List of comedies by year

The Adventures Of Jane. Jane (Christabel Leighton-Porter)

1949

New titles in 1949 included The Adventures Of Jane, A Run For Your Money, Whisky Galore!, Once Upon A Dream, The History Of Mr Polly, It's Not Cricket, What A Carry On!, Warning To Wantons, Trottie True and Old Mother Riley's New Venture.

. Copyright: BBC

1948

New titles in 1948 included Take It From Here, When You Come Home, Vice Versa, Brass Monkey, Another Shore, Here Come The Huggetts, Date With A Dream, Easy Money, Miranda and Spring In Park Lane.

Hue And Cry. Copyright: STUDIOCANAL

1947

New titles in 1947 included Hue And Cry, Up The Pole and Holiday Camp.

London Town. Image shows from L to R: Eve Barry (Greta Gynt), Jerry Sandford (Sid Field). Copyright: Rank Organisation, Shutterstock

1946

New titles in 1946 included London Town, Here Comes The Sun, Under New Management, Quiet Weekend and Pinwright's Progress.

1940 - 1945

Word War II resulted in the fledgling BBC Television Service shutting down. There was no TV at all from 12:35pm on 1st September 1939 until 3pm on 7th June 1946. Radio programming and films continued to be produced.

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