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For many years, Comedy Playhouse was BBC Television's 'proving ground' for new comedy programmes. A whole host of successful sitcoms from the 'sixties and 'seventies were first shown as part of this programme.
Among the programmes first seen in Comedy Playhouse were:
- Steptoe And Son
- Till Death Us Do Part
- All Gas And Gaiters
- Beggar My Neighbour
- The Liver Birds
- Are You Being Served?
- Last Of The Summer Wine
Series: 15
Episodes: 120
Transmitted: 1961-1974
BBC Television