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U - Up The Garden Path. Imelda Staunton. Ran for a few seasons on radio and TV. Never watched or listened to it.
 
Only Quatermass that I saw was a sci-fi alien invaders film - quite scary in it's day.

Alternative Q... Q (number) - the Spike Milligan tvc omedy sketch series

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V - (The) Very World of Milton Jones - BBC Radio 4 comedy. Went to a live recording of one of the shows. Quite enjoyable.

... or... (The) Vicar of Dibley - BBC tv comedy, with Dawn French in the title role
 
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Both versions of the "Likely lads" were good. There were some plans to make a new series of "Whatever happened to whatever happened to..." , but James Bolam didn't want to do it (probably too busy with other stuff at the time).
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X "X marks the spot" - the Radio 4 treasure-hunt type game is listed under "comedy" on their website. Never heard it though, so can't vouch for the humour content.
 
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Both versions of the "Likely lads" were good. There were some plans to make a new series of "Whatever happend to whatever happened to..." , but James Bolam didn't want to do it (probably busy with other stuff at the time).
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X "X marks the spot" - the Radio 4 treasure-hunt type game is listed under "comedy" on their website. Never heard it though, so can't vouch for the humour content.
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So it is, Mike. Never heard of it. Doesn't sound very funny but it's certainly listed as Comedy.
 
Z Zapped - Tv comedy in which office worker Brian Weaver (played by James Buckley) is accidentally transported to a medieval paralleul universe. Not seen it , but some episodes are on BBC iPlayer.

or... Zokko - BBC Childrens tv show (1968-70), which featured comedy, animations, music, magic tricks, etc. "Mr. Zokko" was a sort of robot-pinball-machine who introduced the items on the show. It was more of a "magazine" format which featured comedy items in it, rather than a full-on comedy show. It had a so-cheap-and-naff-that-it-was-good aspect to it, which even young children could appreciate. At the end of the programme , the robot would say "Zokko ... game over!"
 
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Z Zapped - Tv comedy in which office worker Brian Weaver (played by James Buckley) is accidentally transported to a medieval paralleul universe. Not seen it , but some episodes are on BBC iPlayer.

or.. Zokko - BBC Childrens tv show, which featured comedy, animations, music, magic tricks, etc. "Mr. Zokko" was a sort of robot-pinball-machine who introduced the items on the show.
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Well done, Mike. I had never heard of either show. Zokko sounds decidedly odd.
 
Yes, Zokko was a bit odd. It was made at at a time when robot characters started appearing in several children's tv shows. The programme makers probably thought something along the lines of "If we put a few cheap odds-and-ends together, introduced by a robot, kids will like it". There was also an interactive aspect to it where children were encouaged to send in their own "Knock, knock" jokes, etc.
 
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