It's a Square World Cartoon Films Ltd. The actors were seen in many different disguises and Dick Emery started a number of his characters there, like the old codger, and developed his funny voices. The series was revived for one colour episode in 1977 for BBC 1 called "Michael Bentine's Square World". In total 57 black and white episodes (including the pilot) of 30 minutes' duration were produced by the BBC. Of this total, 11 episodes are thought to no longer exist. The cast included: An LP was released by Parlophone in 1962 (produced by George Martin) of sketches including "Football Results", in which
Comedy Playhouse (series 1) Comedy Playhouse (series 1) The first series of Comedy Playhouse, that continued to be a long-running BBC series, broadcast from 15 December 1961 to 16 February 1962. All the episodes were written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The first series, which was in black and white, consisted of ten episodes, each of which had a different cast and storyline. Only the fourth episode, "The Offer", made it to its own series becoming "Steptoe and Son"; all other episodes of this series of "Comedy Playhouse" are lost. The episodes were broadcast on Friday at 8:45pm, except for "The Status Symbol",