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.
Showing Season 14 of 18
Season 14
1974
No overview available.
01. No Strings
1974-04-16
Derek advertises for a flatmate. When Leonora arrives his tidy bachelor domain is soon disrupted by a feminine touch.
02. Franklyn and Johnnie
1974-04-23
Two old rivals decide to make up at the funeral of a friend.
03. Howerd's History of England
1974-04-30
No overview available.
04. Happy Ever After
1974-05-07
Pilot for BBC's "Happy Ever After" series.
05. The Dobson Doughnut
1974-05-14
Terry and June Fletcher are a middle-aged, middle-class couple who find themselves alone when their grown-up children, daughters Susan and Debbie, leave home. However, they are not alone for long as Aunt Lucy comes to live with them, along with her talking mynah bird.Terry frequently hits upon an idea, which due to his foolhardy and obsessive manner he then continues with whatever the consequences, while June remains patient and tolerant.
06. The Big Job
1974-05-21
Comedy about a family of incompetent criminals
07. It's Only Me: Whoever I am
1974-05-28
A young man struggles to break free of his domineering mother.
08. The Last Man on Earth
1974-06-04
A man and his wife wake one morning to discover that everyone else on Earth had just disappeared. After initial disbelief, they settle into looting stores until suddenly they come under mysterious sniper fire at the end.
09. Sitting Pretty
1974-06-11
No overview available.
10. Pygmalion Smith
1974-06-18
Pygmalion 'Smithy' Smith, a less than glamorous photographer at an out of work holiday resort, tries to make a young girl into a star.
11. A Girl's Best Friend
1974-06-25
Divorcee Audrey Dalton learns she is going out with the same man as her daughter.
12. The Reverend Wooing of Archibald
1974-07-02
Archibald Mulliner enlists the help of his Uncle in wooing the girl of his dreams.
13. French Relish
1974-07-09
No overview available.
14. Bird Alone
1974-07-16
No overview available.
