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Comedy Playhouse

Season 1 · 10 episodes · Dec 15, 1961

  1. Episode 1

    Cliquot et Fils

    Dec 15, 1961

    An undertaker in 1920s France needs to drum up trade for his ailing business.

  2. Episode 2

    Lunch in the Park

    Dec 22, 1961

    A pair of office workers have for ten years spent their lunch hour on the same park bench.

  3. Episode 3

    The Private Lives of Edward Whitely

    Dec 29, 1961

    The misadventures of bigamist Edward Whitely.

  4. Episode 4

    The Offer

    Jan 5, 1962

    Harold Steptoe, a middle aged rag and bone man, yearns to break away from the clutches of his elderly, conniving, and disgusting father, but events always conspire against him.

  5. Episode 5

    The Reunion

    Jan 12, 1962

    A reunion doesn't go as planned.

  6. Episode 6

    The Telephone Call

    Jun 19, 1962

    A worried man uses his phone to do something about the troubled world.

  7. Episode 7

    The Status Symbol

    Jan 26, 1962

    A garage owner doesn't want to return a customer's Rolls Royce because he he likes the way it looks in his yard.

  8. Episode 8

    Visiting Day

    Feb 2, 1962

    A group of hospital patients prepare for visiting day.

  9. Episode 9

    Sealed with a Loving Kiss

    Feb 9, 1962

    A pair of penpals decide to meet for the first time, but they haven't been telling the truth about themselves.

  10. Episode 10

    The Channel Swimmer

    Feb 16, 1962

    A man determines to swim the Channel.