The Dick Van Dyke Show (Seasons 1–5)

The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) is a classic American sitcom you can watch online on iFILM. The series ran on CBS from 1961 to 1966, five seasons across 158 episodes, and earned fifteen Emmy Awards before it was done.

Rob Petrie writes for a TV comedy programme, and nothing at work or at home ever goes quite smoothly. Dick Van Dyke plays him with a physical precision rare in the genre — pratfalls and double-takes that feel earned rather than performed. Mary Tyler Moore plays his wife Laura; Rose Marie and Morey Amsterdam round out the writing room. Creator Carl Reiner wrote much of the early material and appears in the show as Rob's demanding boss.

The series aged better than most of its contemporaries because it let arguments stay unresolved and kept the comedy rooted in recognisable irritations rather than soft lessons. Stream all seasons of The Dick Van Dyke Show online on iFILM.