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📺 Series

The Comedians

📅 1971 ⭐ 5.5 🕐 30m GB GB

The comedians is a British television show of the 1970s produced by Johnnie Hamp of Granada Television. The show gave a stage to nightclub and working men's club comedians of the era, including Russ Abbot, Lennie Bennett, Stan Boardman, Jim Bowen, Jimmy Bright, Duggie Brown, Mike Burton, Dave Butler, Brian Carroll, Frank Carson, Mike Coyne, Jimmy Cricket, Colin Crompton, Pauline Daniels, Charlie Daze, Vince Earl, Steve Faye, Eddie Flanagan, Stu Francis, Ken Goodwin, Jackie Hamilton, Jerry Harris, George King, Bobby Knutt, Bernard Manning, Mike McCabe, Paul Melba, Mick Miller, Hal Nolan, Tom O'Connor, Tom Pepper, Bryn Phillips, Mike Reid, George Roper, Harry Scott, Sammy Thomas, Johnny Wager, Roy Walker, Charlie Williams, Lee Wilson and Lenny Windsor. Also featured on the TV show, were Shep's Banjo Boys, a 7-piece band comprising Charlie Bentley, John Drury, Andy Holdorf, John Orchard, John Rollings, Graham Shepherd and Howard Shepherd. In 1973, the line up was Mike Dexter, Tony "Tosh" Kennedy, Ged Martin, Tony Pritchard, Graham Shepherd and Howard "Shep" Shepherd.

Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 7 episodes
E1
Series 1, Show 1 1971-06-12
E2
Series 1, Show 2 1971-06-19
E3
Series 1, Show 3 1971-06-26
E4
Series 1, Show 4 1971-07-03
E5
Series 1, Show 5 1971-07-10
E6
Series 1, Show 6 1971-07-17
E7
Series 1, Show 7 1971-07-24
Season 2 7 episodes
E1
Series 2, Show 1 1971-09-18
E2
Series 2, Show 2 1971-09-25
E3
Series 2, Show 3 1971-10-02
E4
Series 2, Show 4 1971-10-09
E5
Series 2, Show 5 1971-10-16
E6
Series 2, Show 6 1971-10-23
E7
Series 2, Show 7 1971-10-30
Season 3 7 episodes
E1
Series 3, Show 1 1972-02-18
E2
Series 3, Show 2 1972-02-25
E3
Series 3, Show 3 1972-03-03
E4
Series 3, Show 4 1972-03-10
E5
Series 3, Show 5 1972-03-17
E6
Series 3, Show 6 1972-03-24
E7
Series 3, Show 7 1972-03-31
Season 4 7 episodes
E1
Series 4, Show 1 1972-07-14
E2
Series 4, Show 2 1972-07-21
E3
Series 4, Show 3 1972-07-28
E4
Series 4, Show 4 1972-08-04
E5
Series 4, Show 5 1972-08-11
E6
Series 4, Show 6 1972-08-18
E7
Series 4, Show 7 1972-09-02
Season 5 7 episodes
E1
Series 5, Show 1 1972-11-17
E2
Series 5, Show 2 1972-11-24
E3
Series 5, Show 3 1972-12-01
E4
Series 5, Show 4 1972-12-08
E5
Series 5, Show 5 1972-12-15
E6
Series 5, Show 6 1972-12-22
E7
Series 5, Show 7 1972-12-29
Season 6 9 episodes
E1
Series 6, Show 1 1973-04-07
E2
Series 6, Show 2 1973-04-14
E3
Series 6, Show 3 1973-04-21
E4
Series 6, Show 4 1973-04-28
E5
Series 6, Show 5 1973-05-05
E6
Series 6, Show 6 1973-05-12
E7
Series 6, Show 7 1973-05-19
E8
Series 6, Show 8 1973-06-02
E9
Christmas Special 1973-12-22
Season 7 7 episodes
E1
Series 7, Show 1 1974-01-26
E2
Series 7, Show 2 1974-02-02
E3
Series 7, Show 3 1974-02-09
E4
Series 7, Show 4 1974-02-16
E5
Series 7, Show 5 1974-02-23
E6
Series 7, Show 6 1974-03-02
E7
Series 7, Show 7 1974-03-16
Season 8 13 episodes
E1
Series 8, Show 1 1979-07-22
E2
Series 8, Show 2 1979-07-29
E3
Series 8, Show 3 1979-08-05
E4
Series 8, Show 4 1979-11-23
E5
Series 8, Show 5 1979-11-30
E6
Series 8, Show 6 1979-12-07
E7
Series 8, Show 7 1979-12-14
E8
Series 8, Show 8 1980-01-11
E9
Series 8, Show 9 1980-01-18
E10
Series 8, Show 10 1980-01-25
E11
Series 8, Show 11 1980-02-01
E12
Series 8, Show 12 1980-02-08
E13
Series 8, Show 13 1980-02-15
Season 9 3 episodes
E1
Series 9, Show 1 1984-06-02
E2
Series 9, Show 2 1984-06-09
E3
Series 9, Show 3 1984-06-16
Season 10 7 episodes
E1
Series 10, Show 1 1985-06-01
E2
Series 10, Show 2 1985-06-08
E3
Series 10, Show 3 1985-06-15
E4
Series 10, Show 4 1985-06-22
E5
Series 10, Show 5 1985-06-29
E6
Series 10, Show 6 1985-07-06
E7
Series 10, Show 7 1985-07-13
Season 11 5 episodes
E1
Series 11, Show 1 1992-07-09
E2
Series 11, Show 2 1992-07-11
E3
Series 11, Show 3 1992-07-16
E4
Series 11, Show 4 1992-07-18
E5
Series 11, Show 5 1992-07-23
Cast
Crew
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