Comedy Playhouse (1961)
Comedy Playhouse is a long-running British anthology series of one-off unrelated sitcoms that aired for 120 episodes from 1961 to 1975. Many episodes later graduated to their own series, including Steptoe and Son, Till Death Us Do Part, All Gas and Gaiters, The Liver Birds, Are You Being Served? and Last of the Summer Wine, which is the world's longest running sitcom, having run from January 1973 to August 2010.
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Episode 1 - Barnaby Spoot And The Exploding Whoopee Cushion
Release Date: 1965-05-28Barnaby Spoot, the lowly assistant in a novelty shop managed by short-tempered Mr Bostock, is determined to make his mark in the novelty trade by inventing new gags. Unfortunately, his latest device is typical: a talking cheese (the Chatty Cheddar) that no one wants. So Spoot decides to wreak revenge on the conglomerate that controls the shop by assassinating the entire board of directors with....
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Episode 2 - Mother Came Too
Release Date: 1965-06-04Arthur Pratt struggles to break away from his domineering mother.
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Episode 3 - Here I Come Whoever I Am
Release Date: 1965-06-1132-year-old Ambrose Twombly yearns to fall in love.
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Episode 4 - Happy Family
Release Date: 1965-06-18Problems of Ted coping with a wife and four daughters.
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Episode 5 - Memoirs Of A Chaise Longue
Release Date: 1965-07-02Stories of various couples who have 'used' a chaise longue through the years.
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Episode 6 - Murray And Me
Release Date: 1965-07-08Murray tries to learn ""The Knowledge' (all the streets in London) in order to qualify as a taxi driver.
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Episode 7 - Hudd
Release Date: 1965-07-15A solo vehicle for comedian Roy Hudd, later developed into a six-episode series, with no continuing characters or situations.
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Episode 8 - Till Death Us Do Part
Release Date: 1965-07-22Working class bigot Alf fights with his more liberal daughter and son-in-law on every conceivable issue.
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Episode 9 - The Time And Motion Man
Release Date: 1965-07-29Time and Motion man Kingsley Binns lets his job spill over into his private life.
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Episode 10 - Sam The Samaritan
Release Date: 1965-08-05Exploits of three sailors on leave in 1910.
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Episode 11 - The Vital Spark
Release Date: 1965-08-12Misadventures of Captain Para Handy and his hapless crew aboard ""The Vital Spark.""
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Episode 12 - Betsy Mae
Release Date: 1965-08-19A twleve-year-old schoolboy has written a winning essay on the works of children's author Betsy Mae Meadows. His prize is a visit to her home—and naturally she detests actual children.