Comedy Smörgåsbord Disc 8 starts off with:
The Bargee, a 1964 film with a very impressive cast: Harry H. Corbett, Ronnie Barker, Eric Sykes, Richard Briers, Miriam Karlin and you'll also see Una Stubbs, Brian Wilde and so on. Written by Galton & Simpson.
A Home Of Your Own is another film from 1964 with Ronnie Barker, Richard Briers, Peter Butterworth (of the Carry On films), Bill Fraser, Bernard Cribbins, and Norman Mitchell.
The Railrodder is a 1965 silent film from Canada starring comedy legend Buster Keaton.
White Goods was a 1994 Meridian TV film with Ian McShane and Lenny Henry.
"A demolition expert and teacher enter a TV game show. As the day of the competition nears, so the greed of the two player's families increases as they move closer to picking up the prizes on offer."
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells was a 2000 film from BBC and HBO starring Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Olympia Dukakis, Joan Sims, June Whitfield and so on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_the_Blonde_Bombshells
Pete And Dud: The Lost Sketches was a recent TV special from BBC.
"Jonathan Ross and contemporary comedy stars including Hugh Dennis, Angus Deayton and Alistair McGowan join forces to recreate material from Not Only... But Also, the landmark television comedy show created by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, and which was largely wiped from the BBC archives."
Ever wanted to watch a South African sitcom? Here's the first episode of one called The Coconuts. I don't know anything about it but enjoyed it and wish I could find more.
And as we span the globe, here's an episode of a sitcom from Guyana called Welcome To My Life.
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