Only Fools and Horses Only Fools and Horses is an iconic British sitcom that was created by comedy screenwriter John Sullivan (1946 – 2011). Seven series of the show, consisting of either 6 or 7 episodes, were broadcast by BBC 1 between 1981 and 1991. There were also 16 Christmas specials of the comedy series…
The Young Ones The Young Ones is a British sitcom written by Rik Mayall, Ben Elton, and Lise Mayer. Mayall, along with Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan, and Alexei Sayle, were the co-stars of the show. The whacky, surreal comedy was first televised in 1982 on BBC2 and ran for six episodes. A second…
Fawlty Towers Fawlty Towers is an iconic British television sitcom written by husband and (then) wife, John Cleese and Connie Booth. It first aired on the BBC for a total of six in episodes in 1975. A second series of a further six episodes was screened four years later. The multiple award-winning show is often…
Monty Python’s Flying Circus Monty Python’s Flying Circus was a British TV comedy sketch show that was broadcast on the BBC between 1969 and 1974. The much-loved surreal comedy series was largely written by and starred five Oxbridge graduates, namely Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. The sixth member of…
Early Life The British comedy actor Jimmy Edwards was born in Barnes, Surrey on 23 March 1920. The son of a mathematics professor, he was christened James Keith O’Neill Edwards. He had eight siblings, four brothers and four sisters. He was schooled at St Paul’s Cathedral School in Wimbledon and later attended St John’s College…
The expressions “headmaster” and “headmistress” have traditionally been used in UK schools for centuries. They obviously refer to a headteacher, whose primary task is the running of a school. Although the phrases are still in use today, particularly in public schools, the imported American term “principal”, is becoming increasing common. However, I think it’s fair…
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