Editing Eric Sykes (section)

=== 1970s ===
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In 1970, Sykes returned to BBC television with a guest appearance in an episode of ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]''. This was followed in 1971 by a six-episode series, ''[[Sykes and a Big, Big Show]]'', for the BBC and a special, ''Sykes: With the Lid Off'', for [[Thames Television]].{{CN|date=April 2024}}

In 1972, seven years after the cancellation of ''Sykes and a...'', the BBC revived the series under the title ''[[Sykes (TV series)|Sykes]]''.<ref name=":0" /> 68 colour episodes of ''Sykes'' were made between 1972 and 1979;<ref name="televisionheaven1"/> forty-three of the shows were re-workings of scripts from the 1960s series, which had been recorded in [[monochrome]].{{CN|date=April 2024}} These included a remake of the 1960s episode ''Sykes and a Stranger'', guest-starring Peter Sellers as the stranger, Tommy Grando, in what was to be Sellers's final TV part. During the 1970s, Sykes and [[Jimmy Edwards]] took part in a performance of ''[[Big Bad Mouse]]'' entertaining Rhodesian troops for [[Ian Smith]], the Prime Minister of [[Rhodesia]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Margolis|first=Jonathan|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/eric-sykes-actor-and-writer-who-overcame-adversity-to-become-a-leading-figure-of-british-comedy-7912538.html|title= Eric Sykes: Actor and writer who overcame adversity to become a leading figure of British comedy |date= 5 July 2012 |newspaper= The Independent |access-date=21 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Slide|first=Anthony|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j8xgDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT213|title=Wake Up at the Back There: It's Jimmy Edwards|location=Albany, Georgia, USA|publisher=BearManor Media|year=2018|page=213|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>

In 1973, Sykes had a small role as a police sergeant in the [[Douglas Hickox]] thriller ''[[Theatre of Blood]]''.{{CN|date=April 2024}}

In 1977, Sykes wrote and starred in another television special, ''Eric Sykes Shows a Few of Our Favourite Things''. He also wrote the script for the 1977 [[Yorkshire Television]] adaptation of ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' and appeared in the role of Brassett.{{CN|date=April 2024}}

The third version of ''[[The Plank (1979 film)|The Plank]]'' was made in 1979 for [[Thames Television|Thames TV]] as a half-hour TV special.{{CN|date=April 2024}}