This one-off format would be copies for most of the drama series of the 70s and 80s and is still used today. Some one-off dramas started to be made, among them 'Lillie' the story of the King's mistress, Lillie Langtry starring Francesca Annis. 'Upstairs Downstairs' appeared for the first time in 1975 and is still, in my humble opinion, much, much better than the remake. 'Within These Walls' was copied later on by the Australian drama, 'Prisoner of Cell Block H'.

It was the top Saturday night drama, appearing after' The Generation Game' so that was your Saturday night sorted out - entertainment all the way. Thereafter, the BBC went from strength to strength.ġ974 brought 'Within These Walls' a tale of the life inside if a fictional women's prison. 'The Good Life' also made its debut in 1975 and was also on the BBC. 1975 was the first year that' Fawlty Towers' was shown and that show is arguably, Britain's greatest comedy. The mid 1970s was the period during which the BBC started to make real inroads in the comedy viewing figures.

The early 1970s started pretty briskly in the comedy stakes with ITV making the better shows but BBC making one of the best, Steptoe and Son. There was even a 1970s series set in prison, 'Porridge'.

We had controversial British comedy TV shows like 'Love Thy Neighbour' (openly racist, it was meant to be ironic but ironic doesn't work in a comedy in the 1970s) and 'Man About The House' (one guy, two girls, lots of sexual innuendo and the possibility of a menage et trois?). The Benny Hill Show was taking advantage of more lax censorship on TV, making best use of some buxom, bikini and hot pants clad girls being chased by what now seems to be a bunch of dirty old men but Benny Hill could be very funny with his other humour.

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