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Jun 01, 1973John Cleese, Michael Palin and Terry Jones celebrate the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Jan 18, 1973John Cleese stars as Sherlock Holmes in this Comedy Playhouse pilot episode from 1973.
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Jun 01, 1973John Cleese, Michael Palin and Terry Jones celebrate the Guinness Book of World Records.
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The Ealing Comedies
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Love in Pawn
Nov 23, 1953A British comedy about a struggling artist and his wife living on a houseboat. To raise money she pawns him! His new family takes a liking to him particularly the daughter! The wife tries to redeem her husband but finds she has lost the pawn ticket. In a short matter of time, the whole incident becomes a national sensation.
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Bottoms Up!
Mar 25, 1960An incompetent boarding school headmaster, Professor Jim Edwards, devises a bizarre plot to raise the profile of his boarding school, and thus save his job, by passing off his bookie's son as a Middle Eastern prince. The headmaster's madcap scheme is further complicated when an official from the Foreign Office arrives and announces that a real prince is to be placed under Edwards supervision, not due to the schools lofty reputation, but that a gang of kidnappers are unlikely to look for the regal child there.
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Call My Bluff
Mar 02, 1966Two teams of three alternate between giving and guessing the meanings of obscure English words.
We Have Ways Of Making You Laugh
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What-a-Mess
Sep 16, 1995The title character is a dishevelled (hence his nickname), accident-prone Afghan Hound puppy, whose real name is Prince Amir of Kinjan.
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Last of the Summer Wine
Aug 29, 2010Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.
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Last of the Summer Wine
Dec 30, 1979The Glums began as part of the 1950s radio show 'Take It from Here'. The characters were revived in 1978 as part of the 'Bruce Forsyth's Big Night' variety show, and a complete independant series was transmitted in the following year.
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Last of the Summer Wine
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