In a role he was surely born to play, the great Brian Blessed is a modern day Henry VIII in this series of video shorts from BBC Comedy.
Set in the present day, Henry is alive and well and living in a suburban semi with his long-suffering wife, Catherine Parr. Shot from the perspective of his [...]
Great news that Outnumbered has garnerd 5 nominations in the 2009 British Comedy Awards, deserved receiving an entry into the Best Sitcom category as well as putting forward Claire Skinner as best Actress and all of the fantastic younger cast as Best Newcomers (despite the show approaching its third series).
The great thing about the children [...]
Classic Christmas comedy the way it used to be…
httpv://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GBogWsfAS50
It was great to see the return of The IT Crowd, so to celebrate here’s a clip from the first series, which ties in nicely with the episode broadcast last Friday…
Starring Richard Ayoade and Chris O’Dowd.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBuo41qYOgw
Here’s another marvellous moment from Fawlty Towers, as Manuel gives Mrs Richards his assistance in connection with her reservation…
Starring Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth, Joan Sanderson
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6oC2jTywtA&
Carrying on our celebration of Basil Fawlty and Manuel this week, a clip from the much loved episode of Fawlty Towers known simply as The Germans…
Starring John Cleese, Ballard Berkeley and Andrew Sachs.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX85Y5Zb7sw
To celebrate John Cleese and Andrew Sachs appearing onstage at the 2008 Princes Trust concert, here begins a week of classic Fawlty Towers clips!
Right back to the start with A Touch of Class…
httpv://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=o8DngrgIpS0
From the classic Men Behaving Badly episode Drunk in 1994…
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGBdsJxxWn4
A compilation of John Cleese balls-ups
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-a5qRmapXo
An interesting piece at the weekend in The Times indicated that broadcasters are worried about the state of TV sitcoms, and the lack of big hitters such as Only Fools and Horses and The Office, or even Fawlty Towers.
Even the BBC – which has radio and digital channels to test material out on – is [...]
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