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 3)
On The Knocker (Episode 1)
Writer: Jack Rosenthal
Air date: 1963-09-28
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Exploits of door-to-door salesman Ronnie Fender.
Underworld Nights (Episode 2)
Air date: 1963-10-05
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Exploits of crime writer Vogler.
Fools Rush In (Episode 3)
Air date: 1963-10-12
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A retired Major tries to adjust to civilian life.
Shamrot (Episode 4)
Writer: Johnny Speight
Air date: 1963-10-19
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Dermot is a London-born Irishman who hates everything about England, but has never even been to the ""Old Country.""
The Bachelor Girls (Episode 5)
Air date: 1963-10-26
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Two young girls about town share a flat.
The Plan (Episode 6)
Writer: Dennis Spooner
Air date: 1963-11-02
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Albert Fawkes hates his surname and rebels against it by trying to re-enact the Gunpowder Plot.
A Picture of Innocence (Episode 7)
Writer: Jack Rosenthal
Air date: 1963-11-09
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Northern Arthur Berry develops an interest in art.
Nicked at the Bottle (Episode 8)
Writer: Marty Feldman
Air date: 1963-11-16
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Lawyer Mossy advises Mrs Emily Trout and her family of crooks.
The Chars (Episode 9)
Writer: Jack Rosenthal
Air date: 1963-11-23
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Exploits of two charladies at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Comrades in Arms (Episode 10)
Air date: 1963-11-30
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A window cleaner witnesses an extramarital affair and is soon involved in farcical cover-up shenanigans.
The Walrus and the Carpenter (Episode 11)
Writer: Marty Feldman
Air date: 1963-12-14
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Exploits of a pair of mismatched elderly friends.
The Bed (Episode 12)
Air date: 1963-12-28
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The ups and downs of a Northern married couple.
The Mate Market (Episode 13)
Air date: 1964-01-03
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Exploits of marriage bureau owner John Cook.
The Hen House (Episode 14)
Writer: Derek Collyer
Air date: 1964-01-10
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Mrs Fanwyn runs her Khartoum House Girls Hostel with a firm hand.
The Siege of Sydney's Street (Episode 15)
Writer: Dennis Spooner
Air date: 1964-01-17
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Sydney Lord hates beaurocracy and determines to fight it whenever he finds it.
The Mascot (Episode 16)
Air date: 1964-01-24
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Mad keen football fan Arnold Birtwhistle is mascot of Northtown Football Club, but new chairman Mr Gibson wants to change the club's image.
Good Luck Sir, You've Got A Lucky Face (Episode 17)
Writer: Marty Feldman
Air date: 1964-01-31
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Match seller Gomorrah Weevil tangles with slum landlord Harold Harbinger.
