The twelfth series of Comedy Playhouse, the long-running BBC series, aired during 1972, with the last two episode being used as fillers due to the Munich massacre.
Background The twelfth series, which was in colour, consisted of seven episodes, each of which had a different cast and storyline. The pilot episode of Are You Being Served? was intended to be broadcast early in the year but the BBC chose not to broadcast it, and was not transmitted, until the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics necessitated that it was used as a filler.
Episodes TitleAirdateDurationOverviewIMDb linkIdle at Work14 January 197230 mins And Whose Side Are You On?21 January 197230 mins Born Every Minute28 January 1972 30 mins The Dirtiest Soldier in the World27 March 197230 minsAn adaptation of one story in George MacDonald Fraser's The General Danced At Dawn.No Peace on the Western Front30 August 197230 minsSet in the First World War, starred Warren Mitchell as a German soldier.Weren't You Marcia Honeywell?7 September 197230 mins Are You Being Served?8 September 197230 minsNot originally intended to be broadcast, the BBC screened it to fill a gap in the schedules due to the terrorist attack at the Munich Olympics. Became a very long-running programme.
References Mark Lewisohn, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003 British TV Comedy Guide for Comedy Playhouse Comedy Playhouse, a TV Heaven Review