{"id":1271,"date":"2008-11-16T17:52:21","date_gmt":"2008-11-16T17:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/the-best-of-british-classic-comedy\/"},"modified":"2008-11-16T17:52:21","modified_gmt":"2008-11-16T17:52:21","slug":"the-best-of-british-classic-comedy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/index.php\/the-best-of-british-classic-comedy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best of British Classic Comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1264\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/britishcover.jpg\" alt=\"Cover\" width=\"320\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/britishcover.jpg 320w, https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/britishcover-171x300.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Produced 1987 by Catalyst Productions for Benson and Hedges.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-1265\" style=\"margin: 3px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/britishback.jpg\" alt=\"Cover\" width=\"320\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/britishback.jpg 320w, https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/britishback-171x300.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Frankie Howerd is your guide for a light-hearted look at the Best of British Classic Comedy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Titter ye may&#8217; at the comic titbits from artistes as renowned as Tommy Cooper, as madcap as Max Wall, as humourous as Hancock.<\/p>\n<p>Our star studded presentation also features Peter Sellers, Morecambe and Wise, Marty Feldman, Alexei Sayle, Cannon and Ball and Stanley Baxter. Plus comic clips from Carry on Cleo, A Private Function, St Trinians, Rising Damp, Porridge, Life of Brian, the Crazy Gang and Clockwise.<\/p>\n<p>All are brought to you on this exclusive video with the compliments of Benson and Hedges 100&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Running time 45 mins approx<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by Frankie Howerd, this video is a compilation of clips from various comedians.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1266\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/britishtitle.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" border=\"0\" width=\"239\" height=\"171\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1267\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/25yrsketch7b.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" border=\"0\" width=\"260\" height=\"200\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1268\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/25yrsketch7c.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" border=\"0\" width=\"260\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Cannon and Ball clip is the &#8216;invisible snooker&#8217; sketch featuring Steve Davis from <a href=\"\/index.php\/the-cannon-and-ball-show-series-4\/\">Series 4 of The Cannon and Ball Show<\/a>. This is also featured on the <a href=\"\/index.php\/cannon-and-ball-celebrate-25-years-of-comedy\/\">Cannon and Ball celebrate 25 years of comedy<\/a> video.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1269\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/25yrsketch7m.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" border=\"0\" width=\"260\" height=\"200\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1270\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/25yrsketch7j.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" border=\"0\" width=\"260\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Produced 1987 by Catalyst Productions for Benson and Hedges. &nbsp; Frankie Howerd is your guide for a light-hearted look at[&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":28,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1271","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Best of British Classic Comedy - Comedy Kings<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/index.php\/the-best-of-british-classic-comedy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Best of British Classic Comedy - Comedy Kings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Produced 1987 by Catalyst Productions for Benson and Hedges. &nbsp; 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