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Join us every week as we discuss classic & contemporary British sitcoms, focusing on a different show each episode.

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    • Apr 19, 2026 LATEST EPISODE
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    The Sitcom Club - 094 - The Lives of Terry and June

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2026 63:58


    Ooh, crumbs! Gary and Tilt discuss the ever-popular BBC series Terry and June (1978-87) and its predecessors.

    The Sitcom Club - 093 - Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 61:10


    Feliz Navidad! Tilt and Gary return for a festive outing (really - it's outdoors) and discuss the 1977 Christmas (and final) edition of Bill Maynard's YTV sitcom.

    The Sitcom Club - 092 - Two Forgotten Sitcoms

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2023 62:28


    Season's greetings! Enjoy a previously unreleased episode in which Tilt and Gary discuss Granada's 1968 prison comedy Her Majesty's Pleasure and LWT's Lovely Couple from 1979.

    The Sitcom Club - 091 - AYBS Pilot

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2022 89:51


    Our introductory 'cast for all things Are You Being Served? kicks off with a discussion on the road to the pilot episode for cast and crew.

    The Sitcom Club - 090 - The Climber

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2021 47:58


    Gary and Tilt return to discuss the 1983 BBC sitcom The Climber, taking one or six detours along the way.

    The Sitcom Club - 089 - Cast Changes and Please Sir Series 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020 51:46


    It's all change as Gary and Tilt discuss various sitcom cast reshuffles and enjoy series 4 of Please Sir!

    The Sitcom Club - 088 - Lame Ducks

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 64:00


    The Sitcom Club returns! Gary and Tilt are joined by Steve O'Brien to discuss PJ Hammond's Lame Ducks.

    The Sitcom Club - 087 - More Forgotten Sitcoms

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2019 48:33


    Well, blimey, we're back! Gary and Tilt return with three forgotten ITV sitcoms - Turnbull's Finest Half Hour, Girls About Town and Inside George Webley.

    The Sitcom Club - 086 - 2018 Christmas Selection Box

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2018 56:38


    The Sitcom Club - 085 - More US Sitcoms Of The 21st Century

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2018 61:09


    It's part two of our up-to-date discussion on current/recent US shows, this time including Angie Tribeca, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Superior Donuts and The Good Place.

    The Sitcom Club - 084 - US Sitcoms Of The 21st Century

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2018 54:11


    What's going on here? 2018, you say? Blimey...Tilt and Gary have landed in the present day to discuss current American sitcoms including Parks and Recreation, Black-ish and Modern Family.

    The Sitcom Club - 083 - Meet The Wife

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2018 58:07


    We're back to the Sixties for this week's SC as Gary and Tilt discuss Chesney and Wolfe's Meet The Wife starring Thora Hird and Freddie Frinton.

    The Sitcom Club - 082 - Grace And Favour

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2018 59:07


    Are You Being Served Again? Gary and Tilt are free to discuss Croft and Lloyd's Grace Brothers sequel from 1992.

    The Sitcom Club - 081 - Hi-de-Hi!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2018 68:47


    The Sitcom Club returns - Gary and Tilt kick-off the new season with Croft and Perry's holiday camp classic Hi-de-Hi!

    The Sitcom Club - 080 - ITV Christmas Comedy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2017 63:10


    The Sitcom Club returns with a seasonal selection of specials as Gary and Tilt review Network's Classic ITV Christmas Comedy boxset.

    The Sitcom Club - 079 - Kinvig

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2017 59:32


    Blimey, The Sitcom Club has returned! Gary and Tilt are back with a one-off show focusing on Nigel Kneale's 1981 sci-fi series Kinvig.

    The Sitcom Club - 078 - BBC Sitcom Season Lost Shows

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2016 53:44


    It's The Sitcom Club's final podcast for the foreseeable, and we'll be honest - it didn't go well. Gary and Tilt discuss BBC4's Lost Shows: Till Death Us Do Part, Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe And Son.

    The Sitcom Club - 077 - BBC Sitcom Season Revivals

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2016 76:41


    The Sitcom Club returns! This time, we're looking at the BBC's Sitcom Season and the four BBC1 revivals - Are You Being Served, Porridge, Goodnight Sweetheart and Young Hyacinth - with guest Gee Baker.

    The Sitcom Club - 076 - The Monkees

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2016 74:55


    It's a fourth of July special as The Sitcom Club discusses The Monkees with guest Melanie Mitchell, author of 'Monkee Magic'.

    The Sitcom Club - 075 - Sitcoms And The Upper Class

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2016 47:37


    In the final part of our occasional series on class, we discuss representations of the upper class in shows such as To The Manor Born.

    The Sitcom Club - 074 - Dinnerladies

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2016 71:04


    In a special Bank Holiday edition, The Sitcom Club discusses Victoria Wood's 1998 sitcom dinnerladies.

    The Sitcom Club - 073 - David Jason At ITV

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2016 62:51


    It's a Holiday Monday Sitcom Club! For our first 2016 outing, Gary and Tilt review three ITV vehicles for David Jason: The Top Secret Life Of Edgar Briggs, Lucky Feller and A Sharp Intake Of Breath.

    Jaffa Cakes For Proust - 011 - Three Christmas Carols

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2015 85:04


    Merry Christmas Eve from Jaffa Cakes For Proust! We're plundering the archives to enjoy three very different versions of Charles Dickens' classic tale.

    The Sitcom Club - 072B - Peep Show Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2015 92:31


    The Christmas party keeps rockin' as our Peep Show-themed soiree continues.

    The Sitcom Club - 072A - Peep Show Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2015 89:46


    It's Christmas! The Sitcom Club celebrates in style with a guest-packed, Peep Show-themed party.

    Jaffa Cakes For Proust - 010 - Christmas Night With The Stars

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2015 65:56


    Season's greetings from BBC Television Centre...Jaffa Cakes delves into the archives to discuss festive viewing from 1958, 1964 & 1972.

    The Sitcom Club - 071 - The Wackers

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2015 58:24


    At last! Gary and Tilt review Vince Powell's 1975 sitcom featuring the lovable Scouser family The Wackers.

    Jaffa Cakes For Proust - 009 - Seasonal Oddities

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2015 63:54


    Jaffa Cakes For Proust gets all festive with three films often seen in the off-peak hours of the TV schedules.

    The Sitcom Club - 070 - A Small Problem

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2015 54:58


    The Sitcom Club returns with the BBC2 satire on prejudice and discrimination, A Small Problem, from 1987.

    Jaffa Cakes For Proust - 008 - Men Dressed As Women In 1972

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2015 51:46


    Yes, it's 1972 so it must be men dressed as women! JCfP looks at three British comedy films: A Couple Of Beauties, Ooh You Are Awful and Our Miss Fred.

    The Sitcom Club - 069 - Sitcoms And The Professional Class

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2015 62:47


    We return to our discussion of class in sitcoms with the professionals - Executive Stress, Joint Account and Trouble In Mind.

    Jaffa Cakes For Proust - 007 - Doctor Who And The Romans

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2015 67:19


    Gary hasn't seen a Doctor Who story for thirty-two years...Tilt selects an ideal title as JCfP discusses The Romans from 1965.

    The Sitcom Club - 068 - Last Of The Summer Wine

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2015 64:13


    The Sitcom Club returns with a look at the world's longest-running sitcom.

    Jaffa Cakes For Proust - 006 - The Good Companions

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2015 60:28


    Jaffa Cakes For Proust returns in a new, fortnightly series - first up, Gary and Tilt discuss Alan Plater's TV adaptation of J B Priestley's The Good Companions.

    Jaffa Cakes For Proust - 005 - Hauntology Vs Millennial Nostalgia

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2015 64:13


    Mooncat, Ocho and Gee Baker discuss televisual nostalgia through the prism of PIFs, Picture Box and Pippin the dog.

    Jaffa Cakes For Proust - 004 - The Generation Game and Bruce Forsyth's Big Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2015 65:29


    Jaffa Cakes For Proust gets the network together as we look back on the BBC's Generation Game and Bruce Forsyth's later vehicle for ITV.

    The Sitcom Club - 067 - The Other One

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2015 73:34


    The Sitcom Club concludes for the summer with Esmonde and Larbey's bittersweet series starring Michael Gambon and Richard Briers.

    Jaffa Cakes For Proust - 003 - A Bunch Of British B Movies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2015 61:23


    Mooncat and Ocho take a trip to the local Roxy for three British B movies from the 1950s.

    The Sitcom Club - 066 - The Likely Lads

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2015 49:56


    The Sitcom Club goes back to where it all began for Bob and Terry as we discuss the original three series of The Likely Lads.

    The Sitcom Club - 065 - The Goodies At LWT

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2015 62:49


    It's trandem-based madness on the South Bank as The Sitcom Club reviews The Goodies at LWT.

    The Sitcom Club - 064 - The Ropers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2015 56:28


    The Sitcom Club relocates to Cheviot Hills in the company of America's answer to George and Mildred.

    The Sitcom Club - 063 - Reggie Perrin 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2015 56:30


    It's Perrin, but not as we know him - fast forward/rewind to 2009 for Simon Nye & David Nobbs' revival starring Martin Clunes.

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