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This Is Your Life

Series 8

Episode 19: Hattie Jacques

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC TelevisionLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for 6 months

Eamonn Andrews looks at Hattie Jacques's life and career, with contributions from John Le Mesurier, Eric Sykes and Leslie Phillips. (1963) Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Eamonn Andrews
Interviewed Guest:
Hattie Jacques
Participant:
John Le Mesurier
Participant:
Eric Sykes
Participant:
Leslie Phillips
Participant:
Shirley Eaton
Participant:
Leonard Sachs
Participant:
Bernard Miles
Director:
Vere Lorrimer

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

The cream of British comedy pay tribute to Spike Milligan at a charity evening recorded live at London's Guildhall. With Kathy Burke, Harry Enfield, Eddie Izzard and Michael Palin. Show more

Contributors

Performer:
Kathy Burke
Performer:
Harry Enfield
Performer:
Eddie Izzard
Performer:
Terry Jones
Performer:
Paul Merton
Performer:
Michael Palin
Performer:
John Sergeant
Performer:
Eric Sykes
Performer:
Cleo Laine
Producer:
Cerrie Frost

Genres

Reputations

Frankie Howerd

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Documentary revealing the truth about Frankie Howerd, one of Britain's best-loved comedians whose personal life was full of closely guarded secrets. Show more

Sykes

Series 7

Episode 3: The Stay-at-Home Holiday

Duration: 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Sitcom about a middle-aged brother and sister. Eric and Hattie are ready to depart for their holiday in the West Country, leaving Miss Rumbelow in charge.

Contributors

PC 'Corky' Turnball:
Deryck Guyler
Miss Rumbelow:
Joy Harington
Writer:
Eric Sykes

Decade of Doctors

Episode 3: Famous Faces

Duration: 5 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Doctors has seen some of TV's biggest names pass through the surgery doors. Diane Keen catches up with the stars to get their diagnosis on their Doctors experience. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Richard Briers
Participant:
Eric Sykes
Participant:
Darren Day
Participant:
Stefanie Powers
Participant:
Michael McKell
Participant:
Stirling Gallacher
Participant:
Mike Hobson
Participant:
Will Trotter
Executive Producer:
Michael Armit

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Classic comedy directed by and starring Eric Sykes. Two workmen struggle with a plank of work as they attempt to move it from a timber yard to their building site.

Sykes

Series 3

A Bandage

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Eric is left looking like a mummy when Hattie practises her first-aid skills. One of the consequences is that he can't get to make the final payment on his motorcycle.

Contributors

Eric Sykes:
Eric Sykes
Hattie Sykes:
Hattie Jacques
Charles Brown:
Richard Wattis
PC Corky Turnbull:
Deryck Guyler
Miss Bandicoot:
Fabia Drake
Mr Thompson:
Ralph Watson
Director:
Roger Race

Comedy Playhouse

Series 1

Clicquot et Fils

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Television

In the French country town of St. Valoise-sur-Seine, Pierre Clicquot is the local undertaker. But 1926 was not a good year for the worthy Clicquot. Show more

dinnerladies

Series 1

Moods

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 11 months

Tony and Bren are happy, but everyone else is in a bad mood. To lift the mood, a tea party is organised for everybody's parents.

Sykes

Series 2

Spy Ring

Duration: 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Eric and Hattie suspect their new neighbours are up to no good - they drink large vodkas and pay for them with crisp fivers. Could they be spies?

Contributors

PC Turnbull:
Deryck Guyler
Husband:
Jay Neill
Writer:
Eric Sykes
Producer:
Roger Race
Director:
Roger Race

Sykes

Series 1

Episode 6: Stranger

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Classic comedy. Eric and Hattie are visited by a mysterious stranger who claims that he has returned to honour a childhood promise.

Contributors

Tommy Grando:
Peter Sellers
PC Corky Turnbull:
Deryck Guyler
Mrs Hackenschmidt:
Joan Young
Store Manager:
Frank Gatliff
Miss Jones:
Mary Miller
Deirdre:
Cheryl Hall
Producer:
Roger Race
Director:
Roger Race
Executive Producer:
Dennis Main Wilson

Sykes

Series 4

Episode 7: Christmas Party

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 10 months

Eric and Hattie decide to spend Christmas at Corky's with his friends and relatives.

Contributors

Eric Sykes:
Eric Sykes
Hattie Sykes:
Hattie Jacques
PC Corky Turnbull:
Deryck Guyler
Director:
Roger Race

Arena

Night and Day

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

To celebrate Arena's 40th anniversary, a new film made entirely from its own archive, evoking the one experience common to all - the 24-hour cycle from dawn to dusk to dawn again. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Alex Jones
Director:
Anthony Wall
Editor:
Alex Jones
Participant:
The Beatles
Participant:
The Rolling Stones
Participant:
Jack Nicholson
Participant:
Jeffrey Bernard
Participant:
Anita Ekberg
Participant:
Luciano Pavarotti
Participant:
Ray Galton
Participant:
Alan Simpson
Participant:
Wendy Beckett
Participant:
Roy Plomley
Participant:
Gerald Scarfe
Participant:
Eric Sykes
Participant:
Orson Welles

Brand

Arena

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 11 months

Eric Sykes gives a tongue-in-cheek account of his follies and fortunes as an actor, gag writer and comedian in a long and successful career in the theatre, on radio and television. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Eric Sykes
Producer:
Donald Sayer

Duration: 2 hours, 6 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Comedy. A wealthy newspaper proprietor puts up a £10,000 prize for the fastest flight from London to Paris. His wager attracts a weird and eccentric collection of competitors. Show more

Contributors

Orvil Newton:
Stuart Whitman
Patricia Rawnsley:
Sarah Miles
Sir Percival Ware-Armitage:
Terry-Thomas
Colonel Manfred Von Holstein:
Gert Frobe
Pierre Dubois:
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Lord Rawnsley:
Robert Morley
Courtney:
Eric Sykes
Fire Chief Perkins:
Benny Hill
Richard Mays:
James Fox
Count Emilio Ponticelli:
Alberto Sordi
Brigitte/Ingrid/Marlene/Françoise/Yvette/Betty:
Irina Demick
Mother Superior:
Flora Robson
Neanderthal Man/Birdman/Inventors/Pilot/Airline Passenger:
Red Skelton
Captain Rumpelstoss:
Karl Michael Vogler
George Gruber:
Sam Wanamaker
French Postman:
Eric Barker
Colonel:
Fred Emney
Assistant Fire Chief:
Norman Rossington
Fireman:
Graham Stark
Harry Popperwell:
Tony Hancock
Trawler Skipper:
Maurice Denham
MacDougal:
Gordon Jackson
French Painter:
John Le Mesurier
Lieutenant Parsons:
Jeremy Lloyd
Countess Sophia Ponticelli:
Zena Marshall
Airline Hostess:
Millicent Martin
Italian Mayor:
Eric Pohlman
Tremayne Gascoyne:
William Rushton
Photographer:
Jimmy Thompson
Director:
Ken Annakin

Last of the Summer Wine

Series 28

Episode 1: The Second Stag Night of Doggy Wilkinson

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

The aged Doggy is disappointed that his stag night isn't as exciting as his first. Clegg, Truly, Alvin and Entwistle rectify that problem. Show more

Teletubbies

Walking in the Woods

First broadcast: on CBeebiesLatest broadcast: on CBeebies

Preschool fun, fantasy and education. The Teletubbies do a falling down dance and a tree appears in Teletubbyland. Show more

Teletubbies

Strawberry Picking

First broadcast: on CBeebiesLatest broadcast: on CBeebies

Preschool fun, fantasy and education. The Tubbies enjoy some tubby custard, and a present for Dipsy appears in Teletubbyland.