WWII Comedy Series
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- CreatorDavid CroftJeremy LloydStarsGorden KayeCarmen SilveraVicki MichelleIn France during World War II, René Artois runs a small café where Resistance fighters, Gestapo men, German Army officers and escaped Allied POWs interact daily, ignorant of one another's true identity or presence, exasperating René.
- CreatorBernard FeinAlbert S. RuddyStarsBob CraneWerner KlempererJohn BannerThe inmates of a German World War II prisoner of war camp conduct an espionage and sabotage campaign right under the noses of their warders.
- CreatorJimmy PerryStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnA ragtag group of Home Guard volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion during World War II.
- StarsErnest BorgnineJoe FlynnTim ConwayThe misadventures of a misfit PT boat crew during World War II.
- CreatorLarry GelbartGene ReynoldsStarsStu GilliamHilly HicksVal BisoglioDrivers and the other largely African-American staff at the U.S. Third Army's Red Ball Express during WWII try to squeeze in a life and a few laughs dealing with the Army and being thousands of miles from hometowns and families.
- StarsMichael ElphickIan RichardsonCyril ShapsThe Time - WWII, the place - Germany. The Germans have a plan to destroy the British economy by flooding the country with forged £5 notes. Private Schultz is coerced into organizing a gang of unwilling volunteers.
- StarsMelinda NaudJim VarneyRichard BrestoffAn American submarine has to accept a group of nurses on its voyage. One way or another, the submarine is painted pink in the process.
- StarsJanusz GajosFranciszek PieczkaWlodzimierz PressStory follows the adventures of a tank crew and their T-34 tank in the 1st Polish Army during World War II.
- CreatorMaurice GranLaurence MarksStarsNicholas LyndhurstVictor McGuireChristopher EttridgeBritish sitcom in which an unhappily married man discovers he can time travel back to 1940s war-torn London where he masquerades as an MI5 agent and part-time songwriter whilst courting the local barmaid.
- DirectorRoy GouldDavid CroftStarsWilliam TapleySimon BakerTerry JohnIn the Western Desert of World War II, a party of British "Desert Rat" soldiers and a party of Australian soldiers are holed up in a remote building, when an ambulance of Italian "nurses" arrives.Unfortunately, this is just a pilot for what could have been a brilliant WWII comedy series...
Was not well received at the time, but enjoys a great cult following today.
Once was available for viewing on the "David Croft" website <www.davidcroft.co.uk/Which-Way-To-The-War/>, but no longer [as of 02/13]...short intro clip and credits still available on youtube [as of 04/13; as of 12/13, short intro clip is no longer available anywhere; as of 02/16 it is once again available...]
Highly recommended as a WWII comedy, if you can find it... - StarsGholamhossein NaghshinehParviz FanizadehParviz SayyadAn uproarious adaptation of a popular novel of the same name by Iraj Pezeshkzad. set in around the family compound in early 1940s Tehran. Shows characters that are marvelously rich in personality. The title character, so-called because of his constant invocation of the general, rules over a wonderfully complex extended family. A hilarious series which makes fun of just about everything.
- StarsWindsor DaviesMelvyn HayesDonald HewlettThe comic adventures of a group of misfits who form an extremely bad concert party touring the hot and steamy jungles of Burma entertaining the troops during World War II.
- StarsKathleen NolanEdward AndrewsDick SargentLt. Anne Morgan and her fellow Waves are posted to the backwater station on Ranakai, much to the displeasure of Commander Adrian, who schemes to transfer the women to keep from disrupting his South Seas idyll, including gourmet cook.WAVES in South Pacific; "McHale's Navy" spinoff...
- StarsDavid FenwickPaul OldhamPaul WyettSet Just before WW2, this involves the younger lives of some of the Last of the Summer wine characters. Norman Clegg's father is played by Peter Sallis who plays Norman Clegg in Last of the summer wine.
- StarsBen BoardmanNeil McCaulDenica FairmanIn Berlin, 1938, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun have a love-hate relationship with their Jewish neighbours in this bizarre spoof of 'fifties American sitcoms.Another one-off, pilot-only, series; considering the material, no one should be too surprised, but is it funny? Hmmm...
- StarsRoger SmithSteve HarmonRichard X. SlatteryAn adaption of the popular book, play, and movie has Lt. Roberts far from the war action while stationed on The Reluctant, a cargo ship. While trying to get transferred he must also deal with irascible Captain Morton while trying to reign in the impulsive Ensign Pulver.
- DirectorHal CooperStarsLou JacobiCliff NortonEddie Foy Jr.Pilot episode for an American version of the British tv comedy series 'Dads Army'. This episode is a recreation of the episode 'The Deadly Attachment.'Another one-off, pilot-only, series; US remake of 'Dad's Army'...
- CreatorRobert L. BoyettSheldon BullThomas L. MillerStarsAnnie PottsLorna PattersonGeorgia EngelFour young women share a Washington, D.C. apartment during World War II.
- DirectorSteve HughesStarsBecci GemmellJo WoodcockLiam BoyleLady Ellen is frustrated when Tucker is released from the charge of murdering her husband and her flighty, selfish sister Diana comes to Hoxley Hall. Rather than help Ellen with the billeting of U.S. soldiers, the married Diana flirts with Jack Gillespie, an American arms manufacturer whose late son fathered Bea's son, whom he wants to see. Another new arrival is brash Cockney Land Girl Connie, whose free and easy manner annoys Esther. Connie makes a play for Billy, observed by Esther's son Martin, who bangs his head whilst trying to escape detection. He has detached retinas and will need an operation. He runs off into the woods and meets a fugitive in hiding, who claims to be a conscientious objector and for whom the boy steals food.
- StarsStanislav ZindulkaJarmila SvehlováHelena RuzickováWhy do people like returning to their childhood in their memories? Most probably because seen through children's eyes, the world is better and merrier than as adults perceive it. Close before the outburst of World War II, little Vera, accompanied by her widowed father and stepmother, boards a train which is never to return to the North Moravian village from which it departs. The inventiveness and indomitable optimism of her near and dear ones see her through the hard war time.
- StarsJack WardenGary CollinsMike KellinIn the spring of 1942, the New Zealand government presents the U.S. a 70-year-old wooden twin-masted schooner. The US military decides to use the ship to place spies ashore behind Japanese lines.
- CreatorNorman PettStarsGlynis BarberBob Danvers WalkerMax WallBBC 2's adaption of the classic adult UK comic strip of the same name especially popular during WWII for its heavy pin-up elements. Ingenue, Jane Gay, does her best to foil enemy agents as well as lose clothing.
- StarsRicardo CarriçoRosa BellaAntónio CordeiroA series of the adventures of Major Alvega, a legendary British-Portuguese RAF (Royal Air Force) pilot, famous for his courage and audacity, performing high-risk missions during World War II.
- StarsGeorge MacKayLucien LaviscountJazmine FranksBased on the book by Terry Pratchett, the adventure begins for thirteen-year-old Johnny Maxwell and his four friends when they come to the aid of eccentric homeless woman, Mrs Tachyon, and are left minding her trolley full of black bags while she is hospitalised. When the children later visit her in hospital, Mrs Tachyon lets them into the secret that her black bags-- or 'Bags of Time-- are special and can be used to create a gateway to the past. The five youngsters end up during the Blitz where fun and games turn serious when they quickly realise the prejudices of the era. But when they return to their own time, the gang discover they have somehow changed history as a result Johnny's grandmother died in a bombing as a teenage girl meaning Johnny's mother and, in turn, himself were never born. The children are now in a race to fix the path in order to save the future but can they succeed before the bombs start falling...?
- StarsJerome FlynnRobson GreenWarren MitchellWartime comedy about two very different bandsmen (Eddie and Eric) and their misadventures with gangsters, romance, and black-marketing in Blitz-time London.
- StarsGriff Rhys JonesMartin ClunesAmanda RedmanA comedy drama starring Griff Rhys Jones and Martin Clunes as two soldiers looking to continue their cabaret act after the end of the war. The series is notable for featuring Les Dawson in a guest role, broadcast posthumously.
- DirectorAlan Crosland Jr.StarsBob DenverAlan Hale Jr.Jim BackusA Japanese sailor arrives on the island thinking it's still WWII and holds the castaways captive on their own island.
- DirectorWilbur D'ArcyStarsBob DenverAlan Hale Jr.Jim BackusWhile The Professor tries to round up enough metal to make an anchor for a raft with an S.O.S. message attached to it, Gilligan reels in a World War II underwater mine from the lagoon.
- DirectorJerry HopperStarsBob DenverAlan Hale Jr.Jim BackusThe castaways form a military unit led by Mr. Howell when an unidentified enemy begins attacking them with hand grenades.
- StarsDanny KayeSergio FranchiSallie BlairSingers Sergio Franchi and Sallie Blair are Danny's guests for this episode. In one sketch Danny, playing Jerome, a shy shoe clerk, gets into hot water when he tries to hide a pretty girl in his apartment's closet. In another, Danny plays Major Nigel Dumwitty in a spoof of the World War II TV series, "The Rat Patrol".
- StarsDanny KayeGilbert BécaudHarvey KormanFor the last show of 1966, Danny is jointed by singer Caterina Valente, composer Gilbert Becaud, little Victoria Meyerink and series regulars Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Patten. In one sketch, Harvey interviews Danny playing the Father of the Year who can't remember the number of children he has. Later Danny plays a dishwasher who becomes involved with enemy agents. In another skit Danny plays both a German U-Boat commander and a British destroyer captain engaged in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramWhen the dreaded "bing bug" threatens all the crops in Hooterville, Oliver tries to rally the people to rid the town of the menace. He is then volunteered to be the one to fly the crop duster over the fields due to his experience as a pilot in World War II. It also gives him and Lisa a chance to reminisce about the first time they met after his engine failed during a mission.
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioStarsStephen CollinsJeff MacKayCaitlin O'HeaneyThe adventures of a 1930's Pacific Islands bush pilot and his companions.