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THE GAFFER
Yorkshire / 20x30m-e /
1981-83
three seasons
Writer: Graham White / Producer: Alan Tarrant
Sitcom.
Misadventures of Fred Moffatt, the owner of a
decrepit building works, who if not a cowboy was certainly very close to
it.
With:- BILL MAYNARD as
Fred Moffat / RUSSELL HUNTER as Harry / PAT ASHTON as Betty
GAME ON
BBC2/Hatrick / 18x30m-e /
1995-97
Writers: Andrew Davies, Bernadette Davis / Producer: Geoffrey Perkins
Sitcom. A Pair of twentysomethings, the sexy Mandy Wilkins and the nerdish Martin Henson
share the flat of fellow twentysomething the agoraphobic
Matthew Malone.
Mandy Wilkins.................................. SAMANTHA JANUS
Martin Henson.................................. MATTHEW COTTLE
Matthew Malone(Season 1)............... BEN CHAPLIN
Matthew Malone(Seasons 2-3).......... NEIL STUKE
GARTH MARENGHI'S DARKPLACE
C4 / 6x30m / started 29 January 2004
Writers: Matthew Holness, Richard Ayoade / Director: Richard Ayoade / Producer: Charlie Hanson
A comedy-horror made by Channel 4 in the 1980s (supposedly), but banned up until now. Set in Darkplace hospital where the gates to hell have been opened and all sorts of bad things happen. Fictionally, it was written by, directed by and starred Garth Marenghi who appears in interspersed interview sequences along with the rest of the "cast" about the making of it. Each actor plays the fictional cast member in the modern "retrospective" interviews as well as their Darkplace character in the TV show episodes "from the 1980s".
With:- MATTHEW HOLNESS as Rick (played by Garth) / RICHARD AYOADE as Thornton (Dean) / ALICE LOWE as Liz (Madeleine) / MATT BERRY as Lucien (Todd)
A GENTLEMAN'S CLUB
BBC2 / 6x30m-e /
1988
23 September - 28 October
Fridays 9.00pm
Writer: Richard Gordon / Producer/Director: Sydney Lotterby
Sitcom.
Stories of the members of Gentleman's Club ,The
Albany, in London's Pall Mall.
Aubrey.............................................. WILLIAM GAUNT
George.............................................. RICHARD VERNON
Ann................................................... JILL MEAGHER
Willie................................................ CHRISTOPHER
BENJAMIN
Quentin............................................. RUPERT FRAZER
GEORGE AND MILDRED
Thames / 38x30m-e /
1976-79 Four seasons.
Writers: Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke / Producer:Peter Frazer-Jones
Sitcom.
Spin off from Man About the House and see also
Robin's Nest.
Robin's Nest.
George and Mildred move to middle class suburbia
and quickly outrage their new next door neighbours
The Fourmiles.
With:- BRIAN MURPHY as
George Roper / YOOTHA JOYCE as
Mildred Roper / NORMAN ESHLEY as Jeffrey Fourmile / SHEILA FEARN as
Ann Fourmile / NICHOLAS BOND OWEN as
Tristram Fourmile / ROY KINNEAR as Jerry
GEORGE AND THE DRAGON
ATV / 26x30m-e / 1966-68
Four seasons black and white
Writers: Vince Powell, Harry Driver /
Theme Music: Tom Springfield / Producers: Alan Tarrant, Shaun O'Riordan
Sitcom.
Wily chauffeur George Russell more than meets
his match when his boss Colonel Maynard hires
housekeeper Gabrielle Dragon.
George Russell.................................... SID JAMES
Gabrielle Dragon.................................. PEGGY MOUNT
Colonel Maynard................................. JOHN LE MESURIER
Ralph.................................................. KEITH MARSH
GERT AND DAISY
A-R/Jack Hylton / 6x30m-e / 1959
10 August - 16 September
Mondays 8.30pm
Creator: Ted Willis / Director: Milo Lewis
Sitcom.
A pair of ex-theatricals open a boarding house
catering to the people from the world of showbusiness.
Gert...................................................... ELSIE WATERS
Daisy................................................... DORIS WATERS
Boris.................................................... HUGH PADDICK
Bonnie................................................. PATSY ROWLANDS
Lulu.................................................... JENNIFER BROWNE
Maureen.............................................. DUDY NIMMO
Harry................................................... JULIAN D'ALBIE
GET BACK
BBC1/Alamo / 15x30m-e / 1992-93
Mondays 8.30pm
Writers: Lawrence Marks, Maurice Gran / Producers: Bernard McKenna, Rosie Bunting
/ Director: Terry Kinane
Sitcom.
Martin and Loretta Sweet have to move in with
Martin's wealthy brother Albert after falling on hard times.
Martin Sweet.................................... RAY WINSTONE
Albert Sweet.................................... LARRY LAMB
Loretta Sweet.................................. CAROL HARRISON
Prudence Sweet.............................. JANE BOOKER
Bernice Sweet................................. JOHN BARDON
Eleanor Sweet................................. KATE WINSLET
Joanna Sweet.................................. MICHELLE CATTINI
Bungalow Bill.................................. ZOOT MONEY
GET REAL
ITV / 7x30m-e / 1998
Creators: Alan Davies, Paul Waite / Writer: Paul Waite / Producer: Sue Birbeck
Sitcom.
The relationships of a group of thirtysomethings.
Louise................................................ LINDSAY DUNCAN
Adam................................................. LLOYD OWEN
Lester................................................ SIMON GODLEY
Francine............................................ LESLEY VICKERAGE
GET SOME IN
Thames / 34x30m-e / 1975-78
5 Seasons + 1 Special
Writers: John Esmonde, Bob Larbey /
Theme Music: Alan Braden / Producer: Michael Mills
Sitcom.
The National Service days of four young RAF
trainees during the 1950's, especially their dealings
with the hated Corporal Marsh ("My name is Marsh - B.A.S.T.A.R.D. Marsh").
With:- TONY SELBY as
Corporal Percy Marsh / ROBERT LINDSAY as
Jakey Smith (Seasons 1-4) / DAVID JANSON as
Ken Richardson / BRIAN PETTIFER as
Bruce Leckie / GERARD RYDER as
Matthew Lilley / LORI WELLS as
Alice Marsh / KARL HOWMAN as
Jakey Smith (Season 5) / JENNY CRYST as
Corporal Wendy
GET WELL SOON
BBC1 / 6x30m-e / 1997
2 November - 7 December
Sundays 6.40pm/6.30pm
Writers: Ray Galton, John Antrobus /
Theme Sung by Aled Jones / Producer: Philip Kampff
Period sitcom.
In 1947 Two young lads, Roy Osborne and Brian
Clapton share a room in a TB Sanitarium in Surrey.
This series is based on the meeting between
classic sitcom writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson (Hancock, Steptoe and Son etc).
Roy Osborne..................................... MATTHEW COTTLE
Brian Clapton.................................... EDDIE MARSAN
Mrs Howell....................................... SAMANTHA BECKINSALE
Sister Shelley................................... KATE O'TOOLE
Mrs Osborne.................................... ANITA DOBSON
Mr Walpole...................................... NEIL STACY
Sq Ldr Fielding................................. ROBERT BATHURST
GIMME GIMME GIMME
BBC2/Tiger Aspect / 13x30m-e / 1999-2000 2 seasons + 1 special
Writer: Johnathon Harvey / Music:
Philip Pope / Script Editor: Kathy Burke / Titles: Tim Searle / Producer: Sue Vertue
/ Director: Liddy Oldroyd
Sitcom. Sex obsessed Linda La Hughes shares a flat with
gay Tom Farrell. Tom was a seemingly always out of work actor whilst Linda
didn't actually do anything.
With:- KATHY BURKE as Linda La
Hughes / JAMES DREYFUS as Tom Farrell / ROSALIND KNIGHT as Beryl Merit / BRIAN BOVELL
as Jez / BETH GODDARD as Suze
THE GINGERBREAD GIRL
Yorkshire / 6x30m-e / 1993 9 April - 21 May
Fridays 8.30pm
Writer: Alex Shearer /
Theme sung by Janet Dibley / Executive Producer: David Reynolds /
Producer/Director: Robin Carr
Sitcom.
Young single mother Linda does her best to
cope on her own.
With:- JANET DIBLEY as Linda / TYLER BUTTERWORTH as Eddie / JOHN DIEDRICH as
Matt / ISABELLA MARSH as Kerry / TRACIE BENNETT as Stella
GIRLS ABOUT TOWN
ATV / 12x30m-e /
1970-71
Writer: Adele Rose / Producer: Shaun O'Riordan
Sitcom.
Exploits of a pair of bored housewives.
With:- JULIE STEVENS as
Rosemary Pilgrim / ROBIN PARKINSON as
George Pilgrim / DENISE COFFEY as
Brenda Liversedge / PETER BALDWIN as
Harold Liversedge / DOROTHY REYNOLDS as
Mrs Pilgrim
There was a pilot broadcast 2 Oct 1969, this was
substantially different being made by Thames and
featured in the cast Anna Quayle as Rosemary Pilgrim,
and Barbara Mullaney as Sylvia(Mullaney is better
known under her married name of Knox as Rita in
Coronation Street.
GIRLS ON TOP
Central/Witzend / 13x30m-e / 1985-86 Season One:23 Oct - 4 Dec 1985 Season
Two:30 Oct -111 Dec 1986
Writers: Dawn French, Jennifer
Saunders, Ruby Wax / Script Editor: Ben Elton / Producers: Paul Jackson, Trevor
Walton
Sitcom.
An attempt to make a female version of the
Young Ones with four ill suited girls sharing a
flat.
With:- TRACEY ULLMAN as Candice(1985) / DAWN FRENCH as Amanda / JENNIFER SAUNDERS
as Jennifer / RUBY WAX as Shelley / JOAN GREENWOOD as
Lady Carlton
GLAMOUR GIRLS
Granada / 13x30m-e / 1980 Season One: 23 Oct - 27 Nov
Season 2:23 Feb - 6 Apr
Writer: David Nobbs / Music: Derek Hilton / Producer: John G. Temple / Director:
Malcolm Taylor
Sitcom.
Two women, Veronica Hawlett and Debbie
Wilkinson , work for an extremely dodgy modeling
agency.
Veronica Hawlett.............................. BRIGIT FORSYTH
Debbie Wilkinson............................. SALLY WATTS
Ernest Garstang............................... DUGGIE BROWN
Brian Frodsham............................... TOM PRICE
Mr Meredith..................................... JAMES WARRIOR
GLENCANNON
Gross-Krasne/Silleman/ NTA / 39x30m-e / 14 Sep 1960 - 6 July 1961 black and
white
Writers: Basil Dawson, John Toureen,
Ian Dallas. / Stories: Guy Fitzpatrick / Executive Producer: Donald Hyde / Director: John Knight
Comedy series.
The exploits of a chief engineer working on a
tramp steamer. An English-American co-production.
Glencannon....................................... THOMAS MITCHELL
Bosun Hughes................................... PATRICK ALLEN
Captain Ball...................................... CHARLES CARSON
Cookie ............................................ GEORGIE WOOD
Sparks............................................. PETER COLLINGWOOD
Mr Montgomery................................. BARRY KEEGAN
Mr Macintosh.................................... KERRY JORDAN
THE GLUMS
LWT / 9x10m-e 8x30m-e / 1979
Writers: Frank Muir, Denis Norden / Producer: Simon Brett / Directors: John Kaye Cooper, John
Reardon
Sitcom.
Exploits of a dour family, based on a long running
radio series of the fifties, Season One(9x10m-e) was
part of the series Bruce Forsyth's Big Night Out (7 Oct -
24 Dec 1978). Season two was a full series with two
stories per show, each adapted from the old radio
broadcasts.
Pa Glum............................................. JIMMY EDWARDS
Ron Glum............................................ IAN LAVENDER
Eth..................................................... PATRICIA BRAKE
Ted.................................................... MICHAEL STAUNTON
THE GNOMES OF DULWICH
BBC1 / 6x30m-e / 1969 12 May - 16 June Mondays 8.50pm
Writer: Jimmy Perry / Producers: Graeme Muir, Sydney Lotterby
Sitcom.
The adventures of three garden gnomes who
lived in a garden in Dulwich.
Big....................................................... TERRY SCOTT
Small................................................... HUGH LLOYD
Old...................................................... JOHN CLIVE
Plastic................................................. LEON THAU
Dolly.................................................... ANNE DE VIGEUR
GOING STRAIGHT
BBC1 / 6x30m-e / 1978
24 February - 7 April
Friday 8.30pm
Writers:
Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais / Producer: Sydney Lotterby /
Theme Sung by Ronnie Barker
Sitcom.
Sequel to Porridge in which Fletcher is released
from prison but finds life on the outside less than easy,
he also discovers Lenny Godber engaged to his
daughter Ingrid and practically living in his home.
Norman Stanley Fletcher.................. RONNIE BARKER
Lenny Godber.................................. RICHARD BECKINSALE
Ingrid Fletcher.................................. PATRICIA BRAKE
Raymond Fletcher............................ NICHOLAS LYNDHURST
GOODBYE MR KENT
BBC / 7x30m-e / 1982
28 January - 11 March
Thursdays 8.30pm
Writers: Peter Vincent, Peter
Robinson / Producer: Gareth Gwenlan
Sitcom.
Divorcee Victoria Jones takes in the irritating
Travis Kent as her lodger.
With:- HANNAH GORDON as
Victoria Jones / RICHARD BRIERS as
Travis Kent / TALLA HAYES as
Lucy Jones
THE
GOODIES
BBC (1970-80)-London
Weekend Television (1981-82) / 73x30m-e 1x50m-e 1x45m-e 1x25m-e / 1970-82
Writers: Bill Oddie,
Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor / Music: Bill Oddie
Anarchic, frantic,
fast series about initially three flat sharing go anywhere, do anything, anytime
troubleshooters. Later the series became more a collection of loosely linked
sketches, the trio made ample use of special effects and speeded up film etc and
the they also managed a number of chart hits in the process (most notably the
Funky Gibbon). The Goodies switched from the BBC to the ITV Network (LWT) for
one special and one season at the end of their TV run. The Goodies were Bill
Oddie, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor.
THE GOOD LIFE
(GOOD NEIGHBORS)
BBC1 / 29x30m-e 1x45m-e / 1974-78
4 Seasons + 2 Specials
Writers: John Esmonde, Bob Larbey / Music: Burt Rhodes / Titles: Oliver Rhodes /
Producer: John Howard Davies
Sitcom.
Tom Good and his wife Barbara tire of the rat race
and decide to go self sufficient in the middle of Surbiton, much to the initial distress of their next
door neighbours Margo and Jerry Leadbetter.The 45
minute special was a Royal Performance in which
the Queen was a member of the audience. The title in parenthesis refers to the
fact that in the US the show is known as Good Neighbors because of a show
already being titled The Good Life over there.
Tom Good....................................... RICHARD BRIERS
Barbara Good.................................. FELICITY KENDAL
Margo Leadbetter............................. PENELOPE KEITH
Jerry Leadbetter............................... PAUL EDDINGTON
GOODNIGHT AND GOD BLESS
Central / 6x30m-e / 1983 12 April - 17 May
Tuesdays 8.30pm
Writer: Donald Churchill, Joe
McGrath / Executive Producer: Joe McGrath / Producer/Director: Alan Dossor
Sitcom.
Exploits of the obnoxious Ronnie Kemp, a comic
with his own Television gameshow.
Ronnie Kemp....................................... DONALD CHURCHILL
Celia................................................... JUDY LOE
Geoffrey.............................................. JAMES COSSINS
Harry.................................................. NICK STRINGER
Debbie................................................ TRACEY PERRY
Audrey................................................ ROWENA COOPER
GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART
BBC1/SelecTV/ Alamo / 56x30m-e 1x50m-e / 1993-99
Creators: Laurence Marks, Maurice
Gran / Music: Anthony & Gaynor Sadler /
Sung by Nick Curtis / Executive Producer: Allan McKeown
Scifi sitcom.
Married TV engineer Gary Sparrow wanders down
an alley that is actually a time hole, he ends up in
the 1940's where he falls for barmaid Phoebe Bamford.
As the series progressed Gary kept flitting between
the two era's in the nineties he opened a shop selling
1940's artifacts and in the forties led a double life
as a secret agent (pretend) and songwriter of popular music (Sparrow sang hits by the Beatles and the like
claiming them as his own.)
Gary Sparrow................................... NICHOLAS LYNDHURST
Yvonne Sparrow(-96)......................... MICHELLE HOLMES
Phoebe Bamford(-96)........................ DERVLA KIRWAN
Eric(93)........................................... DAVID RYALL
Ron Wheatcroft................................ VIC McGUIRE
PC Reg Deadman............................ CHRISTOPHER ETTERIDGE
Phoebe Bamford(97-99).................... ELIZABETH CARLING
Yvonne Sparrow(97-99)..................... EMMA AMOS
GRACE AND FAVOUR
BBC1 / 12x30m-e /
1992-93
Season One: 10 Jan - 14 Feb 92
Season Two: 4 Jan - 8 Feb 93
Writers: Jeremy Lloyd, David Croft / Producer/Director: Mike Stephens
Sitcom.
A sequel to Are You Being Served. After being
made redundant from Grace Brothers, most of the
gang decide to help Mr Rumbold run an hotel called
Millstone Manor.
Mrs Slocombe................................. MOLLIE SUGDEN
Miss Brahms.................................. WENDY RICHARD
Mr Humphries................................. JOHN INMAN
Captain Peacock............................ FRANK THORNTON
Mr Rumbold................................... NICHOLAS SMITH
Jessica Lovelock............................ JOANNE HEYWOOD
Maurice Moulterd............................ BILLY BURDEN
THE GREEN GREEN GRASS
BBC1 / 13x30m / started 9 September 2005 - 2006
Writer: John Sullivan / Director: Tony Dow / Producer: Gareth Gwenlan
A spin-off from ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES. Former second-hand car dealer Boycie sells up and he and his family move from Peckham to the country where he becomes a farmer. He does this because Peckham's local criminals (The Driscol Brothers) have been imprisoned and he is suspected of being the super grass that put them away.
With:- JOHN CHALIS as Boycie / SUE HOLDERNESS as Marlene / JACK DOOLAN as Tyler / JACK DOOLAN as Elgin Sparrowhawk / IVAN KAYE as Bryan / ELLA KENION as Mrs Cakeworthy / PETER HEPPELTHWAITE as Jed
GREEN WING
C4 / 15x60m / started 3 September 2004-2006
Multiple Writers / Directors: Dominic Brigstocke, Tristram Shapeero / Producer: Victoria Pile
Hospital comedy. Loose dramatic plotlines knit together a succession of sketches set amongst the medical staff of a hospital wing.
With:- TASMIN GRIEG as Dr Caroline Todd / JULIAN RHIND-TUTT as Dr McCartney / STEPHEN MANGAN as Dr Guillame Secretan / PIPPA HAYWOOD as Joanna Clore / MARK HEAP as Dr Alan Startham . MICHELLE GOMEZ as Sue White / KARL THEOBALD as Dr Martin Dear / SARAH ALEXANDER as Dr Angela Hunter
THE GRIMLEYS
Granada / 23x30m-e / 1999-2001
Writer: Jed Mercurio / Music: Tot Taylor / Producers: Spencer Campbell, Jed Mercurio
/ Executive Producer: Andy Harries
Period sitcom.
In 1970's Birmingham young Gordon Grimley who
lives on a council estate, dreams of making his
gorgeous English teacher Geraldine Titley fall in
love with him, even though she is engaged to sadistic
PE teacher Doug Digby. Season three saw the action move to the late seventies
where Gordon was now a trainee teacher at his old school and PE teacher Digby
met a tragic end thanks to a stray javelin. There was a one hour pilot
show broadcast 1997(this featured Samantha Janus
as Miss Titley and Jack Dee as Doug Digby.)
Geraldine Titley................................. AMANDA HOLDEN
Doug Digby...................................... BRIAN CONLEY
Neville Holder................................... NODDY HOLDER
Gordon Grimley................................ JAMES BRADSHAW
Darren Grimley................................. RYAN CARTWRIGHT
Lisa Grimley.................................... CORRIEANN FLETCHER
Janet Grimley.................................. JAN RAVENS
Baz Grimley.................................... NIGEL PLANER
Nan................................................ BARBARA KEOGH
Shane Titley................................... SIMON LOWE
Reg Titley(99)................................. PAUL ANGELIS
THE GROOVY FELLERS
C4/Border / 6x60m-e / 1989 20 January - 24 February
Fridays 10.30pm
Writers: Roland Rivon, Jools Holland / Executive Producer: Paul Corley /
Producer: John Gwyn / Director: Tim Pope
Bizarre sitcom.
Musician Jools Holland travels around Britain with
a Martian, explaining odd things about Earth.
Jools................................................... JOOLS HOLLAND
Martian................................................ ROWLAND RIVRON
THE GROWING PAINS OF ADRIAN MOLE
Thames / 6x30m-e / 1987
Writer: Sue Townsend / Music: Ian Dury / Producer: Peter Sasdy
Sitcom.
Sequel to The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole.
Further adolescent episodes in the angst filled
teenage life of Adrian Mole, mostly concerning
the break up of his parents marriage and his
burgeoning relationship with Pandora. See also Adrian
Mole: The Cappuccino Years.
With:- GIAN SAMMARCO as
Adrian Mole / LULU as
Pauline Mole / STEPHEN MOORE as Dad / BERYL REID as Gran / LINDSEY / STAGG
as Pandora / BILL FRASER as
Bert Baxter / DORIS HARE as Queenie
THE GROWING PAINS OF P.C. PENROSE
BBC1 / 7x30m-e /
1975
2 Sep - 14 Oct
Tues 9.25pm
Writer: Roy Clarke / Producer: Douglas Argent
Sitcom.
Probationary cop PC Michael Penrose starts his
career in the Yorkshire town of Slagcaster. Two
years later Michael 'Rosie' Penrose was transferred
back to his hometown for the series Rosie.
P.C. Michael Penrose........................ PAUL GREENWOOD
Sgt W.T. Flags.................................. BRYAN PRINGLE
P.C. Buttress.................................... DAVID PINNER
P.C. Toombs..................................... ALAN FOSS
Insp Fox........................................... CHRISTOPHER BURGESS
WPC Dean....................................... CATHERINE CHASE
GROWN UPS
BBC2/Alamo / 6x30m-e / 1997 7 Jan - 11 Feb Tues 10.00pm
Producer: Esta Charkham /
Executive Producer: Lawrence Marks, Maurice Gran,
Claire Hinson / Director: Angela de Chastelaine Smith
Sitcom.
The differing lives of a group of friends who first met
at University fifteen years previously.
Mel...................................................... PENNY BUNTON
Bob..................................................... JASON WATKINS
Jim..................................................... JAMES SIMMONS
Murray................................................ TONY GARDNER
Claire.................................................. PIPPA HAYWOOD
Dennis................................................ GARETH HARRIS
Martin................................................. ANDREW POWELL
GRUNDY
Thames / 6x30m-e /
1980
14 Jul - 18 Aug
Mon 8.00pm
Writer: Ken O'Hare / Producer: Robert Reed
Sitcom.
Divorced single parent (to a teenage daughter)
and paper shop owner Grundy has a strong dislike
for the loose morals he sees all around him but he
is pursued by a loose divorcee who has designs on
his body. The show was made in 1979 but held up
by an industrial dispute.
Grundy................................................. HARRY H. CORBETT
Beryl.................................................... LYNDA BARON
Sharon................................................ JULIE DAWN COLE
Murray................................................. DAVID JANSON
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