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 (4)
1. Joint Account
Aired 18 December 1969 • 30 min
A newly wed husband faces problems when he learns his wife is a useless cook.
2. The Jugg Brothers
Aired 1 January 1970 • 30 min
Misadventures of brothers Stephen and Robert Jugg.
3. An Officer And A Gentleman
Aired 8 January 1970 • 30 min
Character actor James Grout flexed his comedy muscles in the role of military man Major Gissing, but his usual sterling performance failed to rescue this Comedy Playhouse project from the one-off file. (BBCi Comedy Guide)
4. Who's Your Friend
Aired 15 January 1970 • 30 min
Exploits of escort Jimmy Sampson.