British Sitcom History Podcast

It's Part 2 of our look at Till Death Us Do Part and we try to get to grips with Alf Garnett and his somewhat outdated views. How did the character develop as he went from 1965 to 1998?

To start out the new series we've gone back to a classic, Till Death Us Do Part. But the show is not without its controversies. How well does it hold up after fifty years of societal change?

For this bonus episode we're teaming up with SADDO Podcast to talk about the first American attempt to remake Fawlty Towers, Snavely, starring Betty White and Harvey Korman.

It's Christmas so we're going back to where we started a year ago and visit Steptoe and Son as they plan a holiday. This was the last episode ever of Steptoe and it's a great send off after ten years.

In his pre-Only Fools and Horses days, David Jason had several attempts at starring roles over at ITV. Lucky Feller was a one series wonder made in 1976 but does it stand up to scrutiny 45 years later?

To cap off series 2 we've put together a quiz to test your general sitcom knowledge as well as how much you can remember from the shows we've talked about. Play along with Gareth and see if you can beat him.

The spiritual middle child between The Young Ones and Bottom, Filthy Rich & Catflap managed one lonely series in 1987. With Ben Elton writing and the funny three from The Young ones all involved, what could possibly go wrong?

Gareth steps up to the mic to give his analysis of the show and his controversial opinions of Rik Mayall.

It's Halloween and that means it's time for a spooky special. Unfortunately, British sitcoms haven't particularly embraced this particular holiday so it's slim pickings. But a good excuse to look at Bottom.

Starring Prunella Scales and Joan Sanderson, After Henry was a big hit for ITV back in the eighties but it's pretty much forgotten now. Perfect fodder for a new episode of Forgotten Sitcoms.

After our recent look at The Inbetweeners, we decided to team up with our friends at Diminishing Returns Podcast to review the film spin-offs.

They were some of the most successful British comedies of all time but how do they measure up to the series?