Comedy Playhouse

Comedy Playhouse was an occasional BBC television anthology series of the 1960s and early 1970s, consisting of one-off comedic plays with the potential to be turned into regular sitcoms.

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BBC - Television - 1960s - 1970s - Sitcom

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Each individual show in the series of six programmes would have different writers and star different performers.

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The most successful series to originate out of Comedy Playhouse were Steptoe and Son (which began as a play called The Offer), Are You Being Served?, All Gas and Gaiters,

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Steptoe and Son - Are You Being Served? - All Gas and Gaiters

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The Liver Birds and Till Death Us Do Part. One particular entry which appeared in 1973, The Last of the Summer Wine, was commissioned by the BBC for a series and, as of 2005, is still running, making it the longest running sitcom in the world.

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The Liver Birds - Till Death Us Do Part - 1973 - The Last of the Summer Wine - 2005

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