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British TV sitcom (1966–1968) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Beggar My Neighbour is a British sitcom starring Reg Varney, Peter Jones, June Whitfield, Pat Coombs and (later) Desmond Walter-Ellis. Made in black-and-white, it was broadcast from 1966 to 1968 and was written by Ken Hoare and Mike Sharland.
Beggar My Neighbour | |
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Starring | Peter Jones June Whitfield Desmond Walter-Ellis Reg Varney Pat Coombs Rosemary Faith |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of series | 3 |
No. of episodes | 23 (15 missing) + 1 short |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | BBC1 |
Release | 24 May 1966 – 26 March 1968 |
Rose Garvey, and her husband Gerald, live next door to her sister Lana Butt, and her husband Harry, in the fictional Larkworthy Road, Muswell Hill, North London. Gerald is an underpaid junior executive, while Harry is a well-paid fitter. The slightly snobbish Gerald makes sure that he and Rose keep up a pretence of doing well even though they are not. Meanwhile, the Butts' relative wealth encourages Lana to put on airs and graces, although Harry remains down to earth.
Only eight episodes of the original run of 23 have survived: episode one and two from the first series and all six episodes from series two.[1]
Series Number | Episode Number | Title | Broadcast | Notes |
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Series 1 | Episode 1 | Have Car, Won't Travel | 13 March 1967 | |
Series 1 | Episode 2 | Lay Down Your Arms | 27 March 1967 | |
Series 2 | Episode 1 | Let Them Eat Cake | 2 July 1967 | |
Series 2 | Episode 2 | A Host of Friends | 9 July 1967 | |
Series 2 | Episode 3 | No Bed of Rose's | 16 July 1967 | |
Series 2 | Episode 4 | Laying Down the Law | 23 July 1967 | |
Series 2 | Episode 5 | My Fair Harry Butt | 30 July 1967 | |
Series 2 | Episode 6 | For Better, for Worse | 6 August 1967 | |
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