It was created by Barry Cryer, Graham Chapman and Eric Idle, and it featured Ronnie Corbett's first acting starring role, alongside Rosemary Leach, Henry McGee (who was at the time also playing the straight man in The Benny Hill Show), Ivor Dean and Jill Mai Meredith.

It was originally produced by Rediffusion for the ITV network, with its production being continued by London Weekend Television for the third and final series.

Ronnie Corbett played Ronnie, a man short in stature but big in ideas, and a quintessential suburban commuter who works in an insurance company with his snooty neighbour Cyril (played by McGee).

for another series, over which he once again presided, this time in colour (it had been produced in black and white in its Rediffusion incarnation).

The entirety of the first two series (made by Rediffusion) are missing from the archives, although one 1967 episode appears to exist in private hands.