The Comedians

Here we take a look at the comedy programme 'The Comedians'

 

 

 

FACTFILE
ON THE AIR	12th June 1971 - 28th December 1993
ORIGINAL CHANNEL	ITV
PRODUCTION COMPANY	Granada Television
NUMBER OF EPISODES	81
PRODUCTION LOCATIONS
CAST
	Frank Carson	George Roper
	Charlie Williams	Ken Goodwin
	Duggie Brown	Mike Coyne
	Paul Melba	Shep's Banjo Boys
	Bernard Manning	Jos White
	Ray Fell	Colin Crompton
	Mike Burton	Eddie Flanagan
	Alan Brady	Steve Faye
	Kenny Cantor	Dave Butler
	Dennis Jones	Jackie Carlton
	Tom O'Connor	Bryn Phillips
	Sammy Thomas	Stu Francis
	Johnny Wager	Josh White
	Jim Bowen	Jackie Hamilton
	Jackie Hamilton	Stuart Williams
	Mike Reid	Alan Fox
	Tony Stewart	Colin Price
	Jimmy Marshall	Pat Mooney
	Les Bryan	Jerry Harris
	Russ Abbot	Brian Lewis
	Hal Nolan	Stan Boardman
	Lee Wilson	Mick Miller
	Vince Earl	Johnny Carroll
	Charlie Daze	Polly Miller
	Ivor Davis	Harry Scott
	Roy Walker	Lenny Windsorr
	Brian Carroll	Bob Curtiss
	George King	Mike Kelly
	Harry Scott	Pat Tansey
	Bobby Kaye	Pauline Daniels
	Ollie Spencer	Harry Black
	Tony Jo	Mick Miller
Eddie Colinton	Les Dennis
MISSING BELIEVED WIPED	N/A - All episodes still in existence
ARCHIVE HOLDER	ITV Archive 104 Kirkstall Road Leeds LS3 1JS Tel: 0113 222 7500 https://www.itvarchive.com/
THEME TUNE
REPEATED	Episodes were repeated on the now defunct cable/satellite channel Plus
COMMERCIAL RELEASES	Selected episodes available on Network DVD
HELD IN THE BRITSET ARCHIVES	Episode 1.3 Episode 1.5 Episode 1.6

 

 

The Comedians was a show where standup comedians of the day would perform to a studio audience. The show flipped between the different comedians rather than have each do a full set. There would be around 5 - 7 comedians on each show.

TITLES

These were the titles to 'The Comedians'

VIDEO CLIP

The Comedians (Titles) Episode 1.3 3rd July 1971 Granada Television

 

CREDITS

These were the credits to 'The Comedians'

VIDEO CLIP

The Comedians (Credits) Episode 1.3 3rd July 1971 Granada Television