...[Finland]]. Like other Sykes directorial vehicles, the piece is a [[silent comedy]] with a star cast - here including [[Bob Hoskins]], [[John Mills]], [[Dona A silent comedy. Two accident-prone plumbers go to fix the plumbing at a home for retired g

'''''My Wife's Family''''' is a 1941 [[UK|British]] domestic [[comedy film]] directed by [[Walter C. Mycroft]] and starring Charles Clapham, [[Jo ...ther-in-Law's Coming]]'', in 1932;<ref>[[:sv:Svärmor kommer]]</ref> a 1933 Finnish film ''[[Voi meitä! Anoppi tulee]]'';<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bf

'''''Simon and Laura''''' is a 1955 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Muriel Box]] and starring [[Peter Finch]] and [[Kay Ke ...th settings designed by Alan Tagg.<ref>Alan Melville, ''Simon and Laura: A Comedy'', French's Acting Edition no 432, Samuel French Ltd 1955</ref>

'''''The Likely Lads''''' is a 1976 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Michael Tuchner]], starring [[James Bolam]] and [[Rodn Terry is now in a relationship with Christina (known as "Chris"), a [[Finland|Finnish]] beauty who works at the local boutique, of whom Bob is openly envious. T

'''''The Men from the Ministry''''' is a British [[radio comedy|radio comedy]] series broadcast by the [[BBC|BBC]] between 1962 and 1977, starring [[Wil ...(scriptwriter)|Edward Taylor]] has also written some episodes only for the Finnish audience that have never been broadcast in the UK, the last four episodes h

...king-class ethos gives him moral superiority. To a considerable degree the comedy is built on class warfare – a theme familiar to British television audien ...ur, the two shows are very different. ''The Likely Lads'' had been a broad comedy, full of jokes and obvious gags, whereas ''Whatever Happened to the Likely

| genre = [[Comedy]] [[panel game]] ...s style of presentation had a profound impact on panel shows in British TV comedy, making it one of the genre's key standard-bearers.