Lesser known sitcoms

Was Benson a spin off from that?

I thought Benson was a spinoff from Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Could be wrong though.

I thought Benson was a spinoff from Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Could be wrong though.

No Benson was definitely a spin off from Soap.

No Benson was definitely a spin off from Soap.

yup, far too early (1979) for fresh prince

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxUbethjwdU

Soap was absolutely dreadful. The foam runner of all things on dumbed down television now. Yes.

yup, far too early (1979) for fresh prince

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxUbethjwdU

I stand corrected, not a fan of American sitcoms so it wouldn't be amiss for me to guess wrongly:)

Oh No It's Selwyn Froggat starring Bill Maynard

Rule Brittania which was a sort of Englishman, Welshman, Scotsman type thing.

Oh No It's Selwyn Froggat starring Bill Maynard

 

Rule Brittania which was a sort of Englishman, Welshman, Scotsman type thing.

Remember watching that as a nipper in the 1970s!

Also remember the truly dreadful 'Life Begins at 40'

Oh No It's Selwyn Froggat starring Bill Maynard

 

Rule Brittania which was a sort of Englishman, Welshman, Scotsman type thing.

was watching some Selwyn last night lol

just been watching this

Leonard Rossiter - Pygmalion Smith (1974), was just a pilot tho they never commissioned a series

Top Secret life of edgar briggs with a young David Jason.

Don't agree about Soap. It was a great show. The spin-off Benson wasn't too hot.

'Fairly Secret Army' (Ch4, mid-80's) starring Geoffrey Palmer ('Butterflies'). He plays a right-wing ex-military man setting up his own militia; loosely based on the character he played in 'The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin'.

I'm not sure how well-remembered 'Ripping Yarns' is compared to 'Fawlty Towers' but it's great.

There was a US thing I loved as a kid called 'Holmes & Yoyo'.

'Set of Six' by Rowland Rivron, where he plays all six grown up sextuplets in an episode each.

Not a sitcom but a comedy drama, 'Prospects' Ch.4 again, mid eighties, starring the late Gary Olsen and Brian Bovell.

Don't agree about Soap. It was a great show. The spin-off Benson wasn't too hot.

 

'Fairly Secret Army' (Ch4, mid-80's) starring Geoffrey Palmer ('Butterflies'). He plays a right-wing ex-military man setting up his own militia; loosely based on the character he played in 'The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin'.

 

I'm not sure how well-remembered 'Ripping Yarns' is compared to 'Fawlty Towers' but it's great.

 

There was a US thing I loved as a kid called 'Holmes & Yoyo'.

 

'Set of Six' by Rowland Rivron, where he plays all six grown up sextuplets in an episode each.

 

Not a sitcom but a comedy drama, 'Prospects' Ch.4 again, mid eighties, starring the late Gary Olsen and Brian Bovell.

Geoffrey Palmer played -along with Julie Dench- in 'As Time Goes Bye', not a bad show and two good actors.

Geoffrey Palmer played -along with Julie Dench- in 'As Time Goes Bye', not a bad show and two good actors.

Whenever I think of Geoffrey Palmer I always think of the Fawlty Towers episode, where he is a doctor who wants his sausages, and does a routine with Manuel for a dining table lol. Absolutely hilarious.

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Oh No It's Selwyn Froggat starring Bill Maynard

 

Rule Brittania which was a sort of Englishman, Welshman, Scotsman type thing.

What! No Irishman, for the punchline? And Selwyn with his " Magic ah Morris"