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 6)
Hughie (Episode 1)
Writer: Johnnie Mortimer
Air date: 1967-05-19
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Released from prison after a 10 year sentence, Hughie wants to return straight to the comfort of his cell.
House In A Tree (Episode 2)
Air date: 1967-05-26
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Mother and housewife Jennifer Corner copes with the running of her household.
Spanner In The Works (Episode 3)
Air date: 1967-06-02
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Arthur Machin, owner of a small engineering works, is determined to get the most out of his employees.
Heirs On A Shoestring (Episode 4)
Air date: 1967-06-09
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A couple are expecting an inheritance from their elderly uncle, but a spanner is put in the works by a prospective new heir.
Uncle Fred Flits By (Episode 5)
Air date: 1967-06-16
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The exploits of the eccentric Earl of Ickenham.
Loitering With Intent (Episode 6)
Air date: 1967-06-23
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A good-cause-supporting couple don't like it when a pair of ""Kilburn Refugees"" take up residence in their garden.
To Lucifer: A Son (Episode 7)
Writer: Johnny Speight
Air date: 1967-06-29
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Nick, the son of the devil, decides that Hell needs to be more trendy and with-it.
The Old Campaigner (Episode 8)
Writer: Michael Pertwee
Air date: 1967-06-30
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Exploits of super salesman James Franklin-Jones or FJ as he is known as he travels the globe for Balsom Plastics and seeking out 'crumpet' at every opportunity.
