larry Stephens, Maurice Wiltshire, Lew Schwarz, et al National Service Alfie Bass, Bill Fraser, Michael Medwin, William Hartnell, Norman Rossington, Bernard Bresslaw, Geoffrey Sumner, Bernard Hunter, CB Poultney, Frank Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Harry Towb, Robert Desmond, Mario Fabrizi, Dick Emery # The Artful Dodger (59) BBC Dave Morris, Frank Roscoe Life and soul of Labour Exchange avoids work and supports Man City Dave Morris, Gretchen Franklin, Joe Gladwin # The Arthur Askey Show (61) ITV(ATV) Dave Freeman 1910 domesticity Arthur Askey, June Whitfield, Arthur Mullard, Patricia Hayes # The Arthur Haynes Show (57-) ITV Johnny Speight, mostly ?sketch show really 2 tramps Arthur Haynes, Dermot Kelly, Nicholas Parsons, ?Patricia Hayes? # As Good Cooks Go (70) BBC Johnny Warren, John Singer Welsh-Irish cook in different location each week Tessie O'Shea # As Time Goes By (92,93,94,95,96,97,98) BBC(Theatre of Comedy/DLTaffnerUKLtd) Bob Larbey Couple attempt to rekindle old flame Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer, Jenny Funnell, Paul Chapman, Moira Brooker, Philip Bretherton, Frank Middlemass, Joan Sims # Astronauts (81) ITV (Witzend) Graeme Garden & Bill Oddie Three astronauts and a dog + their boring routine lives... Christopher Godwin, Carmen Du Sautoy, Barrie Rutter, Bruce Boa # Atletico Partick (96) BBC Ian Pattison Sex, liniment, and Sunday football Gordon Kennedy, Ronnie Letham, Iain McColl, Tom McGovern, Steven McNicoll, Gavin Mitchell, Aline Mowat, Clive Russell, Anne Marie Timoney, Jonathan Watson, Frances Barrett, Sandy Nelson # Auf Wiedersehen Pet (83-,86) ITV(Central) Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais, and others Brickies go to work in Germany; series2 Wolverhampton, Derbyshire & Spain Tim Healy, Gary Holton, Jimmy Nail, Pat Roach, Timothy Spall, Kevin Whately, Christopher Fairbank, Brigitte Kahn, Lysette Anthony, Michael Elphick, Michael Sheard, Heinz Bernard, Peter Birch, Bill Paterson(86), Melanie Hill(86), Madelaine Newton(86), Caroline Hutchinson(86), Su Elliot(86) # B. And B. (68) BBC Michael Pertwee 2 career couple struggle with modern teenage society Bernard Braden, Barbara Kelly, Kim Braden, Mark Griffith # Babes In The Wood (98) ITV Geoff Deane 3 young women who live in St John's Wood, London Karl Howman, Samantha Janus, Denise Van Outen, Natalie Walter # Bachelor Father (70,71) BBC Richard Waring A single foster father. Based on real-life story of P L Jeffcock Ian Carmichael, Sonia Dresdel, Sonia Graham, Briony Roberts, Ian Johnson, Roland Pickering, Beverley Simons, Angela Ryder # Bad Boys (96,?second series?) BBC Ian Pattison [may be comdram] Cockney wide boy stranded in Glasgow's gangland Karl Howman, Freddie Boardley, Alex Norton, Aline Mowat, et al # Ballyskillen Opera House (81) ITV Linda Thornber Old fraud managed ramshackle Irish theatre [sitcom+weekly variety act] Frank Carson, Anna Manahan, Charlie Roberts, Bernadette Short, Angela Catterall # Barney Is My Darling (65-) BBC Barry Took & Marty Feldman Barney returns after 12 years at sea with the Merchant Navy Bill Fraser, Irene Handl, Angela Crow, Pat Coombs # The Bed-sit Girl (65,66) BBC Ronald Wolf & Ronald Chesney Scatty typist in bedsitland Sheila Hancock, Dilys Laye(65), Derek Nimmo(66), Hy Hazell # Beggar My Neighbour (p66,67,68(3series:22eps)) BBC Ken Hoare & Mike Sharland 2 "differently financed" couples are neighbours - the wives are sisters. June Whitfield, Reg Varney, Pat Coombs, Peter Jones->Desmond Walter-Ellis # The Beiderbecke Affair has been adjudged a comedy drama The Beiderbecke Tapes has been adjudged a comedy drama The Beiderbecke Connection has been adjudged a comedy drama (but is it?) # Beryl's Lot (73,74,75,77) ITV(YTV) Kevin Laffan after Margaret Powell 74: Bill McIlwraith Milkman's charlady wife determined to improve herself. Based on true story of Margaret Powell Carmel McSharry, Mark Kingston->George Selway, Verna Harvey, Brian Capron, Anita Carey, Tony Caunter, Barbara Mitchell, Robert Keegan, Annie Leake, Robin Askwith, Norman Mitchell, Queenie Watts, Johnny Shannon # Best Of Enemies (68,69) ITV(Thames) Vince Powell & Harry Driver Rival MPs Tim Barrett, Robert Coote, Deryck Guyler # Best Of Friends (63) ITV(ABC) Brad Ashton, Bob Block, Gerry Maxin Insurance clerk in family business Charles Hawtrey, Henry Longhurst, Hylda Baker, Sheena Marsh # The Best Things In Life (69,70) ITV(ATV) Bernard Botting, Adele Rose, Jack Trevor Story Alfred Wilcox, engaged for 11 years, prefers it that way. Harry H Corbett, Bob Todd, Pearl Hackney, June Whitfield, Pat Heywood, Carmel McSharry # Beyond The Groove doesn't fit my definition of sitcom # Big Boy Now! (76,78) ITV(ATV) Ronnie Taylor Mother's boy Leslie Crowther, Fabia Drake, Ronald Lewis, Derek Farr # Big Jim And The Figaro Club (p79,81) BBC Ted Walker Building site supervisor vs. workers Norman Rossington, Roland Curram, David John, Priscilla Morgan, Gordon Rollings, Sylvester McCoy, David Beckett, Bob Hoskins(Narrator) # The Big Noise (64) BBC Frank Muir & Denis Norden Disc jockey Norman Rossington, Bob Monkhouse # The Big One (92) C4(Hat Trick) Sandi Toksvig & Elly Brewer Large lodger. Odd-couple-ish, sort of Sandi Toksvig, Mike McShane # Billy Bunter Of Greyfriars School (52..62) BBC Frank Richards From the famous books Gerald Campion, Kynaston Reeves->Raf de la Torre->Jack Melford, John Charlesworth->Anthony Valentine->Julian Yardley, Keith Faulkner->Brian Roper->Jeremy Bulloch, Barry McGregor->Colin Campbell->David Coote->Gregory Warwick, Michael Danvers-Walker->Peter Marden->Lawrence Harrington->Michael Tennant David Spenser->Ronald Moodie->Barry Barnett->Hugh Ward # Billy Liar (73,74) ITV(LWT) Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall Fantasist works at undertakers Jeff Rawle, George A. Cooper, Pamela Vezey, May Warden, Colin Jeavons, Sally Watts(74) # Birds Of A Feather (89,90,91,92,93x,94x,x97,98) BBC(Alomo) One series by Laurence Marks & Maurice Gran At least one series (90) by Peter Tilbury episodes by various writers Convicts' wives Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson, Lesley Joseph, Alun Lewis, Peter Polycarpou # Birds On The Wing (71) BBC Peter Yeldham Two lady con artists and their target: a young British tourist in Rome Julia Lockwood, Anne Rogers, Richard Briers # A Bit Of A Do (89ab) ITV(Yorkshire) David Nobbs Group of people go through complex series of relationships David Jason, Nicola Pagett, Gwen Taylor, Michael Jayston, Tim Wylton, Stephanie Cole, David Thewlis, Sara-Jane Holm, Wayne Foskett, Nigel Hastings, Karen Drury, Malcolm Hebden, Tracy Brabin, Paul Chapman # ******Blackadder - the various series and specials are listed separately! # The Black Adder (84) BBC Richard Curtis & Rowan Atkinson Middle ages Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray, Robert East. # Blackadder: The Cavalier Years (87) one-off special Blackadder's Christmas Carol (x88) one-off christmas special # Black-Adder II (86) BBC Richard Curtis & Ben Elton Elizabethan Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Tim McInnerny, Miranda Richardson, Patsy Byrne # Blackadder The Third (87) BBC Richard Curtis and Ben Elton Regency Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Stephen Fry # Blackadder Goes Forth (89) BBC Richard Curtis and Ben Elton 1st world war Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tim McInnerny # Blandings Castle (67) BBC John Chapman P G Wodehouse's stories featuring Lord Emsworth Ralph Richardson, Stanley Holloway, Derek Nimmo, Meriel Forbes, Jack Radcliffe, Jimmy Edwards, Fred Emney # Bless Me Father (78,79-,81) ITV(LWT) Peter DeRosa Cynical priest and young curate Arthur Lowe, Daniel Abineri, Gabrielle Daye # Bless This House (71,72,73,74?,75,76,77,film72)ITV(Thames) 74ab and not 75 according to one contributor, but TVGH disagrees various writers, including: 71,73: Vince Powell & Harry Driver film length version 78 72,75,77: Carla Lane 74: Dave Freeman Aging father versus modern youth Sid James, Diana Coupland, Sally Geeson, Robin Stewart # Blind Men (97-) ITV Chris England & Nick Hancock 2 couples in the world of domestic furnishings, unwitting neighbours Jesse Birdsall, Sophie Thomson, Jeremy Swift, Andy Taylor # Bloomers (79) BBC James Saunders Resting actor works in florists Richard Beckinsale (his last role), David Swift, Anna Calder-Marshall # Blooming Marvellous (97) BBC1 John Godber & Jane Thornton Couple expecting baby Clive Mantle, Sarah Lancashire, Kathryn Hunt, Iain Rogerson # Blue Heaven (94) C4 Frank Skinner Aspiring Brummie musical duo Frank Skinner, Conleth Hill, Paula Wilcox, John Forgeham # Bold As Brass (64) BBC David Climie pilot play Man Of Brass (63) BBC Ron Watson Brass musician and his family Jimmy Edwards, Beryl Reid, Jill Hyem # Bonehead (60...62) BBC-TV Shaun Sutton Inept criminals Colin Douglas, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Douglas Blackwell # Bonjour La Classe (93) BBC(Talkback) Paul Smith & Terry Kyan Idealistic inneffective new teacher at fee-paying school Nigel Planer, Polly Adams, Timothy Bateson, Victoria Carling, Robert Gillespie, David Troughton, Nicholas Woodson, Peter Woodthorpe, Richard Vernon, Rebecca Callard, Bryan Dick, David Larkin, Daniel Newman, Simeon Pearl, Camilla Power # Bootle Saddles (84) BBC Ray Mansell & Paul Benn 'Wild West'-obsessed Brits take their holidays in Apache Wells, Lancashire Kenneth Cope, Anne Carroll, Shirley Stelfox, Gordon Rollings, Joe Gladwin, Debbie Arnold, John Normington # Bootsie And Snudge (60..63(103eps),74) ITV(Granada) Various writers, including: Barry Took & Marty Feldman, John Antrobus, Ray Whyberd, 63: Peter Miller & James Kelly, 74: David Climie & Ronnie Cass, Harry Driver, Jack Rosenthal, and Ray Alan Employed at private club after leaving the army (cf.The Army Game) 74: Bootsie wins the pools, leading to a sort of role reversal Alfie Bass, Bill Fraser, Clive Dunn, Robert Dorning # Born And Bred (78,80) ITV(Thames) Douglas Livingstone 2 related S.London families, one respectable, the other not Max Wall, Rose Hill, James Grout, Joan Sims, Pat Ashton, Derek James, Christopher Driscoll, Gorden Kaye, Niall Padden, Trevor Peacock, Gillian Raine, Kate Williams # Both Ends Meet (72) ITV(LWT) Brian Chaser, Len Downs, Mike Firman, Patrick Radcliffe Mayhem in a sausage factory Dora Bryan, Ivor Dean, David Howe, Meadows White, Deddie Davies, Pat Ashton, Wendy Richard # Bottle Boys (84,85) ITV(LWT) Vince Powell Dairy Robin Askwith, Brian Glover, Oscar James, Eve Ferret # Bottom (91,92,95) BBC Rik Mayall & Adrian Edmondson 2 desperate morons share flat Rik Mayall, Ade Edmondson # The Bounder (82,83) ITV(Yorkshire) Eric Chappell Conman released from prison moves in with bro-in-law, widow next door Peter Bowles, George Cole, Isla Blair # Bowler (73) ITV(LWT) John Esmonde & Bob Larbey Fenn St Gang spinoff: Bowler has a finger in every crooked pie, wants class George Baker, Fred Beauman, Renny Lister, Gretchen Franklin # Boys From The Blackstuff (82) BBC Alan Bleasdale Sequel to original play "The Blackstuff": tarmac gang Tom Georgeson, Eileen O'Brien, Michael Angelis, Julie Walters, Bernard Hill, Alan Legborn, Peter Kerrigan, Gary Bleasdale, Chris Darwin # The Boys From The Bush (91,92) BBC Douglas Livingstone Londoners in Australia Tim Healy, Chris Haywood, Mark Haddigan, Nadine Garner, Pat Thomson, Kris McQuade, Kirsty Child # Brass (83,84):ITV(Granada) (90):C4 John Stevenson & Julian Roach Dark satanic mills (yes I know Blake wasn't talking about cotton mills) Timothy West, Caroline Blakiston, Barbara Ewing, Geoff Hinsliff, Shaun Scott, Emily Morgan, Robert Reynolds, James Saxon, David Ashton, Gail Harrison, John Nettleton, Gary Cady # Bread (86,87ab,88,89,90,91) BBC Carla Lane Scouser family Deborah Grant, Ronald Forfar, Jean Boht, Peter Howitt->Graham Bickley, Victor McGuire, Nick Conway, Gilly Coman->Melanie Hall, Jonathon Morris, Giles Watling, Rita Tushingham, Caroline Milmoe # The Bright Side (85) C4 Willis Hall Woman struggling to get on while husband in prison Paula Wilcox, Paul Copley, Bill Treacher, Johnny Shannon, Madge Hindle, Hilda Braid, Geoffrey Hughes # Brighton Belles (93p) ITV adapted by Christopher Skala from original Golden Girls scripts Middle-aged (and older) women sharing house Sheila Hancock, Wendy Craig, Sheila Gish, Jean Boht # The Brittas Empire (91,92,93,94abx,96x,97) BBC Richard Fegen & Andrew Norriss Smeg-head manages leisure centre Chris Barrie, Pippa Heywood, Julia St John, Michael Burns, Harriet Thorpe, Judy Flynn, Russell Porter, Tim Marriott, Jill Greenacre # Brothers In Law (62) BBC Frank Muir & Denis Norden Callow young barrister Roger Thursby embarks on his career Richard Briers, John Glyn Jones, Richard Waring, June Barry # The Brothers McGregor (85,86,87,88) ITV(Granada) Julian Roach & John Stevenson Black'n'white Liverpudlian brothers are dodgy car dealers Paul Barber, Philip Whitchurch, Jean Heywood, Jackie Downey # Brush Strokes (86,87,88,89,90,91) BBC John Esmonde & Bob Larbey Decorators Karl Howman, Gary Waldhorn, Howard Lew Lewis, Jackie Lye, Kim Thomson->Erika Hoffman, Elizabeth Counsell, Mike Walling # Bud (63) ITV(ATV) Barry Laffen Bud Flanagan seeks work after breakup of The Crazy Gang Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Jerry Desmonde, Jack Hylton, Charlie Naughton # Bulldog Breed (62) ITV(Granada) Jack Rosenthal & Harry Driver devised Derek Granger Amiable young man provokes chaos Donald Churchill, Amanda Barrie, Geoffrey Whitehead, Peter Butterworth, Betty Huntley-Wright # Bust (87) ITV(LWT) Philip Hinchcliffe & Simon Passmore Bankrupt wheeler-dealer Paul Nicholas, Phyllis Logan, Geraldine Alexander # Butterflies (78,79x,80,x82,83) BBC Carla Lane NB: A check of the Times shows that the Guinness book of Classic TV has the wrong dates for this programme. Housewife angst: nice hubby, 2 sons, fancies other bloke but afraid Wendy Craig, Geoffrey Palmer, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Andrew Hall, Bruce Montague # The Cabbage Patch (83) ITV(Central) Joan Greening Family Life from the mother's point of view Julia Foster, Emlyn Price, Betty Marsden # Can We Get On Now, Please? (80) ITV Dennis Woolf Magistrate's court Sheila Steafel, Hugh Paddick, Robert Dorning, Michael Barrington, Charles Lamb, Valerie Phillips # Captain Butler (97) C4 John Smith, Rob Sprackling Pirates Craig Charles, Shaun Curry, Roger Griffiths # Carry On Laughing (72,75ab) 72: ? 75: ITV(ATV) various writers Specially written halfhour CarryOns by various writers Also there were 3 all-new christmas specials by Talbot Rothwell, in 69, 71, and 72(tho somebody said 69,72,73); and one by Sid Colin and Dan Freeman in 70. Various permutations of the Carry On movies' team # Casanova '73 (73) BBC Alan Simpson & Ray Galton. Womanising PR man Leslie Phillips, Jan Holden # Chalk (97ab) BBC Steven Moffat Galfest High School David Bamber, John Wells(97a), Nicola Walker, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Amanda Boxer, Duncan Preston, Andrew Livingstone, Martin Ball, John Grillo # Chalk And Cheese (79) ITV(Thames) Alex Shearer Cockneys live in gentrified street Michael Crawford, Gillian Martell, Robin Hawdon, Julia Goodman, Michael Gambon # Chance In A Million (TVGH:85, but all say:84,86ab) C4(Thames) Andrew Norriss & Richard Fegen Unlikely things happen to accident-prone man & his girlfriend Simon Callow, Brenda Blethyn # Charge! (69) BBC ?writer Upper class version of Alf Garnett Robert Morley # Charley's Grants (70) BBC2 John Fortune, John Wells, NF Simpson Hattie Jacques, Willoughby Goddard # The Charlie Drake Show (67-fortnightly) BBC Charlie Drake (?sketch show?) Charlie Drake # Cheap At Half The Price (72) ITV(Thames) Vince Powell & Harry Driver Antiques shop in Chelsea Roy Kinnear, Doug Fisher, Marjie Lawrence # Chef! (93x,94,96) BBC(APC/Crucial) Peter Tilbury, eps(94) Geoff Deane Flamboyant chef Lenny Henry, Caroline Lee Johnson, Claire Skinner, Roger Griffiths, Erkan Mustafa, (Sophie Thursfield, Ben Forster) # Chelmsford 123 (88,90) C4(Hat Trick) Rory McGrath & Jimmy Mulville Roman Britain Rory McGrath, Jimmy Mulville, Phil Pope, Neil Pearson, Howard Lew Lewis Erika Hoffmann. # Chintz (81) ITV(Granada) Alex Adams, Dilys Laye, Peg Lynch Cheshire middle classes Michele Dotrice, Richard Easton, Dilys Laye, Christopher Benjamin # Citizen James (60,61,62) BBC 60: Ray Galton & Alan Simpson 61,62: Sid Green & Dick Hills Battler for lost causes Sid James, Bill Kerr, Liz Fraser, Sydney Tafler # Citizen Smith (77,78-,79,80x) BBC John Sullivan Innocuous trotskyite Robert Lindsay, Mike Grady, Peter Vaughan->Tony Steedman, Hilda Braid, Stephen Greif, Tony Millan, George Sweeney, Cheryl Hall, later series David Garfield, Susie Baker # City Lights (78...?...90) BBC ?writer Scots bank clerk attempts to become a writer Gerard Kelly # The Clairvoyant (p84,86) BBC Roy Clarke Used car salesman with psychic powers Roy Kinnear, Sandra Dickinson # Clarence (p71,88) BBC Bob Ferris(=Ronnie Barker), (pilot)Hugh Leonard Myopic delivery man Ronnie Barker, Josephine Tewson # Class Act (94,95) ITV Michael Aitkens (billed as comedy drama) ex-rich-bitch out of jail (for fraud) seeks presumed-dead husband's cash Joanna Lumley, John Bowe, Nadine Garner, Richard Vernon, James Gaddas, Neil McCaul # A Class By Himself (72) ITV(HTV) ?writer Stately home in Somerset John Le Mesurier, Peter Butterworth # The Climber (83) BBC Alex Shearer Bakery worker discovers he has high IQ Robin Nedwell, David Battley, Jacqueline Tong, David Williams, Jack Watson # The Clitheroe Kid (?) ?channel ?writer Snotty kid Jimmy Clitheroe, Mollie Sugden, Alfie Hall # Clochemerle wasn't a sitcom within the definition of this list. # Close To Home (89,90) ITV(LWT) Brian Cooke Vet Paul Nicholas, Angharad Rees # Colin's Sandwich (88,90) BBC Paul Smith & Terry Kyan BR complaints person tries to be a writer Mel Smith, Louisa Rix, Mike Grady # Colonel Trumper's Private War (61) ITV(Granada) Bill Craig, Barry Took, Dick Vosburgh, Hugh Woodhouse Summer '40: Trumper on dangerous counter-intelligence missions Dennis Price, Warren Mitchell, William Gaunt, George Tovey # Come Back Mrs Noah (p77,78) BBC Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft Housewife & bureaucrats accidentally launched into space Mollie Sugden, Ian Lavender, Donald Hewlett, Michael Knowles, Joe Black, Gorden Kaye # Comming Home (81) BBC David Fitzsimmons The Times spells it Coming but the writer's son assures me it has 2 m's Brothers married sisters; elders back from Canada to sort younger's life Roger Sloman, Philip Jackson, Sharon Duce, Linda Marchal, Muriel Maddocks # Common As Muck: series 1 was comdram, series 2 was drama with some comedy # Comrade Dad (p84,86) BBC Ian Davidson & Peter Vincent If England was a communist state... George Cole, Barbara Ewing, Doris Hare, David Garlick, Claire Toeman # Conjugal Rites (93,94) ITV Roger Hall 21 year itch (NB a *drama* of same title in 73) Gwen Taylor, Michael Williams, Stephen Moyer, Cordelia Bugeja, Alan MacNaughtan, voice of Warren Clarke # Constant Hot Water (86) ITV(Central) ?writers Rival landladies on the Yorkshire riviera. Pat Phoenix, Prunella Gee # The Continental {or was it The Ritz?} (?) ?channel ?writer Nightclub antics # Coppers End (71) ITV(ATV) David Cumming & Derek Collyer, created Ted Willis Britain's laziest, most corrupt police station Bill Owen, Richard Wattis, Josephine Tewson, George Moon, Royce Mills, Kevin Brennan # The Corner House (87) C4 ?writer 4 guys from gay/men's_awareness writer/performer group Robert Llewellyn, ?Howard Lew Lewis # Cowboys (80ab) ITV Peter Learmouth Incompetent builders Colin Welland, Roy Kinnear, David Kelly # The Creatives (98) BBC Jack Docherty, Moray Hunter An Edinburgh advertising agency fallen on hard times Roger Allam, Jack Docherty, Pippa Guard, Moray Hunter # The Cuckoo Waltz (75,76,77,80 [5series in all?]) ITV(Granada) Geoffrey Lancashire and John G Temple Hard up couple + twins, well off lodger - there's also a mother-in-law David Roper, Diane Keen, Lewis Collins # Cuffy (83) ITV Francis Essex Village tinker; spinoff from Shillingbury Tales Bernard Cribbins, Jack Douglas # The Culture Vultures (70) BBC ?writer [?sitcom] University boffin Leslie Phillips # Curry & Chips (69) ITV(LWT) Johnny Speight Asian immigrant gets "civilised" by working class Brits Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes, Fanny Carby, Geoffrey Hughes, Kenny Lynch, Norman Rossington # {end of part A-C}