British Comedy Guide
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Television

TV schedule Thursday 17th October 1985

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 8pm
30 min
Up The Elephant And Round The Castle. Jim London (Jim Davidson). Copyright: Thames Television

Up The Elephant And Round The Castle

Series 3, Episode 5 - A Taxing Problem

Out of the blue, Jim receives a summons for non-payment of income tax. Naturally, he's somewhat confused about this non-payment of tax on money he knows he's never earned!

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:25pm
35 min
Happy Families. Copyright: BBC

Happy Families

Episode 1 - Edith

A family shrouded in the mist of time... a dying grandmother sends a complete idiot on an unbelievably difficult mission... to find his sisters and bring them back.

BBC Two 9pm
30 min
The New Statesman. Image shows from L to R: George Vance (Windsor Davies), Enid Vance (Anna Dawson). Copyright: BBC

The New Statesman

Episode 6

The Vance family get George to smarten up for his debut at the House of Lords. Needless to say, he enters into the spirit of the thing with his usual insane vigour.

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