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The Comedians

1971 · 11 seasons · 30m per episode · Comedy

The comedians is a British television show of the 1970s produced by Johnnie Hamp of Granada Television. The show gave a stage to nightclub and working men's club comedians of the era, including Russ Abbot, Lennie Bennett, Stan Boardman, Jim Bowen, Jimmy Bright, Duggie Brown, Mike Burton, Dave Butler, Brian Carroll, Frank Carson, Mike Coyne, Jimmy Cricket, Colin Crompton, Pauline Daniels, Charlie Daze, Vince Earl, Steve Faye, Eddie Flanagan, Stu Francis, Ken Goodwin, Jackie Hamilton, Jerry Harris, George King, Bobby Knutt, Bernard Manning, Mike McCabe, Paul Melba, Mick Miller, Hal Nolan, Tom O'Connor, Tom Pepper, Bryn Phillips, Mike Reid, George Roper, Harry Scott, Sammy Thomas, Johnny Wager, Roy Walker, Charlie Williams, Lee Wilson and Lenny Windsor. Also featured on the TV show, were Shep's Banjo Boys, a 7-piece band comprising Charlie Bentley, John Drury, Andy Holdorf, John Orchard, John Rollings, Graham Shepherd and Howard Shepherd. In 1973, the line up was Mike Dexter, Tony "Tosh" Kennedy, Ged Martin, Tony Pritchard, Graham Shepherd and Howard "Shep" Shepherd.

Seasons

• Season 1 — 7 episodes (June 12, 1971)
• Season 2 — 7 episodes (September 18, 1971)
• Season 3 — 7 episodes (February 18, 1972)
• Season 4 — 7 episodes (July 14, 1972)
• Season 5 — 7 episodes (November 17, 1972)
• Season 6 — 9 episodes (April 7, 1973)
• Season 7 — 7 episodes (January 26, 1974)
• Season 8 — 13 episodes (July 22, 1979)
• Season 9 — 3 episodes (June 2, 1984)
• Season 10 — 7 episodes (June 1, 1985)
• Season 11 — 5 episodes (July 9, 1992)

Cast

• Russ Abbot
• Roy Walker
• Lennie Bennett
• Mike Reid
• Jim Bowen
• Tom O'Connor
• Bobby Knutt
• Duggie Brown
• Bernard Manning
• Frank Carson
• Stu Francis
• Jimmy Cricket

Details

First aired

June 12, 1971

Episodes

79

Genres

Comedy

Network

ITV1

Status

Ended

TMDB score

7.0 / 10 from 3 votes