They have repeated Sykes in the last two years, and yes it was great.

He's got little speakers built into his glasses to help him hear. That's great too.

Have any of the existing black and white episodes of "Sykes" ever been repeated?

I remember when they announced the death of hattie jaques on the news,this horrible ashtray that me mum had bought in blackpool,flew off the mantelpiece a second later!
I liked that trumpet on the opening,you know with its "trumpet buttons" going up and down to the tune.

>Have any of the existing black and white episodes of "Sykes" ever been repeated?

I've read in a few places now that apparently a lot of the 1970s era editions (1972-79) of Sykes were reworkings of earlier, previously transmitted shows from the 1960s era (1960-65). Presumably these earlier shows had been wiped. I know that the episode featuring Peter Sellers (1972 - one of the few they ever repeat) originally featured Leo McKern in the same role.

Try the listing at the Missing Episodes site. Just for the record, every episode of Curry and Chips exists - why don't they repeat that sometime?!

Three of the black and white ones were on video. They were... *goes off to find video*

... Sykes And A Bath, Sykes And An Ankle, Sykes And A Haunting. It was released in 1992 and is BBCV 4815.

The remakes of all those episodes always get shown when the series is repeated.

>Try the listing at the Missing Episodes site. Just for the record, every episode of Curry and Chips exists - why don't they repeat that sometime?!

According to the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television only three episodes of this exist. Johnny Speight tried to get these released on video (possibly edited into one long show) but died before anything happened.

The Virgin reprinting of Sykes Of Sebastopol Terrace has an episode guide in the back saying which colour episodes were 'reworkings' of the black and white episodes. It unfortunately doesn't say which episodes still exist.

As far as I know, all of Curry and Chips exists, though possibly in the NFTVA rather than at LWT.

Don't forget, Eric co-wrote most of the 5th series Goon Shows with Spike Milligan, which some fans regard as the most consistently funny batch of shows.

"The Fireball Of Milton Street" is a good example - Neddie Seagoon is convinced that the sun is on fire and he must put it out. But he can't find a ladder tall enough or a big enough bucket of water. You need to hear it really, although this brilliant show has never been commercially availible, or indeed repeated since the 1950's.

A nice thing to have added to this site when it returns, is a guide to what comedy shows are missing or rare.

Then I can print it out, and go a-hunting.

I know there's another site around that lists stuff, but it seemed a bit of a mess, and possibly incomplete.