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{{Infobox television
| image =
| caption =
| runtime = 30 minutes
| creator =
| starring = [[Peter Jones (actor)|Peter Jones]] [[June Whitfield]] Desmond Walter-Ellis [[Reg Varney]] [[Pat Coombs]] Rosemary Faith
| country = United Kingdom
| network = [[BBC One|BBC1]]
| first_aired = {{start date|1966|5|24|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1968|3|26|df=y}}
| num_series = 3
| num_episodes = 23 + 1 short
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'''''Beggar My Neighbour''''' is a British [[British sitcom|sitcom]] starring [[Reg Varney]], [[Peter Jones (actor)|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.

==Cast==
*[[Peter Jones (actor)|Peter Jones]] – Gerald Garvey ''(pilot and series 1)''
*Desmond Walter-Ellis – Gerald Garvey ''(from series 2)''
*[[June Whitfield]] – Rose Garvey
*[[Reg Varney]] – Harry Butt
*[[Pat Coombs]] – Lana Butt
*Rosemary Faith – Deidre Garvey ''(from series 2)''

==Plot==
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.

==Episodes==
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.<ref>[http://lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=5a5c2ad7-91e8-4331-93ad-61921c7468d1 "Missing or incomplete episodes for programme ''Beggar My Neighbour''"], lostshows.com</ref>

===Pilot (1966)===
*''Beggar My Neighbour'' (24 May 1966) (part of ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'')

===Series one (1967)===
#''Have Car, Won't Travel'' (13 March 1967)
#''Lay Down Your Arms'' (20 March 1967)
#''Episode three'' (27 March 1967)
#''An Education in Itself'' (3 April 1967)
#''Gone But Not Forgotten'' (10 April 1967)
#''At Home on Saturday'' (17 April 1967)
#''Marriage Muswell'' (24 April 1967)
#''Keep Taking The Tablets'' (1 May 1967)

===Series two (1967)===
#''Let Them Eat Cake'' (2 July 1967)
#''A Host of Friends'' (9 July 1967)
#''No Bed of Rose's'' (16 July 1967)
#''Laying Down the Law'' (23 July 1967)
#''My Fair Harry Butt'' (30 July 1967)
#''For Better, for Worse'' (6 August 1967)

===Special (1967)===
*Short Special as part of ''[[Christmas Night with the Stars]]''

===Series three (1968)===
#''Old Before My Time'' (30 January 1968)
#''Ask Me No Questions'' (6 February 1968)
#''Is There Anybody There?'' (13 February 1968)
#''Whiter Shade of Yellow'' (20 February 1968)
#''Let Sleeping Dogs Lie'' (27 February 1968)
#''Grey Flannel Love Suit'' (5 March 1968)
#''What About the Workers?'' (12 March 1968)
#''Whose Baby Are You?'' (19 March 1968)
#''Drink To Me Only'' (26 March 1968)

===Surviving episodes===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Series Number !! Episode Number !! Title !! Broadcast !! Notes
|-
| 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 ||
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}
*[[Mark Lewisohn]], "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003
*[http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/beggar/index.html British Sitcom Guide for ''Beggar My Neighbour'']

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0061236|Beggar My Neighbour}}

[[Category:1966 British television series debuts]]
[[Category:1968 British television series endings]]
[[Category:1960s British sitcoms]]
[[Category:BBC television sitcoms]]
[[Category:Comedy Playhouse]]
[[Category:Lost BBC episodes]]
[[Category:Television shows set in London]]

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