Comedy Playhouse

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Comedy

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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, which is the world's longest running sitcom, having run from January 1973 to August 2010.

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Status

Ended

First Aired

December 15, 1961

Last Aired

September 15, 2017

Networks

BBC One

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Seasons & Episodes

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Cliquot et Fils

Air date: 1961-12-15

An undertaker in 1920s France needs to drum up trade for his ailing business.

Lunch in the Park

Air date: 1961-12-22

A pair of office workers have for ten years spent their lunch hour on the same park bench.

The Private Lives of Edward Whitely

Air date: 1961-12-29

The misadventures of bigamist Edward Whitely.

The Offer

Air date: 1962-01-05

Harold Steptoe, a middle aged rag and bone man, yearns to break away from the clutches of his elderly, conniving, and disgusting father, but events always conspire against him.

The Reunion

Air date: 1962-01-12

A reunion doesn't go as planned.

The Telephone Call

Air date: 1962-06-19

A worried man uses his phone to do something about the troubled world.

The Status Symbol

Air date: 1962-01-26

A garage owner doesn't want to return a customer's Rolls Royce because he he likes the way it looks in his yard.

Visiting Day

Air date: 1962-02-02

A group of hospital patients prepare for visiting day.