Comedy Playhouse 1971) starring Nicky Henson and Angela Scoular The Importance of Being Hairy (6 May 1971) starring John Cater and James Copeland The first episode of "Are You Being Served?" was broadcast as an episode. Of Funerals and Fish (4 January 1973). The pilot episode of the World's longest-running sitcom, "Last of the Summer Wine". The Rescue (11 January 1973) starring Moyra Fraser, Peter Jones and Nicholas Parsons. Elementary, My Dear Watson: The Strange Case of the Dead Solicitors (18 January 1973) starring John Cleese, Willie Rushton and Bill Maynard. The Birthday (25 January 1973) starring Gordon Peters, Frank Thornton and
Television in the Philippines Company, Colgate-Palmolive, Del Rosario Brothers, and Caltex. In 1969, Filipinos witnessed the live television coverage of the Apollo 11 historic moon landing. It was the first live telecast via satellite in the country. Channels 5, 7 and 13 tied up for the said project, while Channel 2 produced its own color coverage. In the same year, KBS-9 introduced the longest running and consistently rating sitcom, "John En Marsha". This sitcom was created by Ading Fernando, and it starred Dolphy and Nida Blanca. By the late 1960s, news and public affairs programs were pioneered by Channels 2 and 5. The "Big