Sykes And A... - BBC1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Sykes And A.... Image shows from L to R: Hat (Hattie Jacques), Eric (Eric Sykes). Copyright: BBC

Genre

Sitcom

Broadcast

1960 - 1965

Channel

BBC Television Service, BBC TV, BBC 1

Episodes

59 (9 series), plus 1 short special

Stars

Eric Sykes, Hattie Jacques and Richard Wattis

Writers

Eric Sykes and Johnny Speight

Directors

Philip Barker, Dennis Main Wilson, Vere Lorrimer, Sydney Lotterby and William G Stewart

Producers

Dennis Main Wilson, Sydney Lotterby and Philip Barker

Company

Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques play twins living together at 24 Sebeastapol Terrace. Each episode was titled Sykes And A... - the theme of the episode completed the title.

Along with their snobbish neighbour Mr Brown, they find themselves in many unlikely and uproarious situations, often with Eric's almost child-like behaviour largely as the root cause.

During Series 3 Mr Brown emigrated to Australia.

Additional details

Production

Studio

Camera set-up

Multi-camera

Picture

Black and white

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Friday 29th January 1960 at 8:30pm on BBC One

All previous repeats