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Lost Sitcoms

Episode 4: Steptoe and Son

Duration: 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Series which recreates three British classic lost sitcoms with a new cast. Harold wants to go on a skiing holiday but he doesn't want Albert there. Show more

Contributors

Albert Steptoe:
Jeff Rawle
Harold Steptoe:
Ed Coleman
Writer:
Ray Galton
Producer:
Owen Bell

Lost Sitcoms

Episode 3: Hancock's Half Hour

Duration: 25 minutes

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

Series which recreates three classic lost British sitcoms with a new cast. Tony has a new neighbour whose behaviour is very, very suspicious. Show more

Contributors

Tony Hancock:
Kevin McNally
Hattie Jacques:
Katy Wix
John Vere:
Kevin Eldon
Kenneth Williams:
Robin Sebastian
Sid James:
Jon Culshaw
Writer:
Ray Galton
Producer:
Owen Bell

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

Duration: 35 minutes

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

Available for years

A trip through the Comedy Playhouse archive in the company of the people who made some of the most loved episodes from the original series. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
June Whitfield
Participant:
Paul Merton
Participant:
Hugh Dennis
Participant:
Ray Galton
Participant:
Alan Simpson
Producer:
Breid McLoone
Director:
Breid McLoone
Executive Producer:
Steven Canny

Duration: 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC TelevisionLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Vintage comedy. Two drivers meet each other halfway down a narrow country lane. When neither offers to give way, the arrival of the AA and the RAC only makes matters worse. Show more

Contributors

Mr Spooner:
Bernard Cribbins
Mr Ferris:
Leslie Phillips
Mrs Ferris:
Georgina Cookson
Mrs Spooner:
Yootha Joyce
Police Constable:
Campbell Singer
Writer:
Ray Galton

Hancock

Episode 4: The Lift

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One YorkshireLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Classic comedy. Hancock is the ninth passenger in a lift for eight people. When the lift sticks between floors, his attempts to cheer everybody up are not appreciated. Show more

Contributors

Anthony Aloysius Hancock:
Tony Hancock
Mr Humphries:
Charles Lloyd Pack
Mrs Humphries:
Diana King
The Producer:
Jack Watling
The Air Marshall:
John Le Mesurier
The Vicar:
Noel Howlett
Lift Assistant:
Hugh Lloyd
Writer:
Ray Galton
Producer:
Duncan Wood

Series

Hancock

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