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J.B. Priestley's Private Rooms


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J. B. Priestley


A One-Act Comedy in the Viennese Style performed around 1953. Ralph Richardson stars as Max Talley, an ageing Austrian actor who invites a lovely young ballerina to dinner in a private room at a Viennese restaurant. His motives are

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After-Supper Ghost Stories

I was tempted to post this in the Horror group - after all, Jerome K Jerome did write one or two very effective weird tales! But he's best known for his humorous writing, and "After-Supper Ghost Stories" is definitely a comedy. You'll recognise the s

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My First Planet (BBC Sitcom)

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My First Planet

I was particularly disappointed by My First Planet. What a waste of a talent like Nicholas Lyndhurst...  It seems like no one's heart is really in it, it's being done with half an eye on the clock (it's almost five o'clock, we can

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Take It From Here

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Take It From Here (often referred to as TIFH, pronounced — and sometimes humorously spelt — "TIFE") is a British radio comedy program broadcast by the BBC between 1948 and 1960. It was written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden, and starred Jimmy Edward

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After Henry by Simon Brett

Another gentle, classic BBC sitcom with the wonderful Prunella Scales. Hope you like it (and it hasn't been posted already - search doesn't show it...)

After Henry was a British sitcom written by Simon Brett. It started on BBC Radio 4 and later moved

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Revolting People

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Revolting People

Set in Baltimore circa 1770, it's the run-up to the American War of Independence, and the natives are getting restless.

Tarses plays Samuel Oliphant, a strait-laced shopkeeper with a well honed instinct for self-preservation, who w

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The Dippers by Ben Travers

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By Ben Travers, adapted by Peter King

A Farce.


If only Stella and Henry had realised that they were both going to be in Coombe Puddy.

If only Henry hadn't missed his train home.

If only he hadn't agreed to impersonate a 'professional' dancer.

If o

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Vent

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3 series - I only have 2. Anyone have series 3?

12 episodes 30 minutes | 128/44 | LINK

Dark comedy series about a man lying in hospital in a coma, who lives out a fantasy life of his own creation while his family argue over him from the real world.

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Cavity by Sean Grundy


Cavity
Comedy Drama by Sean Grundy.

Kirsty is having an affair with a married man, Adrian. When his wife Lucy returns unexpectedlyfrom a business conference, Kirsty hides in the attic. In a panic, she falls down tthe back of the attic into the cavit

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