The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

30min

Seven Hilariously comic situations from the fertile imaginations of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Episodes

Cast

Car Along The Pass

1. Car Along The Pass

30min

17th Feb 1977

Henry Duckworth would never have imagined that he would be trapped in a cable car with a German couple when he set off on his Alpine holiday.

Swap You One Of These For One Of Those

2. Swap You One Of These For One Of Those

30min

24th Feb 1977

Henry is a married middle-aged man who discovers that he has a wandering eye, and tries to convince himself that he’s ‘not the slightest bit interested’ in all the nubile girls wandering around the office...

Cheers

3. Cheers

30min

3rd Mar 1977

Charles instantly knows something is wrong when his friend Peter orders a Tequila Sunrise instead of his usual Pink Gin. Then Peter reveals that he is getting married on Saturday...

Naught For Thy Comfort

4. Naught For Thy Comfort

30min

10th Mar 1977

Burton, an airline purser. Upon returning from a trip to the continent, unpacks his usual bag full of duty free goodies, and finds that his wife has left him...

Variations On A Theme

5. Variations On A Theme

30min

17th Mar 1977

A couple meet at a bench in a park, and the distraught female instantly announces: ‘Robert’s found out!’

I Tell You It's Burt Reynolds

6. I Tell You It's Burt Reynolds

30min

31st Mar 1977

As eternally irritating uncle Jim arrives for another unexpected visit, his sister and her family prepare themselves for yet another argumentative evening...

Big Deal In York City

7. Big Deal In York City

30min

7th Apr 1977

A gambler returning home on a train after a ‘good day’ at York racetrack, finds the carriage filled with all manner of characters, including a bishop...

First air date

17th Feb 1977

Last air date

7th Apr 1977

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks