Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Television: 815 Films to Buy & Rent
Simply Sykes (1971-1982)
- Feat. Tommy Cooper, Hattie Jacques
- Comprising two shows made for Thames Television; Sykes – With the Lid Off (1971) has comedy legend Eric Sykes dare to take the lid off the many…
Six Dates with Barker (6 Dates with Barker) (1971)
- Feat. Ronnie Barker
- A six–part showcase for the comedic talents of Ronnie Barker, this one–off series revolved around half–a–dozen situation…
Two Ronnies, The (TV Series) (1971)
- Feat. Ronnie Corbett, Ronnie Barker
- Classic, long–running BBC series from two of Britain’s all–time comedy greats in what is considered the perfect double–act. "Best…
Mary Tyler Moore Show, The (TV Series) (1970-1974)
- Feat. Mary Tyler Moore, Ted Knight, Edward Asner…
- A highly polished, somewhat revolutionary sitcom following the career path and domestic life of a determinedly single newsroom journalist, this made…
Odd Couple, The (TV Series) (1970)
- Feat. Jack Klugman, Tony Randall
- Spinning off from the feature film based on Neil Simon's Broadway play, this small screen version winningly supplants the Lemmon–Matthau double…
Partridge Family, The (TV Series) (1970-1974)
- Feat. Shirley Jones, David Cassidy, Susan Dey…
- A TV series that became a cause celebre, this concerns a struggling family who dream of becoming pop musicians, and using their combined talents hit…
Benny Hill Show, The (TV Series) (1969-1989)
- Dir. Dennis Kirkland
Feat. Benny Hill
- Despite his political incorrectness, Benny had one of the funniest comedy shows of the 70s – the greatest 'its of which are fondly assembled…
Brady Bunch, The (TV Series) (1969)
- Feat. Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis…
- America’s archetypal model for domestic bliss concerns the merger of two single parents, six kids, and their perpetually perky housemaid Alice into…
Complete and Utter History of Britain, The (TV Series) (1969)
- Dir. Maurice Murphy
Feat. Michael Palin, Terry Jones
- A comedy sketch show created by future Monty Python members Michael Palin and Terry Jones, which depicts various events in British history as if…
Liver Birds, The (1969)
- Feat. Nerys Hughes, Polly James, Mollie Sugden
- Two very different single girls share a flat in the age of glam–rock, the pill and women's lib in this hugely popular BBC sitcom that was the…