Comedy Playhouse is a long-running British anthology series of one-off unrelated sitcoms that aired for 120 episodes from 1961 to 1975. Many episodes later graduated to their own series, including Steptoe and Son, Till Death Us Do Part, All Gas and Gaiters, The Liver Birds, Are You Being Served? and Last of the Summer Wine, which is the world's longest running sitcom, having run from January 1973 to August 2010.
Comedy Playhouse (Season 13)
Idle At Work (Episode 1)
Writer: Graham Chapman
Air date: 1972-01-14
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Misadventures of one George Idle.
And Whose Side Are You On (Episode 2)
Air date: 1972-01-21
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: During WWII, German Major Sperling has his cushy existence in a rural village put under strain by the arrival by the arrival of a tough Gestapo officer.
The Dirtiest Soldier In The World (Episode 3)
Air date: 1972-03-27
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Exploits of a group of Highland soldiers, especially Private McAuslan.
Are You Being Served? (Episode 4)
Air date: 1972-09-08
Runtime: 30 min
Weren't You Marcia Honeywell? (Episode 5)
Air date: 1972-09-07
Runtime: 30 min
Born Every Minute (Episode 6)
Air date: 1972-01-28
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The shady exploits of a pair of con men.
