The joke rate of a Carry On film - the layers, the complexity - is truly something to behold. Incredible. Even something as oft-watched as Khyber, after all these years, I'm still spotting gags I've not noticed before. Talbot Rothwell should be as revered as anyone.
Beggar My Neighbour, one of those wonderfully rich 1960s sitcoms mixing class, family and a changing society, marks its 60th anniversary today. Mostly wiped and largely forgotten, it ran for three series on BBC 1 with a fantastic star cast. https://t.co/6Rjny0m4rN
Opening Up will be a new BBC One sitcom starring Amy Gledhill. It's about a long-term couple who try to fix their faltering sex life by sleeping with other people.
https://t.co/Q5K3ceJLGI
Derry Girls star Jamie-Lee O'Donnell will lead the cast for Hopley Hall, a new ensemble sitcom by Not Going Out writer Daniel Peak set in a shabby Grade 1 listed house.
https://t.co/BF9I9hKc0X
Unseen since 1999, Monty Python's rare, 1971 Golden Rose-winning Montreux special has been restored in HD and comes to Blu-ray next month alongside the group's famous two German episodes in a landmark SteelBook release.
https://t.co/EJWT07eJJt