Season 18 • Episode 3
LatestNot only is Rob now jobless, but he’s now having to live on a sofabed in his parents’ caravan in a holiday park 80 miles from London whilst he figures out his next move. It seems like a disaster to begin with, but his mum’s delighted to have someone to cook for, and his dad’s figured out how to get thousands of football channels on the telly. Before long Rob’s getting used to being with mum and dad again, and through them he’s quickly drawn into the world of the park, not to mention the extraordinary characters within it. Static is at heart a family sitcom - warm, working-class, multi-generational and broad, with acutely and affectionately observed characters.
Comedy Playhouse is a long-running British anthology series of one-off unrelated sitcoms that aired for 120 episodes from 1961 to 1975. Many episodes later graduated to their own series, including Steptoe and Son, Till Death Us Do Part, All Gas and Gaiters, The Liver Birds, Are You Being Served? and Last of the Summer Wine, which is the world's longest running sitcom, having run from January 1973 to August 2010.
Writing
Galbraith, Clement & La Frenais cutting teeth here.
Production
Live-to-tape tension gives everything delightful wobble.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Last of the Summer Wine's pilot aired in 1973 and ran 37 years—longer than some countries last.
This was essentially the BBC's R&D lab for working-class voices during a decade when British identity was fracturing.
GB
