Comedy Playhouse (1961)
Synopsis
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.
Network
BBC One
Episodes
Cliquot et Fils
An undertaker in 1920s France needs to drum up trade for his ailing business.
Lunch in the Park
A pair of office workers have for ten years spent their lunch hour on the same park bench.
The Private Lives of Edward Whitely
The misadventures of bigamist Edward Whitely.
The Offer
Harold Steptoe, a middle aged rag and bone man, yearns to break away from the clutches of his elderly, conniving, and disgusting father, but events always conspire against him.
The Reunion
A reunion doesn't go as planned.
The Telephone Call
A worried man uses his phone to do something about the troubled world.
The Status Symbol
A garage owner doesn't want to return a customer's Rolls Royce because he he likes the way it looks in his yard.
Visiting Day
A group of hospital patients prepare for visiting day.
Sealed with a Loving Kiss
A pair of penpals decide to meet for the first time, but they haven't been telling the truth about themselves.
The Channel Swimmer
A man determines to swim the Channel.
Details
Original Title
Comedy Playhouse
Status
Ended
Seasons
18
Episodes
142
