British Sitcom History Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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British Sitcom History Podcast

Tv & Film

Frequency: 1 episode/16d. Total Eps: 133

Looking back at the wonderful world of British sitcoms. @britcompod

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - Tv & Film
27/08/2026
#96
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Tv & Film
26/08/2026
#100
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Tv & Film
21/08/2026
#100
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Tv & Film
04/07/2026
#78
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Tv & Film
03/07/2026
#75
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Tv & Film
22/06/2026
#85
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Tv & Film
21/06/2026
#91
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Tv & Film
31/12/2025
#94
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Tv & Film
30/12/2025
#57
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Tv & Film
29/12/2025
#60

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https://www.modernbritishhistory.co.uk/
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https://historyproject.org.uk/interview/james-jimmy-gilbert
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James Gilbert Deep Dive

Monday, August 24, 2026 • Duration 36:23

As part of our look at early Last of the Summer Wine, we came across the name of James "Jimmy" Gilbert, who was a big cheese at the BBC for many years. He played a big part in the satire boom of the sixties, brought The Two Ronnies together, and commissioned some of your favourite sitcoms. I found an in depth interview with him and listened to it all so you don't have to! But if you want to anyway, you can find it here: https://historyproject.org.uk/interview/james-jimmy-gilbert

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Spanner's Eleven (Seven of One)

Thursday, August 20, 2026 • Duration 46:07

This week we're having a look at one of the episodes from Seven of One, an anthology series designed to find sitcoms built around Ronnie Barker. The series spawned two huge successes, Porridge and Open All Hours. But this one didn't. Written by Roy Clarke at the same time he was birthing Last of the Summer Wine, Spanner's Eleven sees Ronnie Barker as the incompetent manager of an incompetent lower league football team. Expect weak football puns and a surprising amount of seventies smut!

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Last of the Summer Wine (The Blamire Years) Part 2

Thursday, August 13, 2026 • Duration 53:26

Part 2 of our look at just the tip of the long-running Last of the Summer Wine. We finish our analysis of the episode, marvel at the technical set dressing of a church, and take a closer look at the work of Michael Bates.

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Last of the Summer Wine (The Blamire Years) Part 1

Thursday, August 6, 2026 • Duration 01:01:05

This week we begin an epic journey into the world's longest running sitcom, Last of the Summer Wine. We'll start by looking at just the first two series, after which Michael Bates left. Here, we talk about the meandering and pointless nature of the first series, and we get a closer look at the careers of Peter Sallis and Bill Owen.

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Sex Lives of the Potato Men

Thursday, July 16, 2026 • Duration 54:56

This month we've been looking at Ideal so what better opportunity to take a look back at an early acting appearance from Johnny Vegas in the infamously bad Sex Lives of the Potato Men. Co-starring Mackenzie Crook, hot off The Office, and featuring surprisingly large supporting roles from Dominic Coleman and Mark Gatiss, this film is also packed with other Britcom cameos. It's also pretty crap and we get to make fun of it.

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Ideal (Part 2)

Thursday, July 9, 2026 • Duration 01:08:15

This week we continue our in-depth investigation into what exactly Ideal is and what it became as it carried on for several years. We also look at the career of Johnny Vegas and try and parse the blurred line between comedian and comedy character. And to top it all we have a report from the Ideal 25th Anniversary live stage show, which Allen went to see last year.

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Ideal (Part 1)

Thursday, July 2, 2026 • Duration 52:55

This week we find ourselves in the 21st Century to take a detailed look at cult favourite Ideal. Written by Graham Duff and starring Johnny Vegas, Ideal enjoyed a surprisingly long run for a slightly weird little show with more interest in music than story structure. This is definitely one of the more interesting shows we've looked at and it sparks off discussions on the nature of art versus commercialism. Enjoy!

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Career of Caroline Aherne (with David Scott)

Sunday, June 21, 2026 • Duration 50:37

Writer David Scott has just released a new book looking at the career of Caroline Aherne so we got him into the virtual studio for a discussion. We go on at length about how much we love The Royle Family but also take on Mrs Merton, The Fast Show, The Fattest Man in Britain, and Dossa and Joe. Caroline Aherne: Rebel in Disguise is available in all good book shops, and some bad ones as well.

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Man About the House (film)

Thursday, June 18, 2026 • Duration 01:07:18

Released in 1974, the Man about the House film drops right in the peak of seventies Britcom film spin-offs. Usually that means reworked material and a few pairs of Bristols but that's not what we get here. Join us on a journey of discovery to see Robin and Chrissy getting closer than ever before and a deep dive on the history of Hammer Films.

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Man About the House (Part 2)

Thursday, June 11, 2026 • Duration 57:46

It's part 2 of our look at Man About the House and this week we're focusing on Richard O'Sullivan and what happened as the series progressed. In a fairly unusual move for a sitcom, the show has a definitive ending, not that we necessarily like where it goes. We address the "Norman Eshley problem" and have a side by side comparison with the American remake, Three's Company.

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