Some all time classics in that listApart from the easy on the eye Tomsett and Wilcox the comedy itself was absolutely dire. Reflection of the bad old days of ITV situation comedy.
see also
Love thy Neighbour
Bless this House
Doctor in the House
Only When I Laugh
On the Buses
The Fenn St Gang
George and Mildred
The Cuckoo Waltz
Yus My Dear
Incredibly she was 20 when she played the 'young lass' in the railway children.
Top notch.From The Champions i give you the delectable Alexandra Bastedo ok it wasn’t a sitcom but it was on in the 70’s
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Apart from the easy on the eye Tomsett and Wilcox the comedy itself was absolutely dire. Reflection of the bad old days of ITV situation comedy.
see also
Love thy Neighbour
Bless this House
Doctor in the House
Only When I Laugh
On the Buses
The Fenn St Gang
George and Mildred
The Cuckoo Waltz
Yus My Dear
Very uncomfortable watching now but Love Thy Neighbour actually did a lot to highlight the absurdity of racist attitudes. As did Rising Damp. The white racist is always the brunt of the jokes and his views are never perceived as a positive.
In Rising Damp, as the series progressed, despite the racist and prejudiced comments, Rigsby really admired Philip...he was everything Rigsby wanted to be. The comments waned as the series went on.I was only a kid at the time but my takeaway from Love Thy Neighbour was always that the wives were far more sensible that the husbands and the white husband was the most stupid of the lot. It did indeed highlight the stupidity of racism.
Rising Damp was in a different class and did an even better job of showing that these prejudices were based on ignorance.
Alf Garnett used to go on bigoted rants which unfortunately mirrored the views of a lot of his fans - who subsequently completely missed the point.Always find it funny on some Facebook groups, especially football nostalgia the comments when alf garnett crops up.
The amount of people who just didn't get who mitchell was sending up
Another from the 70s but not a sitcom actress. Made her name in Onedin Line and Return of the Pink Panther. Kate OMara similarly in the 70s was amongst a string of beauties who appeared as femme fatales in The Saint etc.Catherine Schell.