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	\| creator = [[Chesney and Wolfe]]		\| creator = [[Chesney and Wolfe]]
	\| starring = [[John Inman]]<br />[[Rula Lenska]]<br />[[Miriam Margolyes]]<br />Gina Maher<br />[[Joan Blackham]]<br />Christine Ozanne<br />Claudine Bowyer<br />Allan Mitchell		\| starring = [[John Inman]]<br />[[w:Rula Lenska\|Rula Lenska]]<br />[[w:Miriam Margolyes\|Miriam Margolyes]]<br />Gina Maher<br />[[w:Joan Blackham\|Joan Blackham]]<br />Christine Ozanne<br />Claudine Bowyer<br />Allan Mitchell
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	\| runtime = 30 minutes		\| runtime = 30 minutes
	\| company = [[Southern Television]]		\| company = [[w:Southern Television\|Southern Television]]
	\| network = [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]]		\| network = [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]]
	\| first_aired = {{Start date\|1981\|09\|05\|df=yes}}		\| first_aired = {{Start date\|1981\|09\|05\|df=yes}}
	\| last_aired = {{End date\|1981\|10\|10\|df=yes}}		\| last_aired = {{End date\|1981\|10\|10\|df=yes}}
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	'''''Take a Letter, Mr. Jones''''' is a [[British sitcom]] starring [[John Inman]] and [[Rula Lenska]] that aired for a single series of six episodes produced by [[Southern Television]] for the [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] network from 5 September to 10 October 1981. It was created by [[Chesney and Wolfe\|Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe]].		'''''Take a Letter, Mr. Jones''''' is a [[w:British sitcom\|British sitcom]] starring [[John Inman]] and [[w:Rula Lenska\|Rula Lenska]] that aired for a single series of six episodes produced by [[w:Southern Television\|Southern Television]] for the [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] network from 5 September to 10 October 1981. It was created by [[Chesney and Wolfe\|Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe]].

	==Plot==		==Plot==
	Graham Jones ([[John Inman]]) works as a personal secretary to female executive Joan Warner ([[Rula Lenska]]), within a London-based [[multinational corporation]] called 8-Star. Although he ably assists her in their busy office, Graham often helps Joan with her equally hectic domestic arrangements as she is a single mother to seven-year-old daughter, Lucy. [[Miriam Margolyes]] plays Joan's excitable Italian housekeeper, Maria.		Graham Jones ([[John Inman]]) works as a personal secretary to female executive Joan Warner ([[w:Rula Lenska\|Rula Lenska]]), within a London-based [[w:multinational corporation\|multinational corporation]] called 8-Star. Although he ably assists her in their busy office, Graham often helps Joan with her equally hectic domestic arrangements as she is a single mother to seven-year-old daughter, Lucy. [[w:Miriam Margolyes\|Miriam Margolyes]] plays Joan's excitable Italian housekeeper, Maria.

	==Context and afterlife==		==Context and afterlife==
	John Inman starred in ''Take a Letter, Mr. Jones'' between seasons of the [[BBC]] sitcom ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' ''Take a Letter, Mr. Jones'' was never a ratings success (only running for six episodes), but in recent years it has been resurrected by many American [[PBS]] stations, where ''Are You Being Served?'' is also a hit. A UK repeat of the series was shown on [[Film 24 (channel)\|Film24]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.film24.com\|title=Sony Crime Channel\|website=film24.com\|accessdate=27 May 2018}}</ref> in 2010.		John Inman starred in ''Take a Letter, Mr. Jones'' between seasons of the [[w:BBC\|BBC]] sitcom ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' ''Take a Letter, Mr. Jones'' was never a ratings success (only running for six episodes), but in recent years it has been resurrected by many American [[w:PBS\|PBS]] stations, where ''Are You Being Served?'' is also a hit. A UK repeat of the series was shown on [[w:Film 24 (channel)\|Film24]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.film24.com\|title=Sony Crime Channel\|website=film24.com\|accessdate=27 May 2018}}</ref> in 2010.

	A US [[VHS]] set of the series was released by Questar in 1995. A UK DVD of the series was released in 2009 by Simply Home Entertainment. UK channel [[Talking Pictures TV]] reshowed the series in 2015 and 2018.		A US [[w:VHS\|VHS]] set of the series was released by Questar in 1995. A UK DVD of the series was released in 2009 by Simply Home Entertainment. UK channel [[w:Talking Pictures TV\|Talking Pictures TV]] reshowed the series in 2015 and 2018.

	==Episode list==		==Episode list==

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| creator = [[Chesney and Wolfe]]
| starring = [[John Inman]] [[Rula Lenska]] [[Miriam Margolyes]] Gina Maher [[Joan Blackham]] Christine Ozanne Claudine Bowyer Allan Mitchell
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'''''Take a Letter, Mr. Jones''''' is a [[British sitcom]] starring [[John Inman]] and [[Rula Lenska]] that aired for a single series of six episodes produced by [[Southern Television]] for the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] network from 5 September to 10 October 1981. It was created by [[Chesney and Wolfe|Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe]].

==Plot==
Graham Jones ([[John Inman]]) works as a personal secretary to female executive Joan Warner ([[Rula Lenska]]), within a London-based [[multinational corporation]] called 8-Star. Although he ably assists her in their busy office, Graham often helps Joan with her equally hectic domestic arrangements as she is a single mother to seven-year-old daughter, Lucy. [[Miriam Margolyes]] plays Joan's excitable Italian housekeeper, Maria.

==Context and afterlife==
John Inman starred in ''Take a Letter, Mr. Jones'' between seasons of the [[BBC]] sitcom ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' ''Take a Letter, Mr. Jones'' was never a ratings success (only running for six episodes), but in recent years it has been resurrected by many American [[PBS]] stations, where ''Are You Being Served?'' is also a hit. A UK repeat of the series was shown on [[Film 24 (channel)|Film24]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.film24.com|title=Sony Crime Channel|website=film24.com|accessdate=27 May 2018}}</ref> in 2010.

A US [[VHS]] set of the series was released by Questar in 1995. A UK DVD of the series was released in 2009 by Simply Home Entertainment. UK channel [[Talking Pictures TV]] reshowed the series in 2015 and 2018.

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==References==

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<ref name="Episode 1">{{cite web |url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/take_a_letter_mr_jones/episodes/1/1/ |title=The Interview |publisher=[[British Comedy Guide]] |accessdate=28 August 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="Episode 2">{{cite web |url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/take_a_letter_mr_jones/episodes/1/2/ |title=The Protector |publisher=[[British Comedy Guide]] |accessdate=28 August 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="Episode 3">{{cite web |url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/take_a_letter_mr_jones/episodes/1/3/ |title=The Holiday |publisher=[[British Comedy Guide]] |accessdate=28 August 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="Episode 4">{{cite web |url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/take_a_letter_mr_jones/episodes/1/4/ |title=The Japanese Contract |publisher=[[British Comedy Guide]] |accessdate=28 August 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="Episode 5">{{cite web |url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/take_a_letter_mr_jones/episodes/1/5/ |title=The Trade Fair |publisher=[[British Comedy Guide]] |accessdate=28 August 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="Episode 6">{{cite web |url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/take_a_letter_mr_jones/episodes/1/6/ |title=Business Before Pleasure |publisher=[[British Comedy Guide]] |accessdate=28 August 2010}}</ref>
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0161200}}
*{{British Comedy Guide|tv|take_a_letter_mr_jones}}

{{Chesney Wolfe}}

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