Aaron

Location: Royal Berkshire, England
Member since: July 2006
Member type: Site Editor
Message board posts: 69,796

Co-owner of British Comedy Guide, Aaron is deeply passionate about comedy both past and present.

He has a particular fascination with the growth of populist, mainstream comedy in the immediate decades following the Second World War: films from the 1940s and 50s, radio from the same period, and a real love of TV sitcoms of the 1960s.

Aaron's sense of humour takes him across the spectrum, but is perhaps most typified by the broad, silly and innuendo-laden likes of the Carry On films and ratings-winning, mainstream, pre-watershed television sitcoms of decades past.

Aaron also serves as a director of The British Comedy Society, "dedicated to preserving and fostering the tradition of British comedy".

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Aaron's Wishlist

The Comedy Man Blu-ray

Let There Be Love - The Complete Series DVD

Tell Me Another - Series 3 & 4 DVD

Withnail And I - Limited Edition 4K Blu-ray

Heavenly Pursuits Blu-ray

No Sex Please, We're British Blu-ray

Our Man In Havana Blu-ray

Spike Mullins - Ronnie Corbett's Small Man's Guide Paperback

Die Laughing!: The Dark Side Guide To Comedy Horror Movies Paperback

Drag: A British History Hardback

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing - Series 6 Blu-ray

The Complete Monarch Of The Glen DVD

Beautiful Thing Blu-ray

The Arthur Haynes Show Audio Download

Sumotherhood Blu-ray

Big Banana Feet - Dual Format Edition Blu-ray

Poor Things Blu-ray

Wicked Little Letters Blu-ray

Whack-O! Audio Download

Meet The Huggetts Audio Download

Geoff Norcott - Where Did I Go Right?: How The Left Lost Me Hardback

Fern Brady - Strong Female Character Hardback

The Lost King Blu-ray

Doctor In The House Audio Download

Triangle Of Sadness Blu-ray

Molesworth: A BBC Radio Collection Audio Download

The Amazing Maurice Blu-ray

A Christmas No. 1 Blu-ray

What's Love Got To Do With It? Blu-ray

Sarah Millican - Bobby Dazzler DVD

Allelujah Blu-ray

Play It Cool Audio Download

Doctor At Large Audio Download

Geoff Norcott - The British Bloke Decoded Hardback

Hancock's Half Hour - The Marriage Bureau CD

Gregory's Girl 4K Blu-ray

Twin Town Blu-ray

A Bear's Tail - The Complete First Series DVD

Alexei Sayle's Stuff - Series One DVD

Alexei Sayle's Stuff - Series Two DVD

Alexei Sayle's Stuff - Series Three DVD

Bill Bailey - Qualmpeddler Blu-ray

Bottom Live: The Stage Show / The Big Number 2 Show DVD

Brothers In Law DVD

Can You Keep It Up For A Week? DVD

Happiness - Series 2 DVD

I'll Never Forget What's'isname DVD

I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight! DVD

Micawber - Complete Series One DVD

Misfits - Series Five Blu-ray

Nearest And Dearest DVD

No Holds Bard DVD

Paul & Pauline Calf's Video Diaries DVD

Private Schulz DVD

Royal Flash Blu-ray

Saturday Night Out DVD

Secrets Of A Door-To-Door Salesman DVD

Splitting Heirs DVD

Ted & Ralph DVD

The Booze Cruise - The Collection DVD

The Catherine Tate Show - Nan's Christmas Carol DVD

The Complete Stressed Eric Collection DVD

The Importance Of Being Earnest Blu-ray

The Naked Jape: Uncovering The Hidden World Of Jokes Book

The Navy Lark - Series 6 Volume 1 Audio

The Navy Lark - Series 6 Volume 2 Audio

The Navy Lark - Series Eight Audio

The Navy Lark - Series Nine Audio

The Navy Lark - Series Ten Audio

The Navy Lark - Series Eleven Audio

The Navy Lark - Series Twelve Audio

The Robinsons - Series 1 DVD

William & Mary - The Complete Collection DVD

Laxdale Hall DVD

What Rats Won't Do DVD

Touch And Go DVD

Two-Way Stretch DVD

Red Dwarf XI Blu-ray

Steptoe And Son - Series 1 & 2 CD

Steptoe And Son - Series 3 & 4 CD

Steptoe And Son - Series 5 & 6 CD

Ghost In The Noonday Sun DVD

The Navy Lark - The First Series CD

The Navy Lark - Series Four Volume One CD

The Navy Lark - Series Four Volume 2 CD

The Navy Lark - Series Five Featuring The T.V. Lark CD

The Navy Lark - Series Thirteen CD

The Navy Lark - Series Fourteen CD

The Navy Lark - Series Fifteen CD

Soupy Twists! - The Full, Official Story Of The Sophisticated Silliness Of Fry & Laurie Hardback

The Charlie Chaplin Collection Blu-ray

Hancock's Half Hour Collectibles - Volume One CD

Round The Horne Compendium CD

That's Your Funeral DVD

Burn Burn Burn DVD

Curtain Up DVD

Morecambe & Wise - Radio Collection Series 1-4 CD

Love On A Branch Line DVD

Car Trouble DVD

The Tales Of Para Handy DVD

Hancock's Half Hour Collectibles - Volume Two CD

Jabberwocky - The Criterion Collection Blu-ray

Fun At One: The Story Of Comedy At Radio 1 Paperback

Red Dwarf XII Blu-ray

Tell Me Another - Series 1 & 2 DVD

Northern Lights / City Lights - The Series DVD

Lovejoy - The Complete Collection DVD

Borrowed Time DVD

Paddington 2 4K Blu-ray

Early Man 4K Blu-ray

Still Game - The Complete Series 8 DVD

'Orrible DVD

Cooperman!: The Life Of Tommy Cooper Hardback

Eric Idle - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life: A Sortabiography Hardback

The Yellow Rolls-Royce DVD

The Bromley Boys DVD

The Fishing Party DVD

Our Day Out DVD

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators - Series One Blu-ray

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators - Series Two Blu-ray

The More You Ignore Me DVD

Comedy Capers: Trouble With Eve & Double Bunk DVD

Surviving Christmas With The Relatives Blu-ray

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing - The Complete First Series Blu-ray

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing - The Complete Second Series Blu-ray

Wild Rose Blu-ray

Old Boys DVD

Keep Your Seats Please DVD

Good Omens Blu-ray

The Complete Terry-Thomas Paperback

Harry Worth - The Comedy Collection Audio Download

The Old Devils - The Complete Series DVD

Worzel Gummidge Blu-ray

Last Christmas Blu-ray

StarDog And TurboCat Blu-ray

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators - Series Three Blu-ray

Roger + The Rottentrolls - The Complete Series 1-4 DVD

Fanny Hill Blu-ray

The Return Of The Pink Panther Blu-ray

David Renwick - One Foot In The Grave And Counting Hardback

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing - The Complete Third Series Blu-ray

Billy Connolly - Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography Hardback

Daisy May Cooper - Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her Hardback

Blithe Spirit Blu-ray

Criterion Collection: Secrets & Lies Blu-ray

Jimmy Carr - Before & Laughter Hardback

Rob Beckett - A Class Act Hardback

William Shakespeare: 3 Comedies DVD

Michael McIntyre - A Funny Life Hardback

Tawny Pipit DVD

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators - Series Four Blu-ray

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing - The Complete Fourth Series Blu-ray

Calling All Forces Audio Download

People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan Blu-ray

Aaron's Likes

Television, radio, film and online

'Allo 'Allo!. Image shows from L to R: Edith Melba Artois (Carmen Silvera), René François Artois (Gorden Kaye), Yvette Carte-Blanche (Vicki Michelle). Copyright: BBC

'Allo 'Allo!

2point4 Children. Image shows from L to R: Bill (Belinda Lang), David (John Pickard), Ben (Gary Olsen), Jenny (Clare Buckfield). Copyright: BBC

2point4 Children

A Weekend With Lulu. Image shows from L to R: Deirdre Bell (Shirley Eaton), Timothy Grey (Leslie Phillips)

Film

A Weekend With Lulu

A Young Doctor's Notebook. Image shows from L to R: Older Doctor (Jon Hamm), Young Doctor (Daniel Radcliffe). Copyright: Big Talk Productions

A Young Doctor's Notebook

Absolute Power. Image shows from L to R: Martin McCabe (John Bird), Charles Prentiss (Stephen Fry). Copyright: BBC

Absolute Power

All Along The Watchtower. Image shows from L to R: Airman Tench (Felix Bell), Flight Lieutenant Simon Harrison (Chris Lang), Wing-Commander Hilary Campbell-Stokes (Roger Blake). Copyright: BBC

All Along The Watchtower

An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn. Lulu Danger (Aubrey Plaza)

Film

An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn

Are You Being Served?. Image shows from L to R: Mrs. Betty Slocombe (Mollie Sugden), Miss Shirley Brahms (Wendy Richard), Mr. Dick Lucas (Trevor Bannister), Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold (Nicholas Smith), Mr. Mash (Larry Martyn), Mr. Ernest Grainger (Arthur Brough), Mr. Wilberforce Humphries (John Inman), Captain Stephen Peacock (Frank Thornton). Copyright: BBC

Are You Being Served?

At Last The 1948 Show. Image shows from L to R: Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Aimi MacDonald, Graham Chapman, Marty Feldman. Copyright: Rediffusion London

At Last The 1948 Show

Birds Of A Feather. Image shows from L to R: Sharon Theodopolopodous (Pauline Quirke), Dorien Green (Lesley Joseph), Tracey Stubbs (Linda Robson). Copyright: Alomo Productions / Retort

Birds Of A Feather

Blackadder. Mr. Edmund Blackadder, Esquire (Rowan Atkinson)

Blackadder

Bless This House. Image shows from L to R: Jean Abbott (Diana Coupland), Sid Abbott (Sid James), Mike Abbott (Robin Stewart), Sally Abbott (Sally Geeson). Copyright: Thames Television

Bless This House

Carry On Girls. Copyright: Peter Rogers Productions / ITV Studios

Film

Carry On Girls

Chelmsford 123. Image shows from L to R: Aulus Paulinus (Jimmy Mulville), Badvoc (Rory McGrath). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Chelmsford 123

Coupling. Image shows from L to R: Jane (Gina Bellman), Susan (Sarah Alexander), Jeff (Richard Coyle), Steve (Jack Davenport), Sally (Kate Isitt), Patrick (Ben Miles). Copyright: Hartswood Films Ltd

Coupling

Cowboys. Image shows from L to R: Eric (James Wardroper), Wobbly Ron (David Kelly), Richard Geyser (Colin Welland), Joe Jones (Roy Kinnear). Copyright: Thames Television

Cowboys

Cunk On.... Philomena Cunk (Diane Morgan). Copyright: House Of Tomorrow

Cunk On...

Dad. Image shows from L to R: Brian Hook (George Cole), Alan Hook (Kevin McNally). Copyright: BBC

Dad

Dad's Army. Image shows from L to R: Private Godfrey (Arnold Ridley), Lance Corporal Jones (Clive Dunn), Private Walker (James Beck), Captain Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe), Private Frazer (John Laurie), Sergeant Wilson (John Le Mesurier), Private Pike (Ian Lavender)

Dad's Army

Derry Girls. Image shows from L to R: Michelle Mallon (Jamie-Lee O'Donnell), James Maguire (Dylan Llewellyn), Erin Quinn (Saoirse-Monica Jackson), Orla McCool (Louisa Harland), Clare Devlin (Nicola Coughlan). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Derry Girls

Desmond's. Copyright: Humphrey Barclay Productions

Desmond's

Drop The Dead Donkey. Image shows from L to R: Henry Davenport (David Swift), George Dent (Jeff Rawle), Helen Cooper (Ingrid Lacey), Sally Smedley (Victoria Wicks), Damien Day (Stephen Tompkinson), Gus Hedges (Robert Duncan), Joy Merryweather (Susannah Doyle). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Drop The Dead Donkey

Famalam. Image shows from L to R: John MacMillan, Samson Kayo, Vivienne Acheampong, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Tom Moutchi, Roxy Sternberg. Copyright: BBC

Famalam

Fawlty Towers. Image shows from L to R: Manuel (Andrew Sachs), Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), Sybil Fawlty (Prunella Scales), Polly (Connie Booth). Copyright: BBC

Fawlty Towers

Fin Taylor Plays Bullshit Bingo. Fin Taylor. Copyright: Comedy Central

Online

Fin Taylor Plays Bullshit Bingo

Frankie Howerd. Frankie Howerd. Copyright: BBC

Frankie Howerd

Freezing. Image shows from L to R: Matt (Hugh Bonneville), Elizabeth (Elizabeth McGovern). Copyright: BBC

Freezing

Friday Night Dinner. Image shows from L to R: Jackie (Tamsin Greig), Adam (Simon Bird), Martin (Paul Ritter), Jonny (Tom Rosenthal)

Friday Night Dinner

GameFace. Marcella (Roisin Conaty). Copyright: Objective Productions

GameFace

George & Mildred. Image shows from L to R: Mildred Roper (Yootha Joyce), George Roper (Brian Murphy). Copyright: Thames Television

George & Mildred

George And The Dragon. Image shows from L to R: George Russell (Sid James), Gabrielle Dragon (Peggy Mount). Copyright: Associated Television

George And The Dragon

Gimme Gimme Gimme. Image shows from L to R: Linda (Kathy Burke), Tom (James Dreyfus). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Gimme Gimme Gimme

Goodnight Sweetheart. Image shows from L to R: Yvonne Sparrow (Emma Amos), Gary Sparrow (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Phoebe Sparrow (Elizabeth Carling). Copyright: Alomo Productions / BBC

Goodnight Sweetheart

Hancock's Half Hour. Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock). Copyright: BBC

Hancock's Half Hour

Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows from L to R: Sidney James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock), Bill Kerr (Bill Kerr)

Radio

Hancock's Half Hour

Hi-De-Hi!. Image shows from L to R: Gladys Pugh (Ruth Madoc), Jeffrey Fairbrother (Simon Cadell), Ted Bovis (Paul Shane), Spike Dixon (Jeffrey Holland). Copyright: BBC

Hi-De-Hi!

Hugh And I. Image shows from L to R: Terry Scott (Terry Scott), Hugh Lloyd (Hugh Lloyd). Copyright: BBC

Hugh And I

Kate & Koji. Image shows from L to R: Koji (Okorie Chukwu), Kate (Brenda Blethyn)

Kate & Koji

Keeping Up Appearances. Image shows from L to R: Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge), Richard Bucket (Clive Swift). Copyright: BBC

Keeping Up Appearances

Lost Sitcoms. Alf Garnett (Simon Day). Copyright: BBC

Lost Sitcoms

Maid Marian And Her Merry Men. Image shows from L to R: Maid Marian (Kate Lonergan), The Sheriff of Nottingham (Tony Robinson), Robin (Adam Morris). Copyright: BBC

Maid Marian And Her Merry Men

Man About The House. Image shows from L to R: Chrissy Plummer (Paula Wilcox), Robin Tripp (Richard O'Sullivan), Jo (Sally Thomsett). Copyright: Thames Television

Man About The House

Not Going Out. Image shows from L to R: Lee (Lee Mack), Lucy (Sally Bretton). Copyright: Avalon Television / Arlo Productions

Not Going Out

Only Fools And Horses. Image shows from L to R: Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Del (David Jason), Grandad (Lennard Pearce). Copyright: BBC

Only Fools And Horses

Open All Hours. Image shows from L to R: Nurse Gladys Emmanuel (Lynda Baron), Granville (David Jason), Albert Arkwright (Ronnie Barker). Copyright: BBC

Open All Hours

Please Sir!. Bernard Hedges (John Alderton). Copyright: London Weekend Television

Please Sir!

Plebs. Image shows from L to R: Jason (Jon Pointing), Grumio (Ryan Sampson), Marcus (Tom Rosenthal). Copyright: RISE Films

Plebs

Porridge. Fletch (Kevin Bishop). Copyright: BBC

Porridge

Rising Damp. Rupert Rigsby (Leonard Rossiter). Copyright: Yorkshire Television

Rising Damp

Shelley. James Shelley (Hywel Bennett). Copyright: Thames Television

Shelley

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. Frank Spencer (Michael Crawford). Credit: BBC

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Albert Steptoe (Wilfrid Brambell), Harold Steptoe (Harry H. Corbett). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Still Open All Hours. Granville (David Jason). Copyright: BBC

Still Open All Hours

SunTrap. Image shows from L to R: Brutus (Bradley Walsh), Woody (Kayvan Novak). Copyright: Happy Tramp Productions

SunTrap

Sykes. Image shows from L to R: Corky Turnbull (Deryck Guyler), Eric Sykes (Eric Sykes), Hattie Sykes (Hattie Jacques). Copyright: BBC

Sykes

The Howerd Confessions. Frankie (Frankie Howerd). Copyright: Thames Television

The Howerd Confessions

The Iron Maiden. Image shows from L to R: Jack Hopkins (Michael Craig), Paul Fisher (Alan Hale). Copyright: Peter Rogers Productions

Film

The Iron Maiden

The Larkins. Image shows from L to R: Ada Larkins (Peggy Mount), Alf Larkins (David Kossoff). Copyright: Associated Television

The Larkins

The Love Match. Image shows from L to R: Bill Brown (Arthur Askey), Wally Binns (Glenn Melvyn). Copyright: Group 3 Productions

Film

The Love Match

The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

Radio

The Navy Lark

The Navy Lark. Image shows left to right: Lt. Peter Pouter (Leslie Phillips), C.P.O. Banyard (Ronald Shiner), Commander Stanton, RN (Cecil Parker). Credit: 20th Century Fox

Film

The Navy Lark

The Rag Trade. Image shows from L to R: Harold Fenner (Peter Jones), Paddy Fleming (Miriam Karlin). Copyright: BBC

The Rag Trade

The Windsors. Image shows from L to R: Charles (Harry Enfield), Camilla (Haydn Gwynne). Copyright: Noho Film and TV

The Windsors

Till Death Us Do Part. Image shows from L to R: Mike Rawlins (Anthony Booth), Rita Rawlins (Una Stubbs), Alf Garnett (Warren Mitchell), Else Garnett (Dandy Nichols). Copyright: BBC

Till Death Us Do Part

Time Gentlemen Please. Image shows from L to R: Old Man (Roy Heather), Janet (Julia Sawalha), Vicky Jackson (Rebecca Front), Guv (Al Murray), Terry (Phil Daniels), Steve (Jason Freeman), Prof (Andrew Mackay). Copyright: Avalon Television

Time Gentlemen Please

Timewasters. Image shows from L to R: Lauren (Adelayo Adedayo), Nick (Daniel Lawrence Taylor), Horace (Samson Kayo), Jason (Kadiff Kirwan). Copyright: Big Talk Productions

Timewasters

To The Manor Born. Image shows from L to R: Audrey fforbes-Hamilton (Penelope Keith), Richard DeVere (Peter Bowles). Copyright: BBC

To The Manor Born

Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps. Image shows from L to R: Louise (Kathryn Drysdale), Jonny Keogh (Ralf Little), Donna Henshaw (Natalie Casey), Janet (Sheridan Smith), Gary 'Gaz' Wilkinson (Will Mellor). Copyright: BBC

Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps

Up Pompeii!. Lurcio (Frankie Howerd). Copyright: BBC / London Weekend Television

Up Pompeii!

Upstart Crow. Will Shakespeare (David Mitchell). Copyright: BBC

Upstart Crow

Whack-O!. Professor James Edwards (Headmaster) (Jimmy Edwards). Copyright: BBC

Whack-O!

Whoops Baghdad. Ali Oopla (Frankie Howerd). Copyright: BBC

Whoops Baghdad

Yes Minister. Image shows from L to R: James Hacker (Paul Eddington), Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne), Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds). Copyright: BBC

Yes Minister

Yes, Prime Minister. Image shows from L to R: Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne), James Hacker (Paul Eddington), Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds). Copyright: BBC

Yes, Prime Minister

Zapped. Image shows from L to R: Steg (Kenneth Collard), Herman (Louis Emerick), Brian (James Buckley), Barbara (Sharon Rooney), Howell (Paul Kaye)

Zapped

People

Arthur Askey. Copyright: BBC

People

Arthur Askey

David Croft. Copyright: BBC

People

David Croft

Inn For Trouble. Dolly (Esma Cannon)

People

Esma Cannon

George Formby

People

George Formby

Jeremy Lloyd. Copyright: BBC

People

Jeremy Lloyd

Jimmy Perry

People

Jimmy Perry

Katherine Ryan

People

Katherine Ryan

Ken Dodd

People

Ken Dodd

Would I Lie To You?. Lee Mack. Copyright: Zeppotron

People

Lee Mack

Please Turn Over. Dr. Henry Manners / 'Dr. Adam Gay' (Leslie Phillips). Copyright: STUDIOCANAL / Anglo Amalgamated

People

Leslie Phillips

Peter Jones. Copyright: BBC

People

Peter Jones

Girls At Sea. Marine Ogg (Ronald Shiner). Copyright: Associated British Picture Corporation

People

Ronald Shiner

Carry On, Constable. Sgt. Frank Wilkins (Sid James). Copyright: Peter Rogers Productions

People

Sid James

Talbot Rothwell. Copyright: Getty Images

People

Talbot Rothwell

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