About this season
Comedy Playhouse is a long-running British anthology series of one-off unrelated sitcoms that aired for 120 episodes from 1961 to 1975. Many episodes later graduated to their own series, including Steptoe and Son, Till Death Us Do Part, All Gas and Gaiters, The Liver Birds, Are You Being Served? and Last of the Summer Wine, which is the world's longest running sitcom, having run from January 1973 to August 2010.
Episodes (8)
1. Hughie
Aired 19 May 1967 • 30 min
Released from prison after a 10 year sentence, Hughie wants to return straight to the comfort of his cell.
2. House In A Tree
Aired 26 May 1967 • 30 min
Mother and housewife Jennifer Corner copes with the running of her household.
3. Spanner In The Works
Aired 2 June 1967 • 30 min
Arthur Machin, owner of a small engineering works, is determined to get the most out of his employees.
4. Heirs On A Shoestring
Aired 9 June 1967 • 30 min
A couple are expecting an inheritance from their elderly uncle, but a spanner is put in the works by a prospective new heir.
5. Uncle Fred Flits By
Aired 16 June 1967 • 30 min
The exploits of the eccentric Earl of Ickenham.
6. Loitering With Intent
Aired 23 June 1967 • 30 min
A good-cause-supporting couple don't like it when a pair of ""Kilburn Refugees"" take up residence in their garden.
7. To Lucifer: A Son
Aired 29 June 1967 • 30 min
Nick, the son of the devil, decides that Hell needs to be more trendy and with-it.
8. The Old Campaigner
Aired 30 June 1967 • 30 min
Exploits of super salesman James Franklin-Jones or FJ as he is known as he travels the globe for Balsom Plastics and seeking out 'crumpet' at every opportunity.