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The '''first series''' of '''''[[Comedy Playhouse]]''''', that continued to be a long-running [[BBC]] series, broadcast from 15 December 1961 to 16 February 1962. All the episodes were written by [[Galton and Simpson|Ray Galton]] and [[Galton and Simpson|Alan Simpson]].

==Background==
The first series, which was in [[black and white]], consisted of ten episodes, each of which had a different cast and storyline. Only the fourth episode, ''The Offer'', made it to its own series becoming ''[[Steptoe and Son]]''; all other episodes of this series of ''Comedy Playhouse'' are [[Wiping|lost]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=ff3578ef-0c2a-482a-8c42-e2b95992bc96|title=Missing or incomplete episodes for programme ''Comedy Playhouse''|website=Lost Shows|accessdate=8 February 2017}}</ref> The episodes were broadcast on Friday at 8:45pm, except for ''The Status Symbol'', which was broadcast at 8:40pm.

==Episodes==
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|Clicquot Et Fils
|15 December 1961
|30mins
| style="font-size: 100%;" |Set in 1926 France, ''Clicquot Et Fils'' featured [[Eric Sykes]] as Pierre Clicquot, an [[Funeral director|undertaker]], who comes up with an idea to get more business. [[Warren Mitchell]] starred as Alphonse Lagillarde. ''Clicqot Et Fils'' was remade for [[BBC Radio 4]], starring [[Richard Griffiths]] as Clicquot and [[Roger Lloyd-Pack]] as Alphonse, and this was broadcast on 29 December 1998.
|[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398870/]
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|Lunch In The Park
|22 December 1961
|30mins
| style="font-size: 100%;" |''Lunch In The Park'' was the story of two middle-aged office workers, Geoffrey Tupper (played by [[Stanley Baxter]]) and Ethel Waring ([[Daphne Anderson]]). Every Tuesday for a decade they have met for lunch on the same park bench, but they were in for a shock this time. This was remade for ''[[Paul Merton In Galton & Simpson's...]]'' in 1997.
|[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276303/]
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|The Private Lives of Edward Whiteley
|29 December 1961
|30mins
| style="font-size: 90%;" |This programme was set around Edward Whitley (played by [[Tony Britton]]), a [[Polygamy#Bigamy|bigamist]]. [[Raymond Huntley]] played Hargreaves.
|[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276421/]
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|The Offer
|5 January 1962
|30mins
| style="font-size: 100%;" |''The Offer'' featured [[Wilfrid Brambell]] and [[Harry H. Corbett]] as Albert and Harold Steptoe, a father and son who run a London [[Rag and bone man|rag and bone]] business. Following this pilot, a series was commissioned, and on 14 June 1962, ''[[Steptoe and Son]]'' was broadcast. It ran for eight series until 1974.
|[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398241/]
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|The Reunion
|12 January 1962
|30mins
| style="font-size: 100%;" |This episode focused on a reunion of old friends, and the resulting consequences. It featured [[Lee Montague]] (as Maurice Woolly), [[J. G. Devlin]] (Paddy O'Hanahan), [[Dick Emery]] (Arthur Clench), [[Patrick Cargill]] (Bow-Tie Bertie), [[Jerold Wells]] (Sammy Burton), [[Bernard Goldman (actor)|Bernard Goldman]] (Johnny Burton), [[David Gregory (actor)|David Gregory]] (Tommy Whitelaw) and [[Cameron Hall (actor)|Cameron Hall]] (Colonel Yateley).
|[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262731/]
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|The Telephone Call
|19 January 1962
|30mins
| style="font-size: 100%;" |[[Peter Jones (actor)|Peter Jones]] starred as Lionel Baxter, who decides to do something about the problems of the [[Earth|World]] with the help of his telephone. [[June Whitfield]] starred as Sandra Baxter, [[Richard Caldicot]] as Mr Croxley, [[Derek Bond]] as Mr Gore-Willoughby MP, [[Harold Lang (actor)|Harold Lang]] as a [[BBC]] producer and [[Roger Avon]].
|[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276553/]
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|The Status Symbol
|26 January 1962
|35mins
| style="font-size: 100%;" |''The Status Symbol'' centred on Wilfred Swann (played by [[Alfred Marks]]) and his [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]]. The car is in the garage of Cyril Bradley ([[Graham Stark]]), who instead of fixing it puts it on show on his forecourt.
|[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276528/]
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|Visiting Day
|2 February 1962
|30mins
| style="font-size: 100%;" |''Visiting Day'' was set in a hospital, with the patients both looking forward to and dreading visiting day. It starred [[Bernard Cribbins]] as Cakebread, [[Betty Marsden]] as Mother, [[Wilfrid Brambell]] as Father, [[Hugh Lloyd]] as the first patient and [[Molly Weir]] as Nurse Forbes.
|[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276608/]
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|Sealed with a Loving Kiss
|9 February 1962
|30mins
| style="font-size: 100%;" |Arnold, played by [[Ronald Fraser (actor)|Ronald Fraser]], and Freda, played by [[Avril Elgar]], have been having a relationship by correspondence and when they meet for the first time they discover neither has been totally truthful. Also starring [[Gladys Henson]] as Arnold's mother, [[Vic Wise]] as the Station porter and [[Rita Webb]] as the trolley lady.
|[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276476/]
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|The Channel Swimmer
|16 February 1962
|30mins
| style="font-size: 100%;" |This episode focused on the fortunes of Clive (played by [[Michael Brennan (actor)|Michael Brennan]]), a [[English Channel|channel]] swimmer and those around him. [[Sydney Tafler]] played Lionel, [[Warren Mitchell]] played Austin, [[Frank Thornton]] played the Official, [[Bob Todd]] played the Boat pilot and [[Joe Gibbons]] played the manager of the other swimmer.
|[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276004/]
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==References==
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*[[Mark Lewisohn]], "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003
*[http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/complay/index.html British TV Comedy Guide for ''Comedy Playhouse'']

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