Comedy Playhouse (1961–2017)

TV Series | 30 min | Comedy

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Anthology series of one-off, unrelated situation comedies.

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Frank Thornton

Captain Peacock

(7 episodes, 1961-1973)
John Le Mesurier

(A Creature of Habit)

(7 episodes, 1963-1974)
Robert Dorning

Bank Manager

(6 episodes, 1964-1975)
Bernard Cribbins

Ambrose Twombly

(5 episodes, 1962-1970)
Graham Stark

Arthur Pratt

(5 episodes, 1962-1965)
John Junkin

Ernie Babcock

(5 episodes, 1965-1971)
Pat Coombs

Café Server

(5 episodes, 1963-1970)
Tony Melody

Gas Man

(5 episodes, 1964-1971)
Ronald Fraser

Arnold

(5 episodes, 1962-1974)
Peter Jones

Clive

(5 episodes, 1962-1975)
Yootha Joyce

Lil Wilson

(5 episodes, 1963-1974)
Warren Mitchell

Alf Ramsey

(5 episodes, 1961-1972)
Derek Nimmo

Estate Agent

(5 episodes, 1963-1974)
Roger Avon

Newsagent

(5 episodes, 1961-1968)
Blake Butler

Crook 1

(4 episodes, 1963-1973)
Daphne Anderson

Ethel Waring

(4 episodes, 1961-1967)
Gordon Rollings

Claude Parker

(4 episodes, 1963-1970)
Harry Locke

AA Man

(4 episodes, 1963-1974)
David Gregory

Contestant

(4 episodes, 1962-1964)
Michael Stainton

Chauffeur

(4 episodes, 1963-1973)
Richard McNeff

Policeman

(4 episodes, 1963-1971)
Valerie Stanton

Slave

(4 episodes, 1963-1970)
Frankie Howerd

Lurcio

(3 episodes, 1963-1974)
Barbara Windsor

Cynthia Spooner

(3 episodes, 1964-1970)
Alfred Marks

Lionel Hogg

(3 episodes, 1962-1974)
June Whitfield

June Fletcher

(3 episodes, 1962-1974)
Derek Fowlds

Jimmy

(3 episodes, 1967-1975)
Dermot Kelly

Dermot

(3 episodes, 1963-1967)
Derek Francis

Harold Harbinger

(3 episodes, 1964-1972)
Richard Caldicot

Clanders

(3 episodes, 1962-1969)
Ann Lancaster

Amanda

(3 episodes, 1963-1967)
Priscilla Morgan

Mrs. Jones

(3 episodes, 1961-1966)
James Beck

Johnny

(3 episodes, 1963-1972)
Bob Todd

Boat Pilot

(3 episodes, 1962-1970)
Harold Goodwin

Widden

(3 episodes, 1962-1968)
Freddie Earlle

Gaston

(3 episodes, 1972-1975)
Edward Evans

Mr. Lockerby

(3 episodes, 1965-1973)
Rita Webb

Charlady

(3 episodes, 1962-1975)
Anthony Sharp

Dr. Dennison

(3 episodes, 1963-1968)
Amy Dalby

Mrs. Bullrush

(3 episodes, 1963-1968)
Deryck Guyler

Major Humphrey Carlton

(3 episodes, 1963-1970)
Wilfrid Brambell

Albert Steptoe

(3 episodes, 1962-1965)
Patrick Newell

Barney

(3 episodes, 1963-1974)
Patricia Hayes

Blanche

(3 episodes, 1970-1974)
Robert Raglan

Jack

(3 episodes, 1963-1965)
Betty Marsden

(A Creature of Habit)

(3 episodes, 1962-1972)
Pauline Collins

Chantal

(3 episodes, 1968-1969)
Hilary Pritchard

Mary

(3 episodes, 1969-1971)
Joan Ingram

Lady in the Tube

(3 episodes, 1963-1971)
Eric Dodson

Police Constable

(3 episodes, 1964-1967)
Jonathan Cecil

Major Fitzwarren

(3 episodes, 1966-1970)
Timothy Carlton

Jeremy Bathurst

(3 episodes, 1971-1972)
Harry H. Corbett

Ernest 'Ern' Conway

(3 episodes, 1962-1975)
Barbara Lindley

Slave

(3 episodes, 1969-1974)
George Cole

Charles

(2 episodes, 1963-1966)
Beryl Reid

Irene Jelliot

(2 episodes, 1964-1968)
Milo O'Shea

Bunjy Kennefick

(2 episodes, 1968-1974)
Sheila Hancock

Claire Love

(2 episodes, 1970-1971)
Nicky Henson

Nick Ransley

(2 episodes, 1971-1974)
Trevor Bannister

Geoffrey

(2 episodes, 1972-1975)
Ronnie Barker

George Idle

(2 episodes, 1972-1974)
Freddie Frinton

Fred Holmes

(2 episodes, 1963-1968)
Leslie Phillips

Kingsley Binns

(2 episodes, 1963-1965)
John Bird

Barnaby Spoot

(2 episodes, 1965-1975)
William Mervyn

Mr. Mulliner

(2 episodes, 1966-1974)
Clive Dunn

Elijah Jones

(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Michael Bates

Antrobus (First Secretary)

(2 episodes, 1968-1973)
Alison Steadman

Brenda

(2 episodes, 2016-2017)
Raymond Huntley

Emanuel Holroyd

(2 episodes, 1961-1970)
Dick Emery

Arthur Clench

(2 episodes, 1962-1969)
Fenella Fielding

(Mixed Doubles)

(2 episodes, 1963-1965)
Roy Kinnear

Ginger Dick

(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Norman Rossington

Arthur Machin

(2 episodes, 1967-1970)
Tony Selby

Bill

(2 episodes, 1970-1973)
Hugh Lloyd

First Patient

(2 episodes, 1962-1967)
Anna Palk

Joan Hunter

(2 episodes, 1963-1971)
Una Stubbs

Jo Ransley

(2 episodes, 1965-1974)
Gretchen Franklin

Else Ramsey

(2 episodes, 1965-1970)
Julian Holloway

Archibald Mulliner

(2 episodes, 1967-1974)
Michael Robbins

Bill Collins

(2 episodes, 1968-1973)
Peter Bayliss

Brown

(2 episodes, 1968-1970)
Beryl Cooke

Aunt Lucy

(2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Terence Alexander

Robin Ampleforth

(2 episodes, 1961-1963)
Patrick Cargill

'Bow-Tie' Bertie

(2 episodes, 1962-1967)
Chic Murray

Constable

(2 episodes, 1965-1973)
Daphne Heard

Auntie Vee

(2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Spencer Jones

Friar Tuck

(2 episodes, 2017)
Francis Matthews

Captain Hawkins

(2 episodes, 1963-1966)
Diana Hope

Carole Lewisham

(2 episodes, 1963-1965)
Sam Kydd

Alfred

(2 episodes, 1967-1969)
Jessie Evans

Mrs. Jones

(2 episodes, 1969-1971)
Norman Bird

Dad

(2 episodes, 1970-1973)
Mollie Sugden

Lady Wright

(2 episodes, 1972)
Frank Williams

Labour Exchange Clerk

(2 episodes, 1963-1970)
Arthur Mullard

1st Bailiff

(2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Edwin Apps

Aeroplane Passenger

(2 episodes, 1963)
Joe Gladwin

Arnold Birtwistle

(2 episodes, 1964-1970)
Geoffrey Lumsden

Doctor Johnson

(2 episodes, 1967-1971)
Allan Cuthbertson

Col. Gordon

(2 episodes, 1970-1972)
Gordon Peters

Ticket collector

(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Damaris Hayman

Matron

(2 episodes, 1963-1968)
Anne Jameson

Mary

(2 episodes, 1966-1974)
Diana King

Miss Jellicoe

(2 episodes, 1968-1970)
Cheryl Hall

Audrey

(2 episodes, 1970-1975)
Ken Parry

Neville Turner

(2 episodes, 1964-1968)
Queenie Watts

Annie Bundle

(2 episodes, 1970)
Olive Mercer

Housekeeper

(2 episodes, 1973-1974)
J.G. Devlin

(A Warm Reception)

(2 episodes, 1962-1965)
Harry Landis

Joe

(2 episodes, 1963-1972)
Campbell Singer

Police Constable

(2 episodes, 1963-1972)
Billy Milton

Draught Stout

(2 episodes, 1965-1974)
Betty Romaine

Miss Postlethwaite

(2 episodes, 1965-1974)
Arthur English

Arthur Oakley

(2 episodes, 1967-1970)
Aubrey Woods

Billius

(2 episodes, 1969-1974)
Alexandra Dane

Barmaid

(2 episodes, 1965-1975)
Sheila Steafel

Narcissus Font

(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Michael Newport

John Plowman

(2 episodes, 1965)
Lois Penson

Matron

(2 episodes, 1967-1969)
Bernard Spear

Dobson

(2 episodes, 1974)
Tom Gill

The Interviewer

(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Anthony Dawes

Silt

(2 episodes, 1969-1970)
Paul Greenwood

David Turner

(2 episodes, 1974)
Julia Goodman

Cilla

(2 episodes, 1969)
Roland MacLeod

Mr. Murchison

(2 episodes, 1970-1972)
Hazel Coppen

Daisy

(2 episodes, 1964-1966)
Peter Hughes

Factory foreman

(2 episodes, 1966-1974)
John Mulgrew

Sydney Pratt

(2 episodes, 1966-1970)
Larry Martyn

Fu Manchu

(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Sydney Dobson

Tipstaff

(2 episodes, 1963-1967)
Michael Gover

Chauffeur

(2 episodes, 1965-1973)
Nadja Regin

Frederique Duval

(2 episodes, 1967-1968)
Tom Macaulay

Al

(2 episodes, 1968)
George Day

Prison Officer

(2 episodes, 1965-1967)
Kenneth Thornett

Landlord

(2 episodes, 1967-1970)
Alan Kemp

1st Boy

(2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Dennis Ramsden

Judge

(2 episodes, 1963)
Peter Diamond

The Sergeant

(2 episodes, 1966-1970)
Walter Horsbrugh

Duke of Haverstock

(2 episodes, 1969-1970)
Anthony Brothers

Estate agent

(2 episodes, 1974-1975)
André Maranne

Artist

(2 episodes, 1963-1967)
Michael Knowles

Rupert

(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Frank Sieman

Sailor

(2 episodes, 1963-1968)
Mary Jordan

(A Warm Reception)

(2 episodes, 1965)
Joyce Hemson

Aunt Glad

(2 episodes, 1966-1969)
John Leeson

Hippy

(2 episodes, 1973-1974)
Philip Howard

1st City Gent

(2 episodes, 1963-1974)
Jack Allen

Henry Maddox

(2 episodes, 1968-1969)
David Simeon

Ian Hollis

(2 episodes, 1971-1973)
Keith Barron

Derek

(2 episodes, 1969-1974)
John Grieve

Dan Macphail

(2 episodes, 1962-1965)
Hugh Paddick

Bernard Hooper

(2 episodes, 1968-1972)
Brian Oulton

Salesman

(2 episodes, 1963-1974)
Doris Hare

Mrs. Martin

(2 episodes, 1963)
Colin Welland

Dave Sullivan

(2 episodes, 1965-1970)
David Battley

Nigel the idle

(2 episodes, 1970-1975)
Charles Lloyd Pack

Arnold Slater

(2 episodes, 1961-1963)
Alex McAvoy

Jock

(2 episodes, 1965-1969)
Hilda Fenemore

Housekeeper

(2 episodes, 1970-1972)
Bernard Goldman

Johnny Burton

(2 episodes, 1962-1963)
Julian Orchard

Rupert Haliburton

(2 episodes, 1963-1970)
John Harvey

Mr. Quincy-Smith

(2 episodes, 1963-1968)
Tony Hilton

Various

(2 episodes, 1965)
Norman Chappell

Sid

(2 episodes, 1969)
Linda Cunningham

Alison

(2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Mandeep Dhillon

Shaz

(2 episodes, 2016-2017)
Madeleine Mills

Josie Evans

(2 episodes, 1964-1967)
Alister Williamson

Australian Bookie

(2 episodes, 1965-1975)
Tommy Godfrey

Charlie

(2 episodes, 1967-1969)
Geoffrey Whitehead

George

(2 episodes, 1969-1974)
James Appleby

Joe

(2 episodes, 1969)
Bruno Barnabe

Columnist

(2 episodes, 1961-1969)
Cameron Hall

Colonel Yateley

(2 episodes, 1962-1963)
Frank Littlewood

1st Man in Café

(2 episodes, 1963)
Paddy Glynn

Ronnie Blake

(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Bert Simms

Grandpa

(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Ian Ramsey

Boy

(2 episodes, 1970)
John F. Landry

Reporter

(2 episodes, 1963-1970)
Ruth Harrison

Cassandra

(2 episodes, 1965-1969)
Anthony Sagar

1st Policeman

(2 episodes, 1963)
Ballard Berkeley

Col. Satchwell-Simpson

(2 episodes, 1967-1970)
John Cazabon

(2 episodes, 1970-1974)
Tony Sympson

Thatcher

(2 episodes, 1970-1974)

Full series cast

Creators:

A.J. Bacon, Neil Munro, Jilly Cooper, John Archer, Rob Beckett, Shaun Pye, Tim Vine

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Trivia

Many episodes of this series no longer exist.

Soundtracks

Happy Joe
Composed by Ron Grainer

Storyline

Plot Summary

Genres

Comedy

Details

Release Date:

15 December 1961

Language

English

Country of Origin

UK

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