Remembering Roy Barraclough
Roy Barraclough, the actor best known for his work on Coronation Street and with Les Dawson, has died aged 81.
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Bets on further classic telly comebacks
Bookies bet on which classic TV shows will return next.
Jimmy Carr to look at the science of laughter and comedy in Horizon special
Comedian Jimmy Carr is to host a special edition of Horizon as part of the BBC’s Landmark Sitcom season.
Landmark sitcom season to air across BBC channels
To mark 60 years since Galton and Simpson’s Hancock’s Half Hour started on BBC Television the beeb are to air a ‘landmark sitcom season’ which includes the previously announced return to Grace Brothers Department Store comedy, Are You Being Served?
BBC One returns to Grace Brothers for more Are You Being Served?
They may have “all done very well” in the 1970s and 80s but now the beeb is hoping for a new hit with a return to the department store sitcom Are You Being Served?
Actor Nicholas Smith dies aged 81
Actor Nicholas Smith, best known for his role as Cuthbert Rumbold in Are You Being Served?, and its spin-off Grace and Favour, has died aged 81.
EyeSpy: Remembering Frank Thornton
Iconic comedy actor Frank Thornton has died, best known for his roles as pompous Captain Peacock in Are You Being Served? and Grace & Favour as well as in recent years as Herbert ‘Truly’ Truelove in Last of the Summer Wine. Here we doff our bowler hat to the funnyman.
Frank Thornton dies, aged 92
Star of long-running BBC sitcom Are You Being Served? Frank Thornton has died at the age of 92.
Comedies Ripe for Revival: Spitting Image, Please Sir! and On the Buses
Yesterday it was announced that digital channel Gold was reviving the iconic political comedy Yes, Prime Minister – perhaps there couldn’t be a better time for a revival of the series suggests Doug Lambert in this edition of Editor Reports.
Only Fools and Horses to be remade for America?
Classic BBC comedy Only Fools and Horses could be remade for American television.