Frank Muir (Actor)

What-a-Mess

The title character is a dishevelled (hence his nickname), accident-prone Afghan Hound puppy, whose real name is Prince Amir of Kinjan.

Release Date1990-03-26

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Charactersd Narrator (voice)

Episode Count[ 1 ]

Innocents in Paris

Romantic comedy about a group of Britons flying to Paris for the weekend.

Release Date1953-07-22

Charactersd Stilton's friend

Vote Count14

Is This a Record?

John Cleese, Michael Palin and Terry Jones celebrate the Guinness Book of World Records.

Release Date1973-06-01

DepartmentCrew

JobAdditional Writing

Charactersd Commentator

Vote Count1

The Ealing Comedies

The story of the men and women who produced a series of film comedies that were so original and funny that they put Ealing on the map.

Release Date1970-09-08

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Presenter - Self

To See Such Fun

Compilation of classic British comedy moments

Release Date1977-11-01

Charactersd Narrator

We Have Ways Of Making You Laugh

We Have Ways of Making You Laugh is a comedic television series produced by Humphrey Barclay and directed by Bill Turner for London Weekend Television.

Release Date1968-08-02

Charactersd Self

Episode Count12

Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus

Discover how six seemingly ordinary but supremely talented men became Monty Python, sketch comedy's inspired group of lunatics who turned such unlikely sources of inspiration as Spam, dead parrots and the Inquisition into enduring punch lines. This entertaining documentary includes interviews with members of the troupe, as well as home movies, photos and rare recordings from Monty Python's early years.

Release Date2008-07-01

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

Vote Count4

Elementary, My Dear Watson

John Cleese stars as Sherlock Holmes in this Comedy Playhouse pilot episode from 1973.

Release Date1973-01-18

Charactersd Self

The Glums

The Glums began as part of the 1950s radio show 'Take It from Here'. The characters were revived in 1978 as part of the 'Bruce Forsyth's Big Night' variety show, and a complete independant series was transmitted in the following year.

Release Date1978-10-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count17

Bottoms Up!

An incompetent boarding school headmaster, Professor Jim Edwards, devises a bizarre plot to raise the profile of his boarding school, and thus save his job, by passing off his bookie's son as a Middle Eastern prince. The headmaster's madcap scheme is further complicated when an official from the Foreign Office arrives and announces that a real prince is to be placed under Edwards supervision, not due to the schools lofty reputation, but that a gang of kidnappers are unlikely to look for the regal child there.

Release Date1960-03-25

DepartmentCrew

JobAdditional Dialogue

Vote Count8

Love in Pawn

A British comedy about a struggling artist and his wife living on a houseboat. To raise money she pawns him! His new family takes a liking to him particularly the daughter! The wife tries to redeem her husband but finds she has lost the pawn ticket. In a short matter of time, the whole incident becomes a national sensation.

Release Date1953-11-23

DepartmentCrew

JobAdditional Dialogue

Vote Count4

Call My Bluff

Two teams of three alternate between giving and guessing the meanings of obscure English words.

Release Date1965-10-17