Comedy Playhouse

Season 6 (8 Episodes)

18 Seasons 1967 NR 30m 7.3

Anthology series of one-off, unrelated situation comedies.

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Season 6 Episodes:

Episode 1 Hughie

Aired: May 19, 1967

Released from prison after a 10 year sentence, Hughie wants to return straigh...

Episode 2 House in a Tree

2. House in a Tree

Aired: May 26, 1967

Pilot for BBC's "Not In Front Of The Children" series.

Episode 3 Spanner in the Works

3. Spanner in the Works

Aired: Jun 2, 1967

Arthur Machin, owner of a small engineering works, is determined to get the m...

Episode 4 Heirs on a Shoestring

4. Heirs on a Shoestring

Aired: Jun 9, 1967

A couple are expecting an inheritance from their elderly uncle, but a spanner...

Episode 5 Uncle Fred Flits By

5. Uncle Fred Flits By

Aired: Jun 16, 1967

The exploits of the eccentric Earl of Ickenham.

Episode 6 Loitering with Intent

6. Loitering with Intent

Aired: Jun 23, 1967

A good-cause-supporting couple don't like it when a pair of ""Kilburn Refugee...

Episode 7 To Lucifer: A Son

7. To Lucifer: A Son

Aired: Jun 29, 1967

The Devil's son decides to make Hell more up-to-date and with it.

Episode 8 The Old Campaigner

8. The Old Campaigner

Aired: Jun 30, 1967

Exploits of super salesman James Franklin-Jones or FJ as he is known as he tr...

Main Cast

Wilfrid Hyde-White Uncle Fred Ickenham

Hugh Lloyd Hughie

Daphne Anderson Louise Pinfold

Wendy Craig Jennifer Corner

Jimmy Jewel Joe Bamford

Jimmy Tarbuck Nick, son of Lucifer

Jimmy Edwards James

Terry-Thomas James Franklin-Jones

Patrick Cargill Mr. Gates

Paul Daneman Henry Corner

Norman Rossington Arthur Machin

John Le Mesurier Lucifer

Clive Dunn Uncle Charles

Derek Fowlds Peter Clancy

Ballard Berkeley Mr. Roddie

Fanny Rowe

Fanny Rowe Mother

Madeleine Mills

Madeleine Mills Norm

Julian Holloway Charlie

Dermot Kelly

Dermot Kelly St. Patrick

Sam Kydd Alfred

Kate Brown

Kate Brown Maid

Ann Lancaster Mrs. Green

Colin Douglas Alf

Pat Coombs Woman

Frances Bennett

Frances Bennett Winifred

Norman Claridge

Norman Claridge L.B.

Avis Bunnage Connie Parker

Robert Gillespie Padre

Rosalind Knight Biddy

John Nettleton Mr. Griffiths

Rita Webb Woman

Eileen Way Mrs. Jibbet

Gerald Case

Gerald Case Link Man

Geoffrey Lumsden Prison Governor

Roberta Tovey Trudi Corner

David Tomlinson Charles Pinfold

Blake Butler

Info about Comedy Playhouse

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC One

Genres: Comedy