Dave Allen at Large

BBC Two (ended 1976)
  • Season 5
    • Episode 51
      Episode 51
      12/20/76
      3.0
      Dave Allen and Jacqueline Clarke portray Bonnie and Clyde and James the Butler delivers a block of ice to his master.
    • Episode 50
      Episode 50
      12/20/76
      7.7
      Parodies include Romeo and Juliet, Odysseus, Rapunzel, King Arthur and Adam and Eve. Dave plays Rodriguez the Escape Artist in a sketch and discusses how the British pronounce certain words.
    • Episode 49
      Episode 49
      12/13/76
      10
      Dave plays Adam in the Garden of Eden, Robin Hood, Toulouse Lautrec, and a villain tying his unfaithful wife to train tracks.
    • Episode 48
      Episode 48
      12/13/76
      10
      Sketches include Adam and Eve, a prime minister on Voodoo, a funeral for a magician and Dave playing a priest and Dracula. Dave also discusses superstitions.
    • Episode 47
      Episode 47
      12/6/76
      10
      Sketches include the confessional booth, Sleeping Beauty, James the Butler, a werewolf, Moses and a priest distracted by a female parishioner's low dress. Dave examines humor from other countries.
    • Episode 46
      Episode 46
      12/6/76
      10
      Dave plays a man in love with his new female doctor, a suitor for Rapunzel, a priest fighting extra-terrestrials and a father playing hide-and-go-seek. He also discusses his belief in God's sense of humor.
    • Episode 45
      Episode 45
      11/29/76
      10
      Sketches include a priest collecting for the orphanage, a psychiatrist, cavemen discovering fire and children's entertainers in the courtroom. Dave tries to figure out the number of laws in England.
    • Episode 44
      Episode 44
      11/29/76
      10
      Sketches include an Army Sergeant, a masochist, a man at a wishing well, arguing spouses and another parody of "Wuthering Heights."
    • Episode 43
      Episode 43
      10/15/76
      10
      Stonehenge collapses and Dave spoofs "Wuthering Heights." Dave discusses God, heaven and hell and what occurred when he met the Pope.
    • Episode 42
      Episode 42
      11/15/76
      10
      In a sketch, Dave discovers money pinned under the tire of a car, deals with an upstairs neighbor training an elephant and plays King Midas, Robin Hood, King Arthur and Casanova.
    • Episode 41
      Episode 41
      11/1/76
      10
      Spoofs include "The Sound of Music," Sherlock Holmes and military pictures. Dave reveals his favorite sketch of all featuring himself and Michael-Sharvell Martin fighting at mealtime.
    • Episode 40
      Episode 40
      11/1/76
      10
      Sketches involve a ruined stock trader and his dog, prisoners trying to escape and Dave as Father O'Hara, the most strict priest in the world.
    • Episode 39
      Episode 39
      10/18/76
      10
      In sketches, British soldiers practice shots on an outside lavatory and Dave is knighted by Jacqueline Clarke as Elizabeth I. In another sketch, Dave gets frustrated over a bumbling elderly community serve phone operator.
    • Episode 38
      Episode 38
      10/18/76
      10
      Dave portrays Robin Hood, Dr. Frankenstein, Romeo to Jacqueline Clarke's Juliet, Sherlock Holmes, Dracula and Josephine to Peter Hawkins as Napoleon.
  • Season 4
    • Season 3
      • Season 2
        • Season 1