The fifth series of the comedians displays some of the comedy talent of the time 1970. The first recorded stand up, we see the comedians doing what they do best.

The quintessential quickfire stand up comedy show, the comedians is one of the great successes of itv lasting from 1971 until 1993 and making household names of many of its stars. With routines that were honed to perfection in the hard knock territory...

The complete series 1 7 of the 1970s stand up comedy show featuring comics who began their careers in the northern working men's clubs, including russ abbot, jim bowen, bernard manning, mike reid, dave butler, russ roberts and frank carson. Running time...