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The '''twelfth  series''' of '''''[[Comedy Playhouse]]''''', the long-running [[BBC]] series, aired during 1972, with the last two episode being used as fillers due to the [[Munich massacre]].  
The '''twelfth  series''' of '''''[[Comedy Playhouse]]''''', the long-running [[w:BBC|BBC]] series, aired during 1972, with the last two episode being used as fillers due to the [[w:Munich massacre|Munich massacre]].  


==Background==
==Background==
The twelfth series, which was in colour, consisted of seven episodes, each of which had a different cast and storyline. The [[pilot episode]] of ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' was intended to be broadcast early in the year but the BBC chose not to broadcast it, and was not transmitted, until the [[Munich massacre]] at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] necessitated that it was used as a filler.
The twelfth series, which was in colour, consisted of seven episodes, each of which had a different cast and storyline. The [[w:pilot episode|pilot episode]] of ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' was intended to be broadcast early in the year but the BBC chose not to broadcast it, and was not transmitted, until the [[w:Munich massacre|Munich massacre]] at the [[w:1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Summer Olympics]] necessitated that it was used as a filler.


==Episodes==
==Episodes==
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|Idle at Work
|Idle at Work
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|30 mins
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|And Whose Side Are You On?
|And Whose Side Are You On?
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|30 mins
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|Born Every Minute
|Born Every Minute
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|30 mins
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|The Dirtiest Soldier in the World
|The Dirtiest Soldier in the World
|27 March 1972
|27 March 1972
|30 mins
|30 mins
|An adaptation of one story in [[George MacDonald Fraser]]'s ''The General Danced At Dawn''.
|An adaptation of one story in [[w:George MacDonald Fraser|George MacDonald Fraser]]'s ''The General Danced At Dawn''.
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|No Peace on the Western Front
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|30 mins
|Set in the First World War, starred [[Warren Mitchell]] as a German soldier.
|Set in the First World War, starred [[Warren Mitchell]] as a German soldier.
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|Weren't You Marcia Honeywell?
|Weren't You Marcia Honeywell?
|7 September 1972
|7 September 1972
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|30 mins
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|[[Are You Being Served?]]
|[[Are You Being Served?]]
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|Not originally intended to be broadcast, the BBC screened it to fill a gap in the schedules due to the terrorist attack at the Munich Olympics. Became a very long-running programme.
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Latest revision as of 11:00, 12 January 2023

The twelfth series of Comedy Playhouse, the long-running BBC series, aired during 1972, with the last two episode being used as fillers due to the Munich massacre.

Background

The twelfth series, which was in colour, consisted of seven episodes, each of which had a different cast and storyline. The pilot episode of Are You Being Served? was intended to be broadcast early in the year but the BBC chose not to broadcast it, and was not transmitted, until the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics necessitated that it was used as a filler.

Episodes

Title Airdate Duration Overview
Idle at Work 14 January 1972 30 mins
And Whose Side Are You On? 21 January 1972 30 mins
Born Every Minute 28 January 1972 30 mins
The Dirtiest Soldier in the World 27 March 1972 30 mins An adaptation of one story in George MacDonald Fraser's The General Danced At Dawn.
No Peace on the Western Front 30 August 1972 30 mins Set in the First World War, starred Warren Mitchell as a German soldier.
Weren't You Marcia Honeywell? 7 September 1972 30 mins
Are You Being Served? 8 September 1972 30 mins Not originally intended to be broadcast, the BBC screened it to fill a gap in the schedules due to the terrorist attack at the Munich Olympics. Became a very long-running programme.

References

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