Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest was a television drama series which centred on the lives of Michael "Dodger" Dolan and his sister, Carol (Bonzo) who were part of a large foster family in London. It was aired in the early evenings on the ITV channel's Children's ITV. There were two series of six episodes between 1985 and 1986 plus a Christmas Special which aired on 22 December 1986. The Christmas Special would be the final episode of the series. It starred Lee Ross as Dodger, and Sophy McCallum (later replaced by Jodie Gordon) as his sister Bonzo.
Origin The series was written by JJ Williams and originated as an episode of the anthology series Dramarama, which featured a different screenplay each week. Its airing on the Dramarama series gained much popularity and it was commissioned a full series.
The theme song was the popular Madness song "Our House". The version of the song used on the show was performed by the young cast members. Another popular song heard in one of the episodes of the series was the Rod Stewart song "Sailing". This was also performed by the cast members at the closing credits of one of the early episodes as the characters sailed along the River Thames in London.
Romany Jones is a British sitcom made by London Weekend Television, broadcast between 1972 and 1975, involving the comic misadventures of two layabout families living on a caravan site. Following Beck's death in August 1973, Bert and Betty Jones were written out of the series. Jonathan Cecil and Gay Soper took over the lead roles, playing new neighbours, Jeremy and Susan Crichton-Jones. The show's pilot episode had been made by Thames Television and broadcast in 1972. It was followed by a spin-off sequel in 1976 entitled Yus, My Dear, starring Mullard and Watts.
Cast
Arthur Mullard - Wally Briggs
Queenie Watts - Lily Briggs
James Beck - Bert Jones (series 1 and 2)
Jo Rowbottom - Betty Jones (series 1 and 2)
Kevin Brennan - Mr Gibson (series 1 and 2)
Maureen Sweeney as Val Finch (series 2-4)
Jonathan Cecil - Jeremy Crichton-Jones (series 3 and 4)
Gay Soper - Susan Crichton-Jones (series 3 and 4)
Alan Ford as Ken (series 3 and 4)
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Duty Free is a British sitcom about two British couples, David and Amy Pearce and Robert and Linda Cochran, who meet while holidaying at the same Spanish hotel in Marbella and the interruptive affair conducted by David Pearce and Linda Cochran during their break. Another recurring character is the hotel waiter Carlos.. It was written by Eric Chappell and Jean Warr and aired on ITV from 1984 to 1986. It was made by Yorkshire Television. Although set in Spain, the show was recorded entirely in the Leeds Studios – only for the concluding Christmas special was the budget found to film some scenes in Spain at the Don Carlos Hotel and Spa.
Like many British sitcoms, there was a class-related tension between the two; with the Pearces working-class socialists from Northampton, and the Cochrans a more affluent, middle-class Conservative couple from Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. The character of David Pearce, much to his wife's chagrin, became uncomfortable with his own status and politics after meeting the Cochrans and tried to change his outlook. During the show's run, it was never satisfactorily resolved if it was the same holiday being depicted in each series (or whether it was a different visit to Spain set within another time period) leading to the show famously being dubbed "the holiday that never ends". Although the first episode of Series 3 was set with the characters back home in the UK, it subsequently returns to Spain. The series was based on a one-off TV play by Chappell, We're Strangers Here, first performed on TV with Geraldine McEwan and Ian Hendry as a two-hander and subsequently on stage as a four-hander at the Theatre Royal, Windsor.
Cast
Keith Barron as David Pearce
Gwen Taylor as Amy Pearce
Joanna Van Gyseghem as Linda Cochran
Neil Stacy as Robert Cochran
Carlos Douglas as Carlos the Waiter
Bunny May as Hotel manager (series 1)
George Camiller as Hotel manager (series 2 and 3)
Ray Mort as George (series 1 and 2)
Hugo Bower as Zimmerman (series 1)
Joseph Fazal as Spanish Policeman (series 2)
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The Two of Us is an ITV comedy series starring Nicholas Lyndhurst and Janet Dibley. The series focused on Ashley and Elaine, an unmarried couple living together, at a time when this was becoming increasingly common in Britain, but still considered slightly controversial in some circles. It was produced by LWT. While Ashley was keen for the pair to get married and would regularly propose, Elaine saw no reason to get married and was happy to keep her independence. Ashley's roguish grandfather Perce (played by Patrick Troughton, but later by Tenniel Evans after Troughton's death) was supportive of the couple, but Ashley's domineering mother (Jennifer Piercey) disapproved and constantly urged the pair to marry. Ashley's suppressed father (Paul McDowell) seemed less upset, but generally backed up his wife in the hope of a quiet life and the odd sherry.
After initially deciding to get married in the 1988 Christmas special, only to skip the wedding when their flight time for the honeymoon was brought forward, Ashley and Elaine finally married in the fourth series, with the pair focusing on their plans to start a family. In the final episode Elaine takes a pregnancy test, but the result is never revealed.
Two regional remakes were made of the series. In Germany, 41 episodes of Unter einer Decke (± Under one Roof) were produced in 1993/94, using most of the scripts from the original series, combined with new scripts from Germany and the Netherlands. The Dutch version Vrienden voor het leven (Friends for Life) had 65 episodes produced in 1990-95 of which 64 have been released on DVD in the Netherlands.
Cast
Nicholas Lyndhurst as Ashley Phillips[1]
Janet Dibley as Elaine Walker[1]
Patrick Troughton as Perce (Series 1)
Tenniel Evans as Perce (Series 2–4)
Paul McDowell as Mr Colin Phillips
Jennifer Piercey as Mrs Lilian Phillips
Francesca Hall as Karen
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Yus, My Dear is a British sitcom that ran for nineteen episodes over two series in 1976 featuring Arthur Mullard and Queenie Watts in the lead roles. It was written by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe, and produced and directed by Stuart Allen for London Weekend Television. A sequel to Chesney and Wolfe's earlier series Romany Jones (1972–75), the characters Wally and Lily Briggs (Mullard and Watts) have left their caravan for a new life in a council house. The new series introduced Wally's brother Benny, the first acting role for the EastEnders and Snatch star Mike Reid of The Comedians fame. The two series of six and thirteen episodes were released on Region 2 DVD by Network. https://networkonair.com/all-products/856-yus-my-dear-the-complete-series-1
Cast
Arthur Mullard as Wally Briggs. Lil's Husband and Benny's brother.
Queenie Watts as Lil Briggs, Wally's wife and Benny's sister-in-law.
Mike Reid as Benny Briggs, Wally's younger brother, Lil's brother-in-law and Molly's boyfriend.
Valerie Walsh as Molly, Benny Briggs' girlfriend.
Pat Nye as Beatrice, Lil's older sister and Wally's sister-in-law. (Seen in episode "Three's Company".)
Lynda Bellingham as Carol, Benny Briggs' ex-girlfriend. (Seen in episode "Woman Trouble".)
Peter Hale as Jimmy, Wally and Lil's nephew. (Seen in episodes: "The Kid", "The Homework" and "The Repair".)
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It's Garry Shandling's Show is an American sitcom that was initially broadcast on Showtime from September 10, 1986 to May 25, 1990. It was created by Garry Shandling and Alan Zweibel. The series is notable for breaking the fourth wall. Garry Shandling plays a stand-up comedian who is aware that he is a television character. The show features Shandling interacting with the studio audience and manipulating storylines for better outcomes. The series was critically acclaimed and ran for 72 episodes. Initially aired on Showtime, it was later picked up by Fox for reruns. The show received multiple awards and nominations, including five CableACE Awards and four Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
Starring
Garry Shandling as Garry Shandling - Immature star / host of the show. Constantly obsessed with his hair.
Geoffrey Blake as Lewis (early season 1) - Garry's ladies' man best friend. Dropped from the series after the first run of six episodes.
Molly Cheek as Nancy Bancroft - Garry's "attractive, but non-threatening, platonic neighbor."
Jessica Harper as Phoebe Bass (season 4) - Garry's girlfriend and eventual wife.
Scott Nemes as Grant Schumaker - Garry's neighbor, son of Pete and Jackie Schumaker.
Michael Tucci as Pete Schumaker - Garry's best friend and neighbor. Father of Grant and husband of Jackie. Very nerdy and clumsy. Leads his son's Cub Scout troop.
Co-starring
Bernadette Birkett as Jackie Schumaker (mid-season 1 through season 4, recurring guest early season 1) - Garry's neighbor, Pete's wife and Grant's mother.
Ian Buchanan as Ian McFyfer (mid-season 3 through season 4, recurring guest early season 3) - Nancy's boyfriend and eventual husband.
Barbara Cason as Ruth Shandling (seasons 2–4, recurring guest season 1) - Garry's mother.
Paul Willson as Leonard Smith (mid-season 1 through season 4, recurring guest early season 1) - The president of the condo association that Garry lives in, who frequently drops by uninvited so that he can end up on-camera on Garry's show. He is a nuisance to Garry and his friends.
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All in Good Faith is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1985 to 1988. Starring Richard Briers, it was written by John Kane. All in Good Faith was made for the ITV network by Thames Television. All in Good Faith was written especially for its lead star, The Good Life actor Richard Briers. The series was his first ITV sitcom. He played the Reverend Philip Lambe who, in his middle age, decides to move from his wealthy Oxfordshire parish to one in Edendale, a fictional urban town in the Midlands. He is determined to do things in his new parish and is faced with new problems like homeless people. He is accompanied by his wife Emma, sixteen-year-old daughter Miranda and twelve-year-old son Peter.
Cast
Richard Briers - The Reverend Philip Lambe
Barbara Ferris - Emma Lambe (series 1 and 2)
Susan Jameson - Emma Lambe (series 3)
Lydia Smith - Miranda Lambe (series 1 and 2)
James Campbell - Peter Lambe (series 1 and 2)
James Cossins - Major Andrews (series 1)
Robert Bridges - Wilf (series 1)
Frank Middlemass - Desmond Frank (series 2 and 3)
T. P. McKenna - Oscar Randolph (series 2)
John Woodvine - Oscar Randolph (series 3)
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Laverne & Shirley (originally Laverne DeFazio & Shirley Feeney) is an American sitcom television series that played for eight seasons on ABC from January 27, 1976, to May 10, 1983. A spin-off of Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley starred Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams as Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney, two friends and roommates who work as bottle-cappers in the fictitious Shotz Brewery in late 1950s Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From the sixth season onwards, the series' setting changed to mid-1960s Burbank, California. Michael McKean and David Lander co-starred as their friends and neighbors Lenny Kosnowski and Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggman, respectively; along with Eddie Mekka as Carmine Ragusa, Phil Foster as Laverne's father Frank DeFazio, and Betty Garrett as the girls' landlord Edna Babish.
Featuring regular physical comedy, Laverne & Shirley became the most-watched American television program by its third season; in total, it received six Golden Globe nominations and one Emmy nomination
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Romany Jones is a British sitcom made by London Weekend Television, broadcast between 1972 and 1975, involving the comic misadventures of two layabout families living on a caravan site. Following Beck's death in August 1973, Bert and Betty Jones were written out of the series. Jonathan Cecil and Gay Soper took over the lead roles, playing new neighbours, Jeremy and Susan Crichton-Jones. The show's pilot episode had been made by Thames Television and broadcast in 1972. It was followed by a spin-off sequel in 1976 entitled Yus, My Dear, starring Mullard and Watts.
Cast
Arthur Mullard - Wally Briggs
Queenie Watts - Lily Briggs
James Beck - Bert Jones (series 1 and 2)
Jo Rowbottom - Betty Jones (series 1 and 2)
Kevin Brennan - Mr Gibson (series 1 and 2)
Maureen Sweeney as Val Finch (series 2-4)
Jonathan Cecil - Jeremy Crichton-Jones (series 3 and 4)
Gay Soper - Susan Crichton-Jones (series 3 and 4)
Alan Ford as Ken (series 3 and 4)
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Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt is a British television sitcom which ran on the ITV network from 1974 to 1978. Set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Scarsdale, the series stars Bill Maynard as Selwyn Froggitt, a council labourer, hapless handyman, working men's club secretary and all-round public nuisance. It was created by Roy Clarke from a concept by Maynard. Clarke wrote the pilot episode transmitted in 1974 but was replaced by Alan Plater when the first series was commissioned. It was made by Yorkshire Television and was a ratings success. For its fourth and final series, the programme was renamed Selwyn and its location changed to a holiday camp.
Cast
Bill Maynard – Selwyn Froggitt
Megs Jenkins – Mrs Froggitt (Series 1–3)
Robert Keegan – Maurice Froggitt (Series 1–3)
Rosemary Martin – Vera Parkinson (Series 1)
Lynda Baron – Vera Parkinson (Series 2–3)
Richard Davies – Clive (Series 1–3)
Bill Dean – Jack (Series 1–3)
Harold Goodwin – Harry (Series 1–3)
Ray Mort – Ray (Series 1–3)
Bernard Gallagher – Mervin Price (Series 4)
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