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{{Infobox television<br />
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| company = Regent Productions<br />
| director = [[Douglas Argent]]<br> [[Dennis Main Wilson]]<br />
| distributor = <br />
| creator = <br />
| starring = [[Patricia Hayes]]<br />[[Pat Coombs]]<br />
| writer = [[Johnny Speight]]<br />
| country = United Kingdom<br />
| language = English<br />
| network = [[Channel 4]]<br />
| first_aired = {{start date|1983|1|8|df=y}}<br />
| last_aired = {{end date|1984|3|30|df=y}}<br />
| num_episodes = 13<br />
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'''''The Lady Is a Tramp''''' is a [[television program]]me in the [[situation comedy]] format that was one of the first series to be shown on the then-new British television channel, [[Channel 4]], between 1983 and 1984. (It started on 8 January 1983; the channel had begun broadcasting only the previous November.)<br />
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Written by [[Johnny Speight]], the programme lasted for two series, and totalled 13 episodes.<ref name="summary">[http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/tramp/index.html British TV comedy site]</ref><br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
Old Pat and Lanky Pat are a pair of elderly tramps or "bag ladies" who have spent many years sleeping rough in such places as on park benches in [[London]].<br />
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The two move into a derelict van in an apparently unused yard. They then resist repeated attempts to move them from their new home.<br />
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==Chief characters and actresses==<br />
* Old Pat — played by [[Patricia Hayes]]<br />
* Lanky Pat — played by [[Pat Coombs]]<br />
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The character of Old Pat echoes the title role in the [[Jeremy Sandford]] drama "Edna the Inebriate Woman" which Hayes had played in 1971, but is done with a greater sense of comedy. According to her autobiography, Hayes used costume items from her performance as Edna in the role of Old Pat.<ref>Hayes P. It's a Funny Old Life, published 1990</ref><br />
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==Crew==<br />
* Directors: [[Douglas Argent]] & [[Dennis Main Wilson]]<br />
* Writer: [[Johnny Speight]]<br />
<ref name="imdb">[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085045/ Internet Movie Database entry]</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0085045|Lady Is a Tramp}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Homelessness]]<br />
* [[Lady and the Tramp]] (animated feature film)<br />
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{{Johnny Speight}}<br />
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[[Category:1983 British television series debuts]]<br />
[[Category:1984 British television series endings]]<br />
[[Category:1980s British sitcoms]]<br />
[[Category:Channel 4 sitcoms]]<br />
[[Category:English-language television shows]]<br />
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