| DINNERLADIES | Old TV sitcom featuring workers in a canteen (12) |
| FRAGMENT | Piece in newspaper featuring workers on newspaper (8) |
| TERRYANDJUNE | BBC TV sitcom featuring the Medford family that ran from 1979-87 |
| SPOON | One of the forms of cutlery stored in a canteen; or, a wooden object awarded as a booby prize (5) |
| KNIFE | An instrument such as a Gurkha's kukri, a chipper's blade or one of the cutlery items stored in a canteen (5) |
| CUTLERY | There's a case for it in a canteen |
| FOODCOUNTER | ... and where meals are served in a canteen (4,7) |
| SELLER | Artisan who makes the items traditionally stored in a canteen (6) |
| FORK | One of the pronged pieces of cutlery stored in a canteen (4) |
| PLEASE | ____ Sir!, early 1970s TV sitcom featuring John Alderton as a young teacher (6) |
| MISTERED | Talking horse in an old TV sitcom, whose given name is a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| CLEESE | Starred as Basil Fawlty in old TV sitcom, John ------ (6) |
| MANOR | British TV sitcom featuring Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles, To The ... Born |
| ARRESTED | ____ Development, U.S. TV sitcom featuring the Bluth family (8) |
| FILTHY | ____ Rich & Catflap, TV sitcom featuring co-stars of The Young Ones (6) |
| TERRY | BBC TV sitcom featuring the Medford family that ran from 1979-87 |
| MRED | Talking horse on an old TV sitcom: 2 wds. |
| SON | 'Steptoe and' ___, old TV sitcom (3) |
| ADDAMS | "The ___ Family"; old TV sitcom |
| MEN | ___ Behaving Badly, old TV sitcom (3) |