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 - Hughie
Release Date: 1967-05-19Released from prison after a 10 year sentence, Hughie wants to return straight to the comfort of his cell.
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Episode 2 - House In A Tree
Release Date: 1967-05-26Mother and housewife Jennifer Corner copes with the running of her household.
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Episode 3 - Spanner In The Works
Release Date: 1967-06-02Arthur Machin, owner of a small engineering works, is determined to get the most out of his employees.
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Episode 4 - Heirs On A Shoestring
Release Date: 1967-06-09A couple are expecting an inheritance from their elderly uncle, but a spanner is put in the works by a prospective new heir.
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Episode 5 - Uncle Fred Flits By
Release Date: 1967-06-16The exploits of the eccentric Earl of Ickenham.
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Episode 6 - Loitering With Intent
Release Date: 1967-06-23A good-cause-supporting couple don't like it when a pair of ""Kilburn Refugees"" take up residence in their garden.
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Episode 7 - To Lucifer: A Son
Release Date: 1967-06-29Nick, the son of the devil, decides that Hell needs to be more trendy and with-it.
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Episode 8 - The Old Campaigner
Release Date: 1967-06-30Exploits of super salesman James Franklin-Jones or FJ as he is known as he travels the globe for Balsom Plastics and seeking out 'crumpet' at every opportunity.