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Night of Comic Relief, A (1988 Television)
Television variety charity revue benefiting charitable causes in Great Britain and Africa. Includes a two-minute spoof of Macbeth played as a sitcom. In the living room Mrs Macbeth tells her husband that he...
Shakespeare (1987 Television)
- Series
- Cosby Show, The
- Director
- Jay Sandrich
US television sitcom about the Huxtable family, an African-American family living in New York City. Dr Heathcliff (`Cliff’) Huxtable (Cosby) is a obstetrician, and his wife Clair (Rashid), is an attorney;...
Carol, Carl, Whoopi & Robin (1987 Television)
- Series
- Carol Burnett Special
- Director
- Korman Harvey; Roger Beatty
- Producer
- Stephanie Sills; Dick Clair; Jenna McMahon
A special in the comedy and music series hosted by Carol Burnett. Includes a brief sketch in which Carl Reiner and Robin Williams have a backstage talk which leads to a parody of Shakespeare with Reiner...
Dial M for Pizza [24/11/1987] (1987 Radio)
- Series
- Dial M for Pizza
- Producer
- Paul Mayhew-Archer
British radio sketch show with Brenda Blethyn and Robert Bathurst. Episode 2 includes a three-minute skit on Shakespeare’s Macbeth. ‘Macbash’, a BBC/Beano collaboration, as the fictional radio...
Sense and Senility (1987 Television)
- Series
- Blackadder the Third
- Director
- Mandy Fletcher
- Producer
- John Lloyd
Comedy series. Prince George is worried about his popularity after an anarchist throws a bomb at him. He agrees to recite a brilliant speech by Blackadder, "to show the oppressed masses how unusually...
Every Clown Wants to Play Hamlet (1986 Television)
- Series
- Sorry!
- Director
- David Askey
- Producer
- David Askey
Sitcom centred around Timothy Lumsden, a depressed 41-year-old who still lives at home with, and is dominated by, his mother. In this episode Timothy is the prompter for the local dramatic society production...
Saturday Night Live [22/11/1986] (1986 Television)
- Series
- Saturday Night Live
- Director
- Paul Miller (3)
Late-night music/comedy series. In this episode, in a sketch entitled ‘Improv Hamlet’ and set in the Globe Theatre, Shakespeare (Lovitz)) is told that Richard Burbage has been replaced by another actor...
Head of the Class (1986 Television)
- Series
- Critical Choices
- Director
- Gary Gilbert
Sitcom about a group of over-achieving honours students at Manhattan high school. In this episode their laid-back teacher (Hesseman) has to confront negative comments after inviting the class to review his...
Theo and Cockroach (1986 Television)
- Series
- Cosby Show, The
- Director
- Jay Sandrich
US television sitcom about the Huxtable family, an African-American family living in New York City. Dr Heathcliff (`Cliff’) Huxtable (Cosby) is a obstetrician, and his wife Clair (Rashid), is an attorney;...
Giving Notes (1985 Television)
- Series
- Victoria Wood - As Seen on TV
- Director
- Geoff Posner
- Producer
- Geoff Posner
Television comedy sketch series written by Victoria Wood. In the two-minute skit ‘Giving Notes’ Julie Walters, as director Alma, gives notes from the stage to an unseen group of amateur actors - ‘But I...