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	Ten years later, and the positions have reversed as Bootsie wins £1 million on the [[Football ~~pool~~]]s and Snudge – an employee of Permapools – becomes his self-appointed financial adviser.<ref name="RT"/>		Ten years later, and the positions have reversed as Bootsie wins £1 million on the [[Football pools]] and Snudge – an employee of Permapools – becomes his self-appointed financial adviser.<ref name="RT"/>

	==Episodes==		==Episodes==

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{{Infobox television
| image = Bootsie_and_Snudge.jpg
| caption = DVD cover: series 2
| alt_name = '''''Bootsie and Snudge in Civvy Life''''' ''(series 1)''
| genre = [[Sitcom]]
| creator = [[Marty Feldman]] [[Barry Took]]
| developer =
| writer =
| director =
| starring = [[Alfie Bass]] [[Bill Fraser]] [[Clive Dunn]] [[Robert Dorning]]
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_series = 4
| num_episodes = 104
| producer =
| runtime = 30 minutes
| company = [[ITV Granada|Granada Television]]
| channel = [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]]
| picture_format =
| first_aired = {{Plainlist|
* '''First run''': {{Start date|1960|09|23|df=y}} – {{End date|1963|05|30|df=y}}
* '''Second run''': {{Start date|1974|10|16|df=y}} – {{End date|1974|11|20|df=y}}
}}
| last_aired =
| related = ''[[The Army Game]]'' ''[[Foreign Affairs (1964 TV series)|Foreign Affairs]]''
}}

'''''Bootsie and Snudge''''' is a British sitcom that aired on [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] for three series from 1960 to 1963, with a fourth in 1974. The show is a spin-off of ''[[The Army Game]]'', a sitcom about soldiers undertaking [[Conscription in the United Kingdom|national service]], and follows two of the main characters (played by [[Alfie Bass]] and [[Bill Fraser]]) after they returned to civilian life. The first series is titled '''''Bootsie and Snudge in Civvy Life'''''. Between the 1963 and 1974 series, a spin-off called ''[[Foreign Affairs (1964 TV series)|Foreign Affairs]]'' was broadcast.

==Background==
Bass and Fraser acted together in minor roles in the 1956 comedy film ''[[Jumping for Joy]]'' starring [[Frankie Howerd]] and possibly developed a friendship from that point.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6adbccb4|title=Jumping for Joy (1956)|website=BFI}}</ref>

Private Montague 'Bootsie' Bisley and Sergeant-Major Claude Snudge are two of the main characters in the successful sitcom ''The Army Game'' that aired from 1957 to 1961.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishclassiccomedy.co.uk/thearmygame|title=ITV's First Sitcom - The Army Game|date=31 March 2020}}</ref> Snudge enjoys his position of superiority over Bootsie, whilst Bootsie feels comfortable in his position as it allows him to mock and hate Snudge (and attack authority in general). Clive Dunn – later best known as [[Lance-Corporal Jack Jones|Corporal Jones]] in ''[[Dad's Army]]'' – plays 83-year-old Henry, despite at the time being only 38.<ref name="RT"/> Dunn is introduced as "Meadows" then seconds later screen time, he is called "Johnson". In 1961 a comic strip was published in ''[[TV Comic]]'' telling the story of how ''Bootsie and Snudge'' began.<ref name="TVHeaven">{{cite web|url=http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/bootsieandsnudge.htm|title=TelevisionHeaven|accessdate=9 December 2013|year=2013|publisher=TelevisionHeaven.co.uk|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808180740/http://televisionheaven.co.uk/bootsieandsnudge.htm|archivedate=8 August 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

A large team of writers wrote for the series over its 104 episodes. Those that wrote for the 1960–63 episodes were [[Marty Feldman]], [[Barry Took]], [[John Antrobus]], [[Ray Rigby (screenwriter)|Ray Rigby]], David Cumming, Derek Collyer, Peter Miller, James Kelly, Peter Lambda, [[Stanley Myers]], Tom Espie, [[Jack Rosenthal]], [[Harry Driver]], Patrick Ryan, John Smith and Doug Eden. The 1974 series was written by David Climie, Ronnie Cass and Lew Schwarz.<ref name="RT"/>

The series established the reputation of actor [[Clive Dunn]] as a player of old men in comedies, leading to his more famous role as Corporal Jones in ''[[Dad's Army]]'', along with release of a hit single, "[[Grandad (song)|Grandad]]" in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/clive-dunn-mn0000464341/biography|title=Clive Dunn | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref>

==Cast==
*[[Alfie Bass]] – Montague 'Bootsie' Bisley
*[[Bill Fraser]] – Claude Snudge
*[[Clive Dunn]] – Henry Beerbohm Johnson ''(series 1 – 3)''
*[[Robert Dorning]] – Hesketh Pendleton ''(series 1 – 3)''

==Plot==

===Series 1 to 3===
Bootsie and Snudge are [[demobilization|de-mobbed]] from their national service and are employed as handyman and hall porter respectively at the Imperial, a [[Pall Mall, London|Pall Mall]] [[gentleman's club]] run by hot-headed secretary Hesketh Pendleton. One of their colleagues, the bumbling Henry Beerbohm Johnson, has worked at the Imperial for 40 years and to begin with believes Snudge is [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Lord Kitchener]]. Storylines revolve around the club's members and guests and the relationships between the four members of staff.<ref name="RT"/> Hesketh Pendleton has no time for anyone who disagrees with him, and will drown out their attempts to talk by saying "Tup! Tup!" louder and louder until they give up. Bootsie naturally refers to him as "Ol' Tup-tup".

===Series 4===
Ten years later, and the positions have reversed as Bootsie wins £1 million on the [[Football pool]]s and Snudge – an employee of Permapools – becomes his self-appointed financial adviser.<ref name="RT"/>

==Episodes==
A total of four series of ''Bootsie and Snudge'' were made, the first three in [[black-and-white]] and the final series in colour.<ref name="RT"/> The first series of 40 episodes aired from 23 September 1960 to 23 June 1961 on Fridays at 8.55 pm. The second series, consisting of 29 episodes, was shown from 27 October 1961 to 10 May 1962 – originally on Fridays at 8.55 pm then Thursdays at 8.30pm. The third series, also of 29 episodes, broadcast from 8 November 1962 to 30 May 1963 on Thursdays at 7.30 pm. The final series, of just six episodes, went out over a decade later from 16 October 1974 to 20 November 1974, on Wednesdays at 8.30 pm.<ref name="RT">{{cite book|last=Lewishohn|first=Mark |author-link=Mark Lewisohn|title=Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy|year=2003|publisher=[[BBC Worldwide]]|location=[[London]]|isbn=0-563-48755-0}}</ref>

Not all 104 episodes of ''Bootsie and Snudge'' have [[wiping|survived]]. Four episodes are missing from the archives, episode 40 from series 1 and three episodes from the third series ("The Rescue", "Soul Mates" and "Carnet de Balham").<ref name="Lost">{{cite web|url=http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=f7b986de-9764-4ee4-b50f-6720c8910043|title=Missing or incomplete episodes for programme ''Bootsie and Snudge''|work=LostShows|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051635/http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=f7b986de-9764-4ee4-b50f-6720c8910043|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>

==DVD releases==
The surviving 39 episodes of series one were released by the Network imprint on 13 August 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/bootsie_and_snudge/shop/1390/the_complete_first_series_dvd/|title=Bootsie And Snudge - The Complete First Series DVD|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref> The complete second series was released on 22 July 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://networkonair.com/all-products/1741-bootsie-and-snudge-the-complete-series-2|title=Bootsie and Snudge: The Complete Series 2|website=Network On Air}}</ref> Previously a single episode of ''Bootsie and Snudge'' had been released on ''The Army Game – Volume 2'' DVD on 14 August 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/the_army_game/shop/1766/volume_two_dvd/|title=The Army Game - Volume Two DVD|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>

==Media spin-offs==

The sitcom was adapted into a comic strip by [[Bill Titcombe]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/titcombe_bill.htm|title=Bill Titcombe|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=53486|title=Bootsie and Snudge}}

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[[Category:1960s British sitcoms]]
[[Category:1970s British sitcoms]]
[[Category:1960 British television series debuts]]
[[Category:1974 British television series endings]]
[[Category:Black-and-white British television shows]]
[[Category:English-language television shows]]
[[Category:ITV sitcoms]]
[[Category:Television shows produced by Granada Television]]
[[Category:Television shows adapted into comics]]
[[Category:The Army Game]]
[[Category:British television spin-offs]]

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