British Sitcom History Podcast

British Sitcom History Podcast
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Looking back at the wonderful world of British sitcoms. @britcompod

  1. 4d ago

    Is It Legal? Part 2

    Here is Part 2 of our look at Simon Nye's Is It Legal? starring the great Imelda Staunton. This week, we take a close look at Patrick Barlow and have good things to say about the physical comedy in the show.

    Is It Legal? Part 2

  2. Sep 3

    Is It Legal? Part 1

    This month we are looking at the somewhat forgotten mid nineties sitcom Is it Legal? Coming from Simon Nye while still riding high on the success of Men Behaving Badly, the show features theatre star Imelda Staunton in a relatively rare lead role.

    Is It Legal? Part 1

  3. Aug 24

    James Gilbert Deep Dive

    As part of our look at early Last of the Summer Wine, we came across the name of James "Jimmy" Gilbert, who was a big cheese at the BBC for many years. He played a big part in the satire boom of the sixties, brought The Two Ronnies together, and commissioned some of your favourite sitcoms. I found an in depth interview with him and listened to it all so you don't have to! But if you want to anyway, you can find it here: https://historyproject.org.uk/interview/james-jimmy-gilbert

    James Gilbert Deep Dive

  4. Aug 20

    Spanner's Eleven (Seven of One)

    This week we're having a look at one of the episodes from Seven of One, an anthology series designed to find sitcoms built around Ronnie Barker. The series spawned two huge successes, Porridge and Open All Hours. But this one didn't. Written by Roy Clarke at the same time he was birthing Last of the Summer Wine, Spanner's Eleven sees Ronnie Barker as the incompetent manager of an incompetent lower league football team. Expect weak football puns and a surprising amount of seventies smut!

    Spanner's Eleven (Seven of One)

  5. Aug 13

    Last of the Summer Wine (The Blamire Years) Part 2

    Part 2 of our look at just the tip of the long-running Last of the Summer Wine. We finish our analysis of the episode, marvel at the technical set dressing of a church, and take a closer look at the work of Michael Bates.

    Last of the Summer Wine (The Blamire Years) Part 2

  6. Aug 6

    Last of the Summer Wine (The Blamire Years) Part 1

    This week we begin an epic journey into the world's longest running sitcom, Last of the Summer Wine. We'll start by looking at just the first two series, after which Michael Bates left. Here, we talk about the meandering and pointless nature of the first series, and we get a closer look at the careers of Peter Sallis and Bill Owen.

    Last of the Summer Wine (The Blamire Years) Part 1

  7. Jul 16

    Sex Lives of the Potato Men

    This month we've been looking at Ideal so what better opportunity to take a look back at an early acting appearance from Johnny Vegas in the infamously bad Sex Lives of the Potato Men. Co-starring Mackenzie Crook, hot off The Office, and featuring surprisingly large supporting roles from Dominic Coleman and Mark Gatiss, this film is also packed with other Britcom cameos. It's also pretty crap and we get to make fun of it.

    Sex Lives of the Potato Men

  8. Jul 9

    Ideal (Part 2)

    This week we continue our in-depth investigation into what exactly Ideal is and what it became as it carried on for several years. We also look at the career of Johnny Vegas and try and parse the blurred line between comedian and comedy character. And to top it all we have a report from the Ideal 25th Anniversary live stage show, which Allen went to see last year.

    Ideal (Part 2)
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Looking back at the wonderful world of British sitcoms. @britcompod

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  • Creator
    British Sitcom History Podcast
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    135
  • Rating
    Explicit
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