Comedy Playhouse

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. In March 2014, it was announced that Comedy Playhouse would make a return that year with three new episodes.

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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 71927
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired December 15, 1961
  • Recent September 15, 2017
  • Network BBC One
  • Average Runtime 30 minutes
  • Genres Comedy
  • Original Country Great Britain
  • Original Language English
  • On Other Sites IMDB
  • Episode Screenshot Format 16:9 Screencap
  • Favorited This series has been favorited by 2 people.
  • Created February 4, 2008 by
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  • Modified November 21, 2024 by
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Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials April 2014 1
Season 1 December 1961 June 1962 10
Season 2 March 1962 April 1963 6
Season 3 September 1963 January 1964 17
Season 4 May 1965 August 1965 12
Season 5 May 1966 August 1966 9
Season 6 May 1967 June 1967 8
Season 7 April 1968 June 1968 9
Season 8 April 1969 September 1969 7
Season 9 December 1969 January 1970 4
Season 10 March 1970 April 1970 4
Season 11 June 1970 August 1970 4
Season 12 January 1971 May 1971 7
Season 13 January 1972 September 1972 6
Season 14 January 1973 February 1973 6
Season 15 April 1974 July 1974 14
Season 16 April 2014 May 2014 3
Season 17 February 2016 March 2016 3
Season 18 September 2017 September 2017 3
Unassigned Episodes 0
Season From To Episodes
Unassigned Episodes 133
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Season From To Episodes
Season 1 0
Unassigned Episodes 133

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Name Number of Episodes Dates
Graeme Muir 16 04/05/1963 - 07/09/1974
Michael Mills 12 11/16/1963 - 05/14/1974
Dennis Main Wilson 8 01/03/1964 - 07/29/1970
James Gilbert 6 12/22/1961 - 04/21/1969
Duncan Wood 5 12/15/1961 - 04/12/1963
Douglas Argent 5 11/09/1963 - 04/08/1971
Philip Barker 4 10/05/1963 - 07/08/1965
Douglas Moodie 4 09/28/1963 - 08/19/1965
John Howard Davies 4 05/05/1969 - 07/03/1974
Robin Nash 4 05/19/1967 - 04/01/1970
Eric Fawcett 3 05/31/1966 - 05/12/1969
John Ammonds 3 10/12/1963 - 04/26/1968
Barry Lupino 3 02/02/1962 - 05/19/1969
Harold Snoad 3 01/14/1972 - 02/08/1973
Stuart Allen 3 05/17/1966 - 06/23/1967
John Street 2 06/07/1966 - 06/09/1967
Vere Lorrimer 2 06/28/1966 - 07/15/1970
Sydney Lotterby 2 11/02/1963 - 03/18/1970
Roger Race 2 04/28/1969 - 06/25/1974
P.G. Wodehouse 2 06/16/1967 - 07/09/1974
Dick Clement 2 05/28/1965 - 07/29/1965
David Croft 1 01/28/1972
Alexander Dore 1 05/19/1967
Lawrence Durrell 1 05/17/1968
Ben Palmer 1 09/08/2017
Bryan Sears 1 06/18/1965
Jim Franklin 1 03/11/1970
George MacDonald Fraser 1 03/27/1972
David Askey 1 06/14/1966
Peter Whitmore 1 05/07/1974
Leon Thau 1 01/21/1972
A.J. Bacon 1 10/05/1963
Barbara Wiltshire 1 09/01/2017
G.B. Lupino 1 05/24/1968
W.W. Jacobs 1 08/05/1965
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Alan Simpson 11 12/15/1961 - 06/04/1974
Ray Galton 11 12/15/1961 - 06/04/1974
Marty Feldman 9 11/16/1963 - 05/19/1969
Barry Took 5 12/14/1963 - 04/30/1974
Richard Waring 4 06/21/1966 - 04/23/1974
David Climie 4 08/05/1965 - 07/09/1974
Harry Driver 4 09/28/1963 - 06/02/1967
George Evans 3 01/10/1964 - 08/02/1966
Derek Collyer 3 01/10/1964 - 08/02/1966
Jack Rosenthal 3 09/28/1963 - 11/23/1963
Vince Powell 3 10/12/1963 - 06/02/1967
Johnny Speight 3 10/19/1963 - 06/29/1967
John Lloyd 2 04/21/1969 - 04/29/1971
Richard Harris 2 11/02/1963 - 01/17/1964
Terence Edmond 2 01/15/1970 - 01/21/1972
Tim Brooke-Taylor 2 04/22/1971
Donald Churchill 2 11/30/1963 - 07/03/1974
Frank Roscoe 2 10/12/1963 - 01/24/1964
Edwin Apps 2 05/17/1966 - 06/11/1974
John Law 2 07/08/1965 - 03/11/1970
Keith Waterhouse 2 06/04/1965 - 07/15/1970
Rob Beckett 2 09/15/2017
Pauline Devaney 2 05/17/1966 - 06/11/1974
Alan Melville 2 07/05/1966 - 04/01/1970
John Junkin 2 04/22/1971
Dennis Spooner 2 11/02/1963 - 01/17/1964
Myles Rudge 2 06/23/1967 - 01/08/1970
Michael Pertwee 2 06/30/1967 - 06/07/1968
Matthew Morgan 1 09/08/2017
Lawrie Kinsley 1 07/29/1970
David Hardie 1 01/21/1972
Robin Hawdon 1 08/05/1970
Mike Sharland 1 08/19/1965
Brian Cooke 1 05/19/1967
Gerry Jones 1 01/03/1964
Ronald Chesny 1 05/24/1968
Peter Jones 1 01/11/1973
N.F. Simpson 1 01/18/1973
Anne Burnaby 1 05/12/1969
Sid Green 1 06/18/1965
Shaun Pye 1 09/15/2017
Jack Popplewell 1 01/28/1972
Fred Robinson 1 06/28/1966
Roy Clarke 1 06/25/1974
Bob Larbey 1 06/14/1966
Michael Seddon 1 12/18/1969
Ronald Wolfe 1 05/24/1968
Mike Craig 1 07/29/1970
Time Vine 1 09/01/2017
Dave Freeman 1 06/09/1967
Bernard McKenna 1 01/14/1972
Trevor Peacock 1 10/05/1963
René Basilico 1 04/08/1971
Jennifer Phillips 1 05/03/1968
Christopher Bond 1 05/31/1966
Tony Bilbow 1 06/08/1970
Di Hardie 1 01/21/1972
John Singer 1 05/05/1969
Peter Lewis 1 03/25/1970
John Archer 1 09/01/2017
John Freeman 1 10/26/1963
John Esmonde 1 06/14/1966
Johnnie Mortimer 1 05/19/1967
Eric Merriman 1 05/07/1974
Hugh Leonard 1 06/14/1968
Stephen Lewis 1 01/01/1970
Louis Quinn 1 08/05/1970
John Chapman 1 05/07/1974
Raymond Allen 1 05/14/1974
Ronnie Taylor 1 04/26/1968
Carla Lane 1 04/16/1974
Mike Fentiman 1 06/08/1970
John Warren 1 05/05/1969
Graeme Garden 1 04/29/1971
Graham Chapman 1 01/14/1972
Godfrey Harrison 1 02/01/1973
Bob Grant 1 01/01/1970
Dick Hills 1 06/18/1965
Eric Davidson 1 02/08/1973
Ian La Frenais 1 07/29/1965
Kenneth Eastaugh 1 03/18/1970

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