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- {{Infobox television | genre = [[Sketch comedy]]4 KB (470 words) - 13:24, 21 April 2023
- ...The_Four_Yorkshiremen,_2014_(crop).jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Four Yorkshiremen sketch at ''[[w:Monty Python Live (Mostly)|Monty Python Live]]'' in 2014]] The "'''Four Yorkshiremen"''' is a [[w:Sketch comedy|comedy sketch]] that parodies nostalgic conversations about humble beginnings or difficul7 KB (1,094 words) - 23:06, 6 February 2023
- Throughout film, television, and radio, '''British comedy''' has become known for its consistently peculiar characters, plots, ...cal cartoons." |source=—[[Punch and Judy]] showman Glyn Edwards.<ref name="British seaside">{{cite news|title=Punch and Judy around the world|url=https://www.12 KB (1,929 words) - 07:58, 11 September 2024
- {{Infobox television | genre = [[Sketch comedy]]10 KB (1,397 words) - 16:55, 15 September 2024
- {{Short description|British television comedy series}} {{Infobox television14 KB (2,041 words) - 15:22, 23 December 2022
- ...esenter and writer, broadcasting almost continuously from the 1940s to the 1990s. His style was similar to that of [[Max Miller (comedian)|Max Miller]]. ...evision]] as ''The Charlie Chester Show'' in 1949 and became a standup and sketch show for the next 11 years. Frequent cast members included Edwina Carroll,6 KB (851 words) - 16:53, 13 April 2023
- ...d hosted a children’s quiz ''Around the World in 48 Hours'' for [[Westward Television]] in 1976.<ref>https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--archive/obituaries/ob ...the Twain]]''. Moreover, he featured in one episode of ''[[Little Britain (sketch show)|Little Britain]]'' in 2005, as a booking clerk in an episode of the B5 KB (766 words) - 11:10, 12 March 2023
- {{Short description|British television director}} {{Use British English|date=December 2016}}10 KB (1,532 words) - 10:57, 18 January 2023
- {{Infobox television | genre = [[Sketch comedy]]23 KB (3,340 words) - 17:48, 12 March 2023
- | occupation = [[w:Television director|Director]], [[w:television producer|producer]], [[w:child actor|child actor]] ...BBC as a production assistant in 1966, Davies became a hugely influential television director and producer, specialising in comedy.10 KB (1,464 words) - 14:22, 23 December 2022
- {{Infobox television | company = [[Hartswood Films]] in association with [[Thames Television|Thames]]18 KB (2,692 words) - 16:11, 25 August 2024
- {{Infobox television ...ure, as well as parody songs, comedy sketches, re-edited videos, and spoof television formats. The programme features [[Rowan Atkinson]], [[Pamela Stephenson]],19 KB (2,825 words) - 19:55, 24 August 2024
- {{Infobox television | company = [[London Weekend Television]]23 KB (3,421 words) - 08:11, 28 March 2023
- | known_for = British television theme songs Hazlehurst composed the [[theme music|theme tunes]] for many well-known [[British sitcom]]s and gameshows of the 1970s and the 1980s, including ''[[Yes Minis9 KB (1,292 words) - 12:52, 7 February 2023
- {{Infobox television ...ondon, and features a predominantly black [[Guyanese in the United Kingdom|British Guyanese]] cast. With 71 episodes, ''Desmond's'' became Channel 4's longest17 KB (2,652 words) - 13:55, 18 March 2023
- {{Infobox television '''''Not Only... But Also''''' is a [[BBC]] British sketch comedy show starring [[Peter Cook]] and [[Dudley Moore]] that aired in thre21 KB (3,205 words) - 13:47, 5 February 2023
- | awards = [[w:British Comedy Awards|British Comedy Awards]]<br />1997 [[w:Lifetime Achievement Award|Lifetime Achieveme ...nd|BBC Scotland]] and later became known for his British television comedy shows ''[[The Stanley Baxter Show]]'', ''[[The Stanley Baxter Picture Show]]'', '20 KB (2,855 words) - 12:45, 11 March 2023
- {{Short description|BBC comedy sketch show 1981–1988}} {{Infobox television31 KB (4,081 words) - 16:02, 26 January 2023
- {{Short description|1969 British historical comedy series}} {{Use British English|date=May 2014}}16 KB (2,288 words) - 12:43, 9 August 2022
- ...7. Three out of six episodes from Series 2 and two of the four Christmas [[sketch comedy|sketches]] (1968 and 1970) are missing as the [[BBC|BBC]] routinely ...g Department handled videotape but had no mandate to retain material. Some shows were kept by [[BBC Enterprises|BBC Enterprises]], but they too had limited21 KB (2,941 words) - 22:45, 15 March 2023