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{{Infobox television
| image = Oh Happy Band.jpg
| caption = Animated titlescreen of ''Oh Happy Band!''
| genre = [[Situation comedy|Sitcom]]
| camera =
| runtime = 30 minutes
| creator = [[Jeremy Lloyd]] [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]]
| writer = [[Jeremy Lloyd]] [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]]
| starring = [[Harry Worth]] Margaret Clifton [[Jonathan Cecil]] [[John Horsley (actor)|John Horsley]] [[Billy Burden]] [[Tom Mennard]]
| country = United Kingdom
| network = [[BBC One|BBC1]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|1980|9|3|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1980|10|8|df=y}}
| num_series = 1
| num_episodes = 6
}}

'''''Oh Happy Band!''''' is a [[BBC television]] [[British sitcom|sitcom]] written by [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]] and [[Jeremy Lloyd]]. The series ran for six episodes in 1980 on BBC 1, and featured the last screen appearance of comedian [[Harry Worth]]. For musical sequences, the series featured the [[Aldershot]] Brass Ensemble.<ref name=dc/><ref name=bbc/> Since broadcast, the series has not been repeated or released on any home consumer media.

==Plot==
Harry (Harry Worth) is the conductor of a [[brass band]] in the small (fictional) northern town of Nettlebridge. During the course of the series, he and his fellow band members become involved in a campaign to prevent the building of a new airport over their town.<ref name=dc>[http://www.davidcroft.co.uk/Oh-Happy-Band/ Oh Happy Band!] at David Croft.co.uk, retrieved 7 July 2010</ref>

==Cast==
*[[Harry Worth]] as Mr. Beddington
*Margaret Clifton as Miss Mayhew
*[[Jonathan Cecil]] as Mr. Herbert
*[[John Horsley (actor)|John Horsley]] as Mr. Braithwaite
*[[Billy Burden]] as Mr. Sowerby
*[[Tom Mennard]] as Mr. Pilgrim
*[[Tony Sympson]] as Mr. Giles
*[[Jan Holden]] as Mrs. Draper
*[[Moira Foot]] as Glenda
*[[Peggy Ann Clifford]] as Mrs. Tickford
*[[Harold Bennett]] as Vicar

==Episodes==
#A Bird in the Bush (3 September 1980)
#Let Bygones Be Bygones (10 September 1980)
#A Record to Be Proud of (17 September 1980)
#Home Cure (24 September 1980)
#A Song in the Air (1 October 1980)
#Diplomatic Privilege (8 October 1980)

==Reception==
[[Mark Lewisohn]], writing in the [[BBC Guide to Comedy]] writes: "An odd amalgam of ideas from established sitcom creators Lloyd and Croft...Considering the usual dependability of the major protagonists here, it is fair to say that ''Oh Happy Band!'' was flat rather than sharp."<ref name=bbc>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050406100955/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/o/ohhappyband_7777090.shtml Oh Happy Band!] at the former [[BBC Guide to Comedy]] (archive), retrieved 7 July 2010</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0080255}}

{{David Croft}}

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[[Category:1980 British television series debuts]]
[[Category:1980 British television series endings]]
[[Category:BBC television sitcoms]]
[[Category:David Croft sitcoms]]
[[Category:English-language television shows]]
[[Category:1980s British sitcoms]]

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