• Pinwright's Progress is a British television sitcom that aired on the BBC Television Service from 1946 to 1947, and was the world's first regular half-hour...
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  • National Service which ended in 1963. Written by Rodney Hobson, Pinwright's Progress (1946–1947) was the world's first regular half-hour televised sitcom...
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  • humorous situations. The first television sitcom was the U.K.'s Pinwright's Progress, ten episodes being broadcast bi-weekly from November 1946 to May...
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  • Television Screen Magazine premieres on NBC (1946–1949). November 29 – Pinwright's Progress (UK), British television's first situation comedy, debuts on the...
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  • he served in the Royal Armoured Corps. His 1946 television series Pinwright's Progress, shown on the BBC, is recognised as the first real example of the...
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  • it became too dark to continue with the coverage. 29 November – Pinwright's Progress, British television's first sitcom, makes its debut on the BBC Television...
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  • One (1970–86) Two (1986–2011) 12 September 1970 28 November 2011 Pinwright's Progress BBC TV 29 November 1946 16 May 1947 Pitch Battle One 17 June 2017...
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    television Pingu – children's Pinky Malinky – mockumentary/surreal comedy Pinwright's Progress – situation comedy Pip Ahoy! – children's animated The Pit – music...
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  • credited as Len Sharp. He starred in the 1946 BBC television series Pinwright's Progress as the messenger "boy" Ralph, who is a deaf octogenarian. The series...
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  • on the BBC Television Service, retitled Telecrimes. 29 November – Pinwright's Progress, British television's first sitcom, is broadcast for the first time...
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  • Rhumba 1946 January 26 Face to Face 1946 March Hour Glass 1946 May 16 Pinwright's Progress (UK) 1946 May 18 I Love to Eat 1946 May 27 Serving Through Science...
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  • broadcast airing every other week, alternating with the early sitcom Pinwright's Progress, but later in its run, the episodes increased to one hour. The programme...
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    the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool). BBC Television begins airing Pinwright's Progress, the world's first regular half-hour situation comedy. 26 December...
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  • likely the world's second television sitcom after British series Pinwright's Progress), Texaco Star Theatre (the variety show that made Milton Berle TV's...
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  • dialogue by David Croft. My Word (1957) – panellist. Selected TV work. Pinwright's Progress (1946–1947) – written by Rodney Hobson; script editor was Ted Kavanagh...
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  • 2010–2013 Phyllis United States 1975–1977 Pig Sty United States 1995 Pinwright's Progress United Kingdom 1946–1947 Pixelface United Kingdom 2011–2012 Pizza...
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  • Kaleidoscope (1946–1953) Muffin the Mule (1946–1955, 2005–2006) Pinwright's Progress (1946–1947) 21 January – Jonathan Meades, journalist and presenter...
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