The Sitcom Club - 093 - Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt
Feliz Navidad! Tilt and Gary return for a festive outing (really - it's outdoors) and discuss the 1977 Christmas (and final) edition of Bill Maynard's YTV sitcom.
Dec 27, 2024•1 hr 1 min
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The Sitcom Club - 092 - Two Forgotten Sitcoms
Season's greetings! Enjoy a previously unreleased episode in which Tilt and Gary discuss Granada's 1968 prison comedy Her Majesty's Pleasure and LWT's Lovely Couple from 1979.
Dec 23, 2023•1 hr 2 min
The Sitcom Club - 091 - AYBS Pilot
Our introductory 'cast for all things Are You Being Served? kicks off with a discussion on the road to the pilot episode for cast and crew.
Sep 25, 2022•1 hr 30 min
The Sitcom Club - 090 - The Climber
Gary and Tilt return to discuss the 1983 BBC sitcom The Climber, taking one or six detours along the way.
Dec 19, 2021•48 min
The Sitcom Club - 089 - Cast Changes and Please Sir Series 4
It’s all change as Gary and Tilt discuss various sitcom cast reshuffles and enjoy series 4 of Please Sir!
Dec 11, 2020•52 min
The Sitcom Club - 088 - Lame Ducks
The Sitcom Club returns! Gary and Tilt are joined by Steve O’Brien to discuss PJ Hammond’s Lame Ducks.
Nov 13, 2020•1 hr 4 min
The Sitcom Club - 087 - More Forgotten Sitcoms
Well, blimey, we're back! Gary and Tilt return with three forgotten ITV sitcoms - Turnbull's Finest Half Hour, Girls About Town and Inside George Webley.
Sep 25, 2019•49 min
The Sitcom Club - 086 - 2018 Christmas Selection Box
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Dec 22, 2018•57 min
The Sitcom Club - 085 - More US Sitcoms Of The 21st Century
It's part two of our up-to-date discussion on current/recent US shows, this time including Angie Tribeca, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Superior Donuts and The Good Place.
Nov 19, 2018•1 hr 1 min
The Sitcom Club - 084 - US Sitcoms Of The 21st Century
What's going on here? 2018, you say? Blimey...Tilt and Gary have landed in the present day to discuss current American sitcoms including Parks and Recreation, Black-ish and Modern Family.
Oct 29, 2018•54 min
The Sitcom Club - 083 - Meet The Wife
We're back to the Sixties for this week's SC as Gary and Tilt discuss Chesney and Wolfe's Meet The Wife starring Thora Hird and Freddie Frinton.
Oct 13, 2018•58 min
The Sitcom Club - 082 - Grace And Favour
Are You Being Served Again? Gary and Tilt are free to discuss Croft and Lloyd's Grace Brothers sequel from 1992.
Sep 30, 2018•59 min
The Sitcom Club - 081 - Hi-de-Hi!
The Sitcom Club returns - Gary and Tilt kick-off the new season with Croft and Perry's holiday camp classic Hi-de-Hi!
Sep 22, 2018•1 hr 9 min
The Sitcom Club - 080 - ITV Christmas Comedy
The Sitcom Club returns with a seasonal selection of specials as Gary and Tilt review Network's Classic ITV Christmas Comedy boxset.
Dec 22, 2017•1 hr 3 min
The Sitcom Club - 079 - Kinvig
Blimey, The Sitcom Club has returned! Gary and Tilt are back with a one-off show focusing on Nigel Kneale's 1981 sci-fi series Kinvig.
Sep 08, 2017•1 hr
The Sitcom Club - 078 - BBC Sitcom Season Lost Shows
It's The Sitcom Club's final podcast for the foreseeable, and we'll be honest - it didn't go well. Gary and Tilt discuss BBC4's Lost Shows: Till Death Us Do Part, Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe And Son.
Oct 07, 2016•54 min
The Sitcom Club - 077 - BBC Sitcom Season Revivals
The Sitcom Club returns! This time, we're looking at the BBC's Sitcom Season and the four BBC1 revivals - Are You Being Served, Porridge, Goodnight Sweetheart and Young Hyacinth - with guest Gee Baker.
Sep 30, 2016•1 hr 17 min
The Sitcom Club - 076 - The Monkees
It's a fourth of July special as The Sitcom Club discusses The Monkees with guest Melanie Mitchell, author of 'Monkee Magic'.
Jul 04, 2016•1 hr 15 min
The Sitcom Club - 075 - Sitcoms And The Upper Class
In the final part of our occasional series on class, we discuss representations of the upper class in shows such as To The Manor Born.
Jun 28, 2016•48 min
The Sitcom Club - 074 - Dinnerladies
In a special Bank Holiday edition, The Sitcom Club discusses Victoria Wood's 1998 sitcom dinnerladies.
May 02, 2016•1 hr 11 min
The Sitcom Club - 073 - David Jason At ITV
It's a Holiday Monday Sitcom Club! For our first 2016 outing, Gary and Tilt review three ITV vehicles for David Jason: The Top Secret Life Of Edgar Briggs, Lucky Feller and A Sharp Intake Of Breath.
Mar 28, 2016•1 hr 3 min
Jaffa Cakes For Proust - 011 - Three Christmas Carols
Merry Christmas Eve from Jaffa Cakes For Proust! We're plundering the archives to enjoy three very different versions of Charles Dickens' classic tale.
Dec 24, 2015•1 hr 25 min
The Sitcom Club - 072B - Peep Show Part 2
The Christmas party keeps rockin' as our Peep Show-themed soiree continues.
Dec 23, 2015•1 hr 33 min
The Sitcom Club - 072A - Peep Show Part 1
It's Christmas! The Sitcom Club celebrates in style with a guest-packed, Peep Show-themed party.
Dec 22, 2015•1 hr 30 min
Jaffa Cakes For Proust - 010 - Christmas Night With The Stars
Season's greetings from BBC Television Centre...Jaffa Cakes delves into the archives to discuss festive viewing from 1958, 1964 & 1972.
Dec 18, 2015•1 hr 6 min
The Sitcom Club - 071 - The Wackers
At last! Gary and Tilt review Vince Powell's 1975 sitcom featuring the lovable Scouser family The Wackers.
Dec 11, 2015•58 min
Jaffa Cakes For Proust - 009 - Seasonal Oddities
Jaffa Cakes For Proust gets all festive with three films often seen in the off-peak hours of the TV schedules.
Dec 04, 2015•1 hr 4 min
The Sitcom Club - 070 - A Small Problem
The Sitcom Club returns with the BBC2 satire on prejudice and discrimination, A Small Problem, from 1987.
Nov 27, 2015•55 min
Jaffa Cakes For Proust - 008 - Men Dressed As Women In 1972
Yes, it's 1972 so it must be men dressed as women! JCfP looks at three British comedy films: A Couple Of Beauties, Ooh You Are Awful and Our Miss Fred.
Nov 21, 2015•52 min
The Sitcom Club - 069 - Sitcoms And The Professional Class
We return to our discussion of class in sitcoms with the professionals - Executive Stress, Joint Account and Trouble In Mind.
Nov 12, 2015•1 hr 3 min
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