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Spanish television anthology series broadcast in 1971, composed of standalone episodes inspired by popular Spanish sayings, portraying everyday situations with social and comedic undertones.

That's Your Funeral was a BBC sitcom from 1971. The show was about a North of England funeral director called Basil Bulstrode. It used numerous urban legends about the funeral industry in its storylines. The show only lasted for one series before being axed. A very similar theme was used far more successfully in the ITV sitcom In Loving Memory.

The Channel Four Show was a sketch comedy television show written by and starring Gary Stevenson and Mel Smith. Originally called The ITV Show for its first four series from 1977 to 1981 during its time on ITV 1, when Channel 4 was launched in 1982 the show was broadcast for nine more seasons on Channel 4 between 1982 and 1991.

Series of 54 original televised plays and classic dramas produced by public television station KCET in Los Angeles, featuring all-star talent, was broadcast nationally on the National Educational Television (NET) network and its successor PBS between 1970 and 1978.

The misadventures of fish porter Reg Furnell (Reg Varney) at the world-famous Billingsgate Fish Market, London.

Bassie and Adriaan have a diamond named after them. Escaped from prison, diamond thieves B1 and B2 attempt to steal it, dressing as Bassie and Adriaan. The actual Bassie and Adriaan are given three days to prove their innocence.

In thirty-minutes of relentless stand-up punctuated by the occasional song, Carrott rants about everything from Spaghetti Junction to the Jersey constabulary, medicals to Monty Python... and famously introduces the word 'zit' into the British vocabulary.

'The Hedgehogs' are a group of youngsters who are trying to gain control of the empty space between the blocks of flats, which they want to convert into a basketball court. The resistance of the neighbors is soon overcome and the court is laid down. Training courses in basketball for kids are set up. The ambitious coach is selecting only those of the boys who are able to carry out his most absurd orders. Two of them happen to be late, so he immediately fires them from the team. Thus the 'hedgehogs' war' against the indifference of the adult breaks out.

The Dal brothers set off to search for Professor Drøvel, who disappeared during an expedition twenty years ago. They travel by canoe, Elvegris, and on their journey many strange and inexplicable things happen, which are depicted in sketches. Among other things, the brothers encounter an Indian tribe and a number of pirates, are chased by deadly mosquitoes, and accompany Dracula to the dentist.

Sha Na Na is a syndicated television variety series that ran from 1977 to 1981 for a total of 97 episodes, hosted by the popular rock & roll/comedy group of the same name. The show was produced by Pierre Cossette and originally distributed by LBS Communications. Sony Pictures Television currently owns the rights to the series. Donny York, Jocko Marcellino, and Screamin' Scott Simon of the TV group continue to tour as Sha Na Na. The show featured the group performing hits from the 1950s and 1960s along with comedy skits along the show's nostalgic theme but with a contemporary twist, with performances from that era's well-known acts as well as popular acts of the 1970s. Among the supporting cast members featured in the series were: Jane Dulo and Pamela Myers; Avery Schreiber, Kenneth Mars and Phillp Roth; June Gable and Soupy Sales; Michael Sklar; and Karen Hartman.

The Krofft Superstar Hour is a Saturday morning children's variety show, produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. After eight episodes, the show was renamed The Bay City Rollers Show. It aired for one season from September 9, 1978 to November 28, 1979 on NBC.

Les 100 tours de Centour was a 1971-1972 French language children's television show made in Quebec by Radio-Québec. Its stories revolved around Verbo, a genie with magical power who was trying to recapture Centour. The show's main purpose was language acquisition, which was conveyed by the way Verbo would do magic: when he needed to perform a trick, he would ask his talisman for a formula He would then close his eyes and repeat, asking the children at home to do the same. Centour on his part would perform magic by reciting similar formulas while shaking his magic wristband. Memo's constant companion was Picot Cotton, a young human male whose family was often the target of Centour's tricks.

Theatrical benefice of Arkadiy Raykin

Ben Vereen... Comin' at Ya is an American variety series hosted by Ben Vereen that aired on NBC in the summer of 1975.

Bassie and Adriaan find themselves abandoned by their own circus because they overslept, and with no tour-schedule in sight or any money they're forced to take other jobs -- losing each one. A malicious 'poltergeist' turns out responsible for their misery.

The two eldest brothers of the Rummukainen family have come to conclusion that their younger brother is indeed insane and decide to take him to mental hospital.

'Tragic magic' rules in this six-part series from 1978, which saw Tommy Cooper at the height of his fame.

Come along! Gachapin and Mukku bring young children to an adventure about development through exercise and learning!

This coming-of-age dramedy that follows six female university students at St. Mary's University in Yokohama.

After many years of entertaining the inhabitants of Stackton Tressell with their Gala Concerts, Dame Hilda Bracket and Dr. Evadne Hinge were thrilled to be invited by the BBC to take their very individual style of concert performance to a wider audience. These events, recorded between 1977 and 1981 at the Royal Hall, Harrogate and the Opera House, Buxton, feature the dear ladies with full orchestral and choral support. The ladies perform a wide range of music from Gilbert and Sullican to Verdi. Of course, Dr. Hinge has a few pithy remarks to make, while Dame Hilda remains her usual irrepressible self.

A variety show featuring the couple doing skits as robots- showcasing their unique ability

One of Britain's best-loved comedians, Ken Dodd's anarchic, energetic brand of humour has made him a firm favourite with audiences for more than six decades. Bearing his trademark tickling stick and tattifilarious jokes, The Ken Dodd Laughter Show stars Knotty Ash's most famous son in a classic mix of madcap sketches, musical numbers and quick-fire stand-up.

The Runaway Barge is the pilot for an unsold TV series. Bo Hopkins, Tim Matheson and Jim Davis star as three owners of a Mississippi river tugboat who find themselves neck deep in a kidnapping and hijacking plot.

The television program was built around the character Barend Servet, played by IJf Blokker, who had first appeared in De Fred Haché Show in 1971. Other characters returning from the Haché Show were Sjef van Oekel (played by Dolf Brouwers) and Fred Haché (played by Harry Touw). In typical Schippers fashion, the program, like its predecessor, derived its comedic effects from crude humor, silly costumes or nudity, chaos, and absurdism; it combined the trivial and banal with controversial content. There were four episodes and a Christmas special, "Waar heb dat nou voor nodig?". For the Christmas special, two songs were written by Wim T. Schippers and Clous van Mechelen for Dolf Brouwers: "Vette jus" and "Juliana onze vorstin".

A seasonal offering from one of Britain’s most missed comics first seen in 1974 featuring sketches, songs, music and dancing.

A new man wins the locker, life and lascivious lust of lovable lothario, Mike Upchat.

The Fred Haché Show is an absurdist program with a lot of nudity (performances by naked dancers from the Helen Le Clerq Dancers), linguistic humor, nonsense, satirical sketches, and illogical plotlines.

Notizen aus der Provinz was a political cabaret program hosted by Dieter Hildebrandt and broadcast by ZDF from 1973 to 1979. After its cancellation, it would be the last such program on the channel until Neues aus der Anstalt premiered in January 2007.

Sketch show starring Bernie Winters.

The weekly syndicated version of the classic 1970s Match Game show starring Gene Rayburn. The show featured a panel of six celebrities, who would try to match answers with contestants in a fill-in-the-blank word game. These episodes were offered in syndication for local stations to air right before prime time.

Three hour-long television specials filmed for Thames Television during Dick Emery's brief hiatus from his 15 successful years at the BBC. The shows feature all of Emery's best-loved comic characters, including favourites such as Hettie the sex-starved spinster, Gaylord the bovver boy, camp Clarence with his catchphrase 'Hello, honky-tonk!', and busty middle-aged blonde Mandy ('Ooh, you are awful!'). Guest stars include Lulu, Lynda Carter, Richard Todd, the Three Degrees, Gemma Craven and Beryl Reid.

Aunty Jack's Wollongong the Brave is a collection of four comedy specials derived from the Australian television series, The Aunty Jack Show. The fourth and final episode was the precursor to The Norman Gunston Show. The episodes were filmed in 1974 and were aired during 1975. The mini-series was released to DVD by the ABC in March 2007.