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 14)
No Strings (Episode 1)
Air date: 1974-04-16
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Derek advertises for a flatmate. When Leonora arrives his tidy bachelor domain is soon disrupted by a feminine touch.
Franklyn and Johnnie (Episode 2)
Writer: Peter Jones
Air date: 1974-04-23
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Two old rivals decide to make up at the funeral of a friend.
Howerd's History of England (Episode 3)
Air date: 1974-04-30
Runtime: 30 min
Happy Ever After (Episode 4)
Air date: 1974-05-07
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Pilot for BBC's "Happy Ever After" series.
The Dobson Doughnut (Episode 5)
Air date: 1974-05-14
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Terry and June Fletcher are a middle-aged, middle-class couple who find themselves alone when their grown-up children, daughters Susan and Debbie, leave home. However, they are not alone for long as Aunt Lucy comes to live with them, along with her talking mynah bird.Terry frequently hits upon an idea, which due to his foolhardy and obsessive manner he then continues with whatever the consequences, while June remains patient and tolerant.
The Big Job (Episode 6)
Air date: 1974-05-21
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Comedy about a family of incompetent criminals
It's Only Me: Whoever I am (Episode 7)
Air date: 1974-05-28
Overview: A young man struggles to break free of his domineering mother.
The Last Man on Earth (Episode 8)
Air date: 1974-06-04
Overview: A man and his wife wake one morning to discover that everyone else on Earth had just disappeared. After initial disbelief, they settle into looting stores until suddenly they come under mysterious sniper fire at the end.
Sitting Pretty (Episode 9)
Air date: 1974-06-11
Pygmalion Smith (Episode 10)
Air date: 1974-06-18
Overview: Pygmalion 'Smithy' Smith, a less than glamorous photographer at an out of work holiday resort, tries to make a young girl into a star.
A Girl's Best Friend (Episode 11)
Air date: 1974-06-25
Overview: Divorcee Audrey Dalton learns she is going out with the same man as her daughter.
The Reverend Wooing of Archibald (Episode 12)
Air date: 1974-07-02
Overview: Archibald Mulliner enlists the help of his Uncle in wooing the girl of his dreams.
French Relish (Episode 13)
Air date: 1974-07-09
Bird Alone (Episode 14)
Air date: 1974-07-16
