Tag Archives: 1980′s tv

Comedy DVDs for sale – The search for “Bread” has resulted in the following items

Posted on 2 May, 2010 by admin

A user has recently been looking for Bread. If you remember this was an eighties phenomenon. Written by Carla Lane the show lasted for seven series on the BBC between 1986 and 1991. It featured an extended Catholic family in … Continue reading →

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Comedy DVDs for sale – The search for ‘Last Of The Summer Wine’ has yielded the following choices

Posted on 20 April, 2010 by admin

One of our users was looking for Last Of The Summer Wine. Do you remember these grumpy old men? When I first became aware of it in the late 70′s / early 80′s they were Foggy, Compo and Clegg. Their … Continue reading →

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Rowan Atkinson

Posted on 4 September, 2009 by admin

Rowan Atkinson was born in Consett Co. Durham in 1955 and is perhaps best known worldwide for his portrayal of rubber faced and feeble-minded Mr Bean. However, as this is a comedy website (sorry, but I don’t get it), I’d … Continue reading →

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Comedies on DVD – The Young ones, Flood

Posted on 11 August, 2009 by admin

Comedies on DVD – the sixth and final episode of The Young Ones first series, Flood was first shown on BBC2 on 14 December 1982. I had just turned 13! With influences from CS Lewis(!) and The Bible(!!) and Stephen … Continue reading →

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Comedies on DVD – The Young Ones, Interesting

Posted on 26 March, 2009 by admin

Comedies on DVD – the fifth episode of The Young Ones first series, Interesting was first aired on BBC2 on Tuesday 7 December 1982.  The boys are having a party and as usual, Neil is doing all the work.  Rik … Continue reading →

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Comedies on DVD – The Young Ones, Bomb

Posted on 21 March, 2009 by admin

Comedies on DVD – Bomb is the fourth episode of the first series of The Young Ones.  First aired on BBC2 on 30 November 1982, it is for me perhaps the weakest of  the 12 episodes of The Young Ones. … Continue reading →

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Comedies on DVD – The Young Ones, Boring

Posted on 16 March, 2009 by admin

Comedies on DVD – Boring is the third episode of The Young Ones first series First aired on BBC2 at 9.00pm on 23 November 1982, the boys are incredibly bored.  So bored, in fact, that they just don’t notice all … Continue reading →

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Comedies on DVD – The Young Ones, Oil

Posted on 16 March, 2009 by admin

Comedies on DVD – the second episode of The Young Ones first series, Oil, saw the boys decamp to their new house. Its surreal tone was set by the opening scene when the statue outside the front door complains bitterly, … Continue reading →

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Comedies on DVD – The Young Ones, Demolition

Posted on 15 March, 2009 by admin

Comedies on DVD – Demolition was the pilot and very first episode of The Young Ones.  It was originally  shown on BBC2 on Tuesday 9 November 1982.  The storyline of this episode is fairly simple.  The Council has decided to … Continue reading →

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Comedies on DVD – The Young Ones, Bambi

Posted on 14 March, 2009 by admin

Comedies on DVD – Bambi was the first episode of the second series of The Young Ones.  In my view it is the best of them all.  Starting with a trip to the launderette and ending with an appearance on … Continue reading →

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