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| image = Funny Man (TV series).jpg
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| genre = Comedy
| creator =
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| starring = [[Jimmy Jewel]] <br /> [[David Schofield (actor)|David Schofield]]
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_series = 1
| num_episodes = 13
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| producer = [[Anthea Browne-Wilkinson]] <br /> [[Peter Duguid]]
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| runtime = 60 minutes
| company = [[Thames Television]]
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| channel = [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]]
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| first_aired = {{start date|1981|4|23|df=y}}
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'''''Funny Man''''' is a British [[comedy television series]] which first aired on [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] in 1981.<ref>Halliwell p.312</ref> It portrays a family of [[music hall]] entertainers in the late 1920s and early 1930s, at the time of the [[Great Depression]] and the continuing desertion of traditional music hall audiences to the cinemas. Star [[Jimmy Jewel]] had himself grown up in a family of comedians active during the era.

Actors who appeared in individual episodes include [[Elsie Randolph]], [[Nell Campbell]], [[Sylvia Coleridge]], [[Madeline Smith]] and [[Leslie Sarony]]

==Cast==
* [[Jimmy Jewel]] as Alec Gibson (13 episodes)
* [[David Schofield (actor)|David Schofield]] as Davey Gibson (13 episodes)
* Andrew Fell as Teddy Gibson (13 episodes)
* [[Jean Boht]] as Elsie (13 episodes)
* [[Sharon Duce]] as Kath Gibson (11 episodes)
* [[Lynda Bellingham]] as Gwen (11 episodes)
* [[Trudie Styler]] as Babs (11 episodes)
* Lesley Hand as Wendy (11 episodes)
* [[Veronica Doran]] as Freda (11 episodes)
* Tricia Ford as Dolly (10 episodes)
* Marianne Price as Rose (9 episodes)
* [[Pamela Stephenson]] as Iris Reade (9 episodes)
* [[Barrie Ingham]] as Bobby Stobart (7 episodes)
* [[Jonathan Adams (British actor)|Jonathan Adams]] as Brendan Sykes (6 episodes)
* [[Bob Todd]] as Billy Strothers (6 episodes)
* [[Joanna Van Gyseghem]] as Peggy Stobart (6 episodes)
* [[Pearl Hackney]] as Gloria Leslie (5 episodes)
* [[Arthur English]] as George Leslie (5 episodes)
* [[Billy Milton]] as Ozzie (5 episodes)
* [[John Blythe (actor)|John Blythe]] as Cecil Foster (4 episodes)
* [[Alfred Marks]] as Ainsley King (4 episodes)
* [[Gareth Forwood]] as Max (3 episodes)

== References ==
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==Bibliography==
* Leslie Halliwell. ''Double Take and Fade Away''. Grafton, 1987.

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0199218}}

[[Category:ITV sitcoms]]
[[Category:1981 British television series debuts]]
[[Category:1981 British television series endings]]
[[Category:1980s British comedy television series]]
[[Category:English-language television shows]]

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