The Life of Riley: The Arrival (ITV 6 Jan 1975 with Frank Lincoln)

UK / ITVGranada / 1×30 minute episode / Broadcast Monday 6 January 1975 @ 8.00pm

Writer: H.V. Kershaw / Production Design: Denis Parkin / Director: Eric Prytherch

Series: The Life of Riley / Season 1 Episode 1

Insurance agent Frank, who is a widower, likes nothing better than chasing the birds and having a good time so he is a little put out when his grown up, no fun Son Brian decides to move in with him.

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cast
Bill Maynard as Frank Riley
Eileen Kennally as Ethel Goodchild
Susan Littler as Janice Butcher
John Comer as George Pollitt
John McKelvey as Clifford Pringle
Frank Lincoln as Brian Riley

 

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