The quintessential quickfire stand-up comedy show The Comedians is one of the great successes of ITV1 - lasting from 1971 until 1993 and making household names of many of its stars. With routines that were honed to perfection in the hard-knock territory of Northern working men's clubs Frank Carson Charlie Williams Bernard Manning Colin Crompton and Ken Goodwin all became masters of the one-liner and the knowing wink. The Comedians was immediately popular with the viewing public scoring high ratings and gaining a BAFTA nomination for Best Light Entertainment Programme. It lasted for eleven series and several specials over twenty-two years. This specially-created compilation from its early years contains some of the best moments from series one.
The quintessential quickfire stand-up comedy show The Comedians is one of the great successes of ITV - lasting from 1971 until 1993 and making household names of many of its stars. With routines that were honed to perfection in the hard-knock territory of Northern working men''s clubs Frank Carson Charlie Williams Bernard Manning George Roper and Ken Goodwin all became masters of the excruciatingly bad joke and the knowing wink. The Comedians was immediately popular with the viewing public - scoring high ratings and gaining a BAFTA nomination for Best Light Entertainment Programme. This DVD set contains all the best bits from Series Three first shown in 1972. The Comedians are: Frank Carson George Roper Colin Crompton Jerry Harris Duggie Brown Jimmy Marshall Jim Bowen Bernard Manning Charlie Williams Mike Reid Ken Goodwin Pat Mooney Russ Roberts Mike Burton Dave Butler Les Bryan Shep''s Banjo Boys
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