The first television sitcoms
Today there are very few programmes made for television that I would class as a ‘situation comedy’, but in the early days of domestic broadcasting they were a staple of family viewing. We were one of ...
Tag Archives: 1950s
A chance to catch up on two lesser known Ealing Studios films
Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs HUE AND CRY (StudioCanal). A boys’ big adventure story: criminals (who get their coded instructions through a kids’ comic) are tracked down by East End kids. T E ...
Three old British comedies and a 75-year-old operetta
Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs NEXT TO NO TIME (Network). Time stops each day for an hour when you cross the Atlantic. Director Henry Cornelius and Kenneth More had a huge success with Genevie ...
The golden age of radio
During the 50s very few people had televisions and the radio was the main source of broadcast entertainment. During the early part of the decade Britain was still experiencing a wartime hangover with ...