sit coms from back in the day.

I loved early episodes of Benidorm too . So funny x

MissAdventure

Brush Strokes?
Dexy's Midnight Runners sang the theme tune.
A beautiful, gentle song.

Yes!! Thank you, that's it!

Oh good!!
All I can really remember is that the lead character seemed to somehow make events happen, as if by magic.

Anyone remember No Honestly - Pauline Collins and John Alderton - in 1974/75?

Was it a spin off from upstairs downstairs?
Or totally different?

Lyndsey DePaul sang the theme song, I presume. (Or maybe yes, honestly)

How could I have forgotten to mention Waiting for God? I always said she owed me for all the ideas of mine that she used!! I lived abroad and travelled a great deal, passed my driving test in London and 3 weeks later drove to Yugoslavia, sailed my own boat, went to all sorts of odds and sods places on my own, not nannied by Lonely Planet etc Did my own research and learnt enough basic language for courtesy. So when idiots (usually men!!) look at my white hair (used to be a redhead!) and talk down to me they get quite a shock. The man, who when I was studying a computer, asked me in a patronising tone if I needed him to show me how to switch it on!! was somewhat taken aback when I informed him that I had run a computerised telecommunications system before he was born and would he like me to explain it to him in french, german, portuguese or arabic!!! He looked rather stunned and I stalked off!!

A favourite in our family was Ever Decreasing Circles with the wonderful Richard Briers. Loved everything he was in. This series had our DD’s in fits as they thought his character was so like their dad, putting the phone back in the “correct” position every time he passed it! The ironic thing was that their dad was an Army Officer who thought the neighbour, an Army Officer played by Peter Egan was more like him 😄 My girls would be in fits!!

I would love to know if anyone else remembers 'Chance in a Million'
Brenda Blethyn was a librarian and Simon Callow was her boyfriend I think. Really funny .

Just watching Whatever happened to the Likeky lads", still very entertaining now!!

Rowan and Martins Laugh In or it could have been the Andy Williams Show, was a sketch every week with a bear knocking on the door, dressed in various disguises, begging for cookies. At the end of the sketch he never got the cookies and ending up collapsing backward.

Men behaving badly.

Nanny27

I would love to know if anyone else remembers 'Chance in a Million'
Brenda Blethyn was a librarian and Simon Callow was her boyfriend I think. Really funny .

Yes I do! I mentioned it further up the thread. I liked it too.

I loved most of them. Benidorm is a little bit special because I had a home there for 20 years, in the next village which is now rather touristy and the next village after that, Altea has remained pretty Spanish. The next part heading north is called Altea Hills, featured in the Cilla black episode.
I loved Rising Damp and had a crush on Don Warrington mainly because of his super posh accent. I now watch him in Death in Paradise.

GrammaH

Just watching Whatever happened to the Likeky lads", still very entertaining now!!

We also watch this, tonight’s ep was all about the wedding.
Know the song 🎵 to it off by heart as well as other catchy sit com songs from that era, my favourite is the song they sing at the beginning of Cheers, know that off by heart as well.

It was Martha Longhurst and Violet Carson as Ena Sharples

Just wondering if anyone watched the US sitcom ‘Everybody loves Raymond’, used to be on early mornings on channel 4, we watched it whilst having breakfast.

What was the programme that had someone saying….Veree interesting…..but stoopid huh? ?

Was it the Kenny Everett show?

Midget, I think it was the rowan and martins laugh in. He was dressed I think in a German helmet and used to pop up now and then with verrr interesting.

I just checked, he was Arte Johnson from rowan and Martin. It’s on YouTube.

Sorry, I got your name wrong Midgey I do apologise.

Goodness, some shows on this thread that I've never heard of! Presently the That's TV channel is showing a whole bunch of shows, Just Good Friends (Paul Nicholas, Jan Francis, and some skilled support), Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads, Three Up Two Down, the wonderful Rising Damp, Goodnight Sweetheart, You Rang M'Lord (a weird blend of Hi De Hi & the Indian Army one!), 2point4 children, the dreadful Some Mothers Do ave em, and lots more. Talking Pictures has that gentle comedy with Handl & Pickles (For the Love of Ada), and Going Straight is just starting a re-run on BBC 3 or 4. Drama and Gold channels also have old sitcoms of course.

One obvious point is that most of the old sitcoms are funnier than the present ones?!

We watch That’s TV.

Liver Birds