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LENNON: A WEEK IN THE LIFE

LENNON: A WEEK IN THE LIFE

Mention the names of Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais and Porridge and The Likely Lads spring instantly to mind, these being the classic comedies for which the writers are best known and most widely re ...
The first television sitcoms

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 ...