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	~~{{short description\|Television series}}~~
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	{{infobox television		{{infobox television
	~~\| name = Terry and June~~
	\| image = Terry And June.jpg		\| image = Terry And June.jpg
	~~\| image_size = 250~~
	\| caption = ''Terry and June'' opening titles		\| caption = ''Terry and June'' opening titles
	\| genre = [[~~w:Sitcom\|~~Sitcom]]		\| genre = [[Sitcom]]
	\| runtime = 30 minutes (approximately)		\| runtime = 30 minutes (approximately)
	\| creator =		\| creator =
	\| starring = [[Terry Scott]]<br />[[June Whitfield]]<br />[[Terence Alexander]]<br />[[Tim Barrett (actor)\|Tim Barrett]]<br />[[John Quayle (actor)\|John Quayle]]<br />[[Reginald Marsh (actor)\|Reginald Marsh]]<br />[[Rosemary Frankau]]<br/>[[Allan Cuthbertson]]		\| starring = [[Terry Scott]]<br />[[June Whitfield]]<br />[[Terence Alexander]]<br />[[Tim Barrett (actor)\|Tim Barrett]]<br />[[John Quayle (actor)\|John Quayle]]<br />[[Reginald Marsh (actor)\|Reginald Marsh]]<br />[[Rosemary Frankau]]<br/>[[Allan Cuthbertson]]
	\| country = United Kingdom		\| country = United Kingdom
	\| distributor = [[w:BBC Worldwide\|BBC Worldwide]] <br> [[w:2entertain\|2entertain]]		\| distributor = [[BBC Worldwide\|BBC Worldwide]] <br> [[2entertain\|2entertain]]
	\| network = [[w:BBC One\|BBC1]]		\| network = [[BBC One\|BBC1]]
	\| first_aired = {{Start date\|1979\|10\|24\|df=y}}		\| first_aired = {{Start date\|1979\|10\|24\|df=y}}
	\| last_aired = {{End date\|1987\|8\|31\|df=y}}		\| last_aired = {{End date\|1987\|8\|31\|df=y}}
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	\| list_episodes = List of Terry and June episodes		\| list_episodes = List of Terry and June episodes
	}}		}}
	'''''Terry and June''''' is a [[w:BBC television\|BBC television]] [[w:British sitcom\|sitcom]], which was broadcast on [[w:BBC One\|BBC1]] from 1979 to 1987. The show was largely a reworking of ''[[w:Happy Ever After (British TV series)\|Happy Ever After]]'', and starred [[Terry Scott]] and [[June Whitfield]] as a middle-aged, middle-class suburban couple, Terry and June Medford, who live in [[w:Purley, London\|Purley]].		'''''Terry and June''''' is a [[BBC television\|BBC television]] [[British sitcom\|sitcom]], which was broadcast on [[BBC One\|BBC1]] from 1979 to 1987. The show was largely a reworking of ''[[Happy Ever After (British TV series)\|Happy Ever After]]'', and starred [[Terry Scott]] and [[June Whitfield]] as a middle-aged, middle-class suburban couple, Terry and June Medford, who live in [[Purley, London\|Purley]].

	Most of the 65 episodes were written by [[w:John Kane (writer)\|John Kane]], with seven other writers also contributing some episodes.		Most of the 65 episodes were written by [[John Kane (writer)\|John Kane]], with seven other writers also contributing some episodes.

	The theme tune, Bell Hop by John Shakespeare, was also used for the radio series Never Too Late which starred [[Thora Hird\|Dame Thora Hird]] and [[Joe Gladwin]] and ran for two series (1981 and 1982).		The theme tune, Bell Hop by John Shakespeare, was also used for the radio series Never Too Late which starred [[Thora Hird\|Dame Thora Hird]] and [[Joe Gladwin]] and ran for two series (1981 and 1982).

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	\| caption = ''Terry and June'' opening titles		\| caption = ''Terry and June'' opening titles
	\| genre = [[Sitcom]]		\| genre = [[w:Sitcom\|Sitcom]]
	\| runtime = 30 minutes (approximately)		\| runtime = 30 minutes (approximately)
	\| creator =		\| creator =
	\| starring = [[Terry Scott]]<br />[[June Whitfield]]<br />[[Terence Alexander]]<br />[[Tim Barrett (actor)\|Tim Barrett]]<br />[[John Quayle (actor)\|John Quayle]]<br />[[Reginald Marsh (actor)\|Reginald Marsh]]<br />[[Rosemary Frankau]]<br/>[[Allan Cuthbertson]]		\| starring = [[Terry Scott]]<br />[[June Whitfield]]<br />[[Terence Alexander]]<br />[[Tim Barrett (actor)\|Tim Barrett]]<br />[[John Quayle (actor)\|John Quayle]]<br />[[Reginald Marsh (actor)\|Reginald Marsh]]<br />[[Rosemary Frankau]]<br/>[[Allan Cuthbertson]]
	\| country = United Kingdom		\| country = United Kingdom
	\| distributor = [[BBC Worldwide]] <br> [[2entertain]]		\| distributor = [[w:BBC Worldwide\|BBC Worldwide]] <br> [[w:2entertain\|2entertain]]
	\| network = [[BBC One\|BBC1]]		\| network = [[w:BBC One\|BBC1]]
	\| first_aired = {{Start date\|1979\|10\|24\|df=y}}		\| first_aired = {{Start date\|1979\|10\|24\|df=y}}
	\| last_aired = {{End date\|1987\|8\|31\|df=y}}		\| last_aired = {{End date\|1987\|8\|31\|df=y}}
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	\| list_episodes = List of Terry and June episodes		\| list_episodes = List of Terry and June episodes
	}}		}}
	'''''Terry and June''''' is a [[BBC television]] [[British sitcom\|sitcom]], which was broadcast on [[BBC One\|BBC1]] from 1979 to 1987. The show was largely a reworking of ''[[Happy Ever After (British TV series)\|Happy Ever After]]'', and starred [[Terry Scott]] and [[June Whitfield]] as a middle-aged, middle-class suburban couple, Terry and June Medford, who live in [[Purley, London\|Purley]].		'''''Terry and June''''' is a [[w:BBC television\|BBC television]] [[w:British sitcom\|sitcom]], which was broadcast on [[w:BBC One\|BBC1]] from 1979 to 1987. The show was largely a reworking of ''[[w:Happy Ever After (British TV series)\|Happy Ever After]]'', and starred [[Terry Scott]] and [[June Whitfield]] as a middle-aged, middle-class suburban couple, Terry and June Medford, who live in [[w:Purley, London\|Purley]].

	Most of the 65 episodes were written by [[John Kane (writer)\|John Kane]], with seven other writers also contributing some episodes.		Most of the 65 episodes were written by [[w:John Kane (writer)\|John Kane]], with seven other writers also contributing some episodes.

	The theme tune, Bell Hop by John Shakespeare, was also used for the radio series Never Too Late which starred [[Thora Hird\|Dame Thora Hird]] and [[Joe Gladwin]] and ran for two series (1981 and 1982).		The theme tune, Bell Hop by John Shakespeare, was also used for the radio series Never Too Late which starred [[Thora Hird\|Dame Thora Hird]] and [[Joe Gladwin]] and ran for two series (1981 and 1982).

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{{short description|Television series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{infobox television
| name = Terry and June
| image = Terry And June.jpg
| image_size = 250
| caption = ''Terry and June'' opening titles
| genre = [[Sitcom]]
| runtime = 30 minutes (approximately)
| creator =
| starring = [[Terry Scott]] [[June Whitfield]] [[Terence Alexander]] [[Tim Barrett (actor)|Tim Barrett]] [[John Quayle (actor)|John Quayle]] [[Reginald Marsh (actor)|Reginald Marsh]] [[Rosemary Frankau]] [[Allan Cuthbertson]]
| country = United Kingdom
| distributor = [[BBC Worldwide]] [[2entertain]]
| network = [[BBC One|BBC1]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|1979|10|24|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1987|8|31|df=y}}
| num_series = 9
| num_episodes = 65
| list_episodes = List of Terry and June episodes
}}
'''''Terry and June''''' is a [[BBC television]] [[British sitcom|sitcom]], which was broadcast on [[BBC One|BBC1]] from 1979 to 1987. The show was largely a reworking of ''[[Happy Ever After (British TV series)|Happy Ever After]]'', and starred [[Terry Scott]] and [[June Whitfield]] as a middle-aged, middle-class suburban couple, Terry and June Medford, who live in [[Purley, London|Purley]].

Most of the 65 episodes were written by [[John Kane (writer)|John Kane]], with seven other writers also contributing some episodes.

The theme tune, Bell Hop by John Shakespeare, was also used for the radio series Never Too Late which starred [[Thora Hird|Dame Thora Hird]] and [[Joe Gladwin]] and ran for two series (1981 and 1982).

==Production==
Terry Scott and June Whitfield began their television partnership in ''[[Scott On]]'' in 1968.<ref name="RT">{{cite book|last=Lewisohn|first=Mark |author-link=Mark Lewisohn|title=Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy|year=2003|publisher=[[BBC Worldwide]]|location=[[London]]|isbn=978-0-563-48755-5}}</ref> On 7 May 1974, a ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' [[Television pilot|pilot]] called "Happy Ever After" aired on BBC1 with Scott and Whitfield playing Terry and June Fletcher, a middle-class couple whose grown-up children have just left home.<ref name="RT"/> This was commissioned into [[Happy Ever After (UK TV series)|a series of the same name]], and five series and two Christmas specials were broadcast, ending on 25 April 1979.<ref name="RT"/>

[[John Chapman (screenwriter)|John T. Chapman]], one of the original writers, said that the programme had run out of ideas and had to come to an end. BBC Comedy, however, were unwilling to end a popular show, and so brought in fresh new writers. Legal complications meant that the name and setting had to change, and so on 24 October 1979, ''Terry and June'' was born.<ref name="RT"/>

The characteristics of ''Terry and June'' remained largely similar.<ref name="RT"/> However, the character of Aunt Lucy and her [[mynah bird]], a popular ingredient of ''Happy Ever After'', were dropped.

The character of Melinda Spry, Terry and June's neighbour, was originally played by [[Joan Benham]] in the 1981 episode "The Lawnmower". Benham died on 13 June 1981, and ''Terry and June'' was her last television appearance. She was replaced by [[Diana King (actress)|Diana King]].

The BBC planned a feature-length film, entitled ''Terry and June – The Movie'', but it was never made.<ref name="RT"/>

Despite being seen as "cosy" and somewhat "dated" even upon its original broadcast, and lampooned by contemporaneous [[alternative comedy]] programmes, the show nevertheless attracted large viewing figures. The series never came to an 'official' end, with Series Nine in 1987 not planned to be the last, but, according to main writer John Kane, the series "just sort of petered out in the end",<ref name="RT"/> after Series 8 (1985) already having been "buried in an early tea-time slot", with the BBC "slightly embarrassed of their 'safe and cosy' sitcom but one which still commanded strong audience figures". Several scripts for a proposed Series Ten were submitted, but in the end the series "simply wasn't renewed".<ref name="RT"/> During filming of Series Nine, Terry Scott commented that he felt the programme's format had started to become tired and that he was keen to do something new.

In 2004, it came 73rd in ''[[Britain's Best Sitcom]]'', jointly with ''[[Happy Ever After (British TV series)|Happy Ever After]]''.

In ''[[The Listener (magazine)|The Listener]]'' at the end of its run it was described, not unaffectionately, by Andy Medhurst as "a [[Harold Macmillan|Macmillanite]] sitcom" to which [[Thatcherism]] was as alien as [[socialism]].<ref>"Heart of the middle country", ''The Listener'', summer 1987</ref>

==Cast==
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===Main characters===
*[[Terry Scott]] – Terence 'Terry' Medford
*[[June Whitfield]] – June Medford
*[[Reginald Marsh (actor)|Reginald Marsh]] – Sir Dennis Hodge
*[[Terence Alexander]] – Malcolm Harris ''(series 1 and 2)''
*[[Tim Barrett (actor)|Tim Barrett]] – Malcolm Harris ''(1980 Special to series 7)''
*[[John Quayle (actor)|John Quayle]] – Malcolm Harris ''(series 8 and 9)''
*[[Rosemary Frankau]] – Beattie Harris
*Joanna Henderson – Miss Nora Fennell ''(series 3 to 5; 8 to 9)''
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===Recurring characters===
*[[Roland Curram]] – Brian Pillbeam ''(series 1)''
*[[Anita Graham]] – Tina Pillbeam ''(series 1 and 2)''
*[[John Warner (actor)|John Warner]] – The Rev. Austin Doyle ''(series 1, 3 to 5; 7 to 9)''
*[[Allan Cuthbertson]] – Tarquin Spry ''(series 3 to 6)''
*[[Joan Benham]] – Melinda Spry ''(series 3)''
*[[Diana King (actress)|Diana King]] – Melinda Spry ''(series 5 to 6)''
*[[Roger Martin (actor)|Roger Martin]] – Alan Medford ''(series 2, 3, 5 and 9)''
*[[Patsy Smart]] – Miss Lavinia Dingle ''(series 7 and 8)''
*Evie Garratt – Miss Dunwiddy ''(series 9)''
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==Plot==
The series starts as middle-class couple Terry and June Medford prepare to move into 26 Elmtree Avenue in [[Purley, London|Purley]], [[Surrey]].<ref name="S1Ep1">{{cite episode|title=Long Weekend|series=Terry and June|series-link=List of Terry and June episodes|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One|BBC1]]|airdate=1981-10-24}}</ref><ref name="S8Ep2">{{cite episode|title=Unfaithfully Yours|series=Terry and June|series-link=List of Terry and June episodes|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One|BBC1]]|airdate=1985-09-14}}</ref> They are in their late-40s, and have a daughter named Wendy, who is married to Roger; both are rarely seen. Terry's nephew, Alan Medford, pays occasional visits where he always causes some form of trouble. Terry can be headstrong and determined, but often as a result of his childlike enthusiasm getting the better of him, and his plans and schemes normally end in disaster. June, meanwhile, is patient of her husband, but frequently doubtful about his ideas and often acts as the voice of reason and common sense, although this often falls upon deaf ears.

Terry works for "Playsafe Fire Extinguishers and Appliances", and his boss is Malcolm Harris. In a continuity error his surname is sometimes referred to as Laurence instead of Harris. Malcolm frequently has affairs, and he and his wife Beattie, a friend of June, frequently argue. The owner of Terry's company is Sir Dennis Hodge (played by [[Reginald Marsh (actor)|Reginald Marsh]] who played a similar character in ''[[The Good Life (1975 TV series)|The Good Life]]''), a grumpy man who rules the company with a rod of iron. His personal secretary of over 20 years is Miss Nora Fennell, whose fondness for Sir Dennis is not returned.

In the first two series, their neighbours are Brian and Tina Pillbeam. From the third to sixth series, the Medfords' neighbours are Tarquin and Melinda Spry. Terry and Tarquin are frequently competing against each other.

==Episodes==
{{Main|List of Terry and June episodes}}
''Terry and June'' first aired on 24 October 1979, running for a total of 9 series and 65 episodes, (including four Christmas Specials). The last ever episode aired on 31 August 1987.

==Home media==
All nine series and four Christmas Specials have been released on DVD in Region 2.
The Complete Collection 10 disc boxset DVD Region 2 has also been released on 23 October 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Terry-June-Complete-Collection-DVD/dp/B01JRY2B1K/ref=sr_1_334?m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1470669989&sr=1-334|title=Terry and June – The Complete Collection [DVD]|publisher=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]]|date=9 August 2016|access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" width="70%" style="left: 0 auto; text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|DVD Title
!rowspan="2"|Disc No.
!rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2"|Number of episodes
!colspan="3"|DVD release
|-
![[DVD region code#2|Region 2]]
|-
|bgcolor="#ffcd99" height="20px" width="10px"|
|Series 1
|1
|1979
|6
|15 August 2005
|-
|bgcolor="#6699ff" height="20p"|
|Series 2
|1
|1980
|7
|30 January 2006
|-
|bgcolor="#339966" height="20px"|
|Series 3
|1
|1981
|7
|17 April 2006
|-
|bgcolor="#ffff99" height="20px"|
|Series 4
|1
|1982
|6
|19 June 2006
|-
|bgcolor="#cd99ff" height="20px"|
|Series 5
|1
|1982
|7
|28 August 2006
|-
|bgcolor="#9966cd" height="20px"|
|Series 6
|1
|1983
|6
|16 April 2007
|-
|bgcolor="#cd33ff" height="20px"|
|Series 7
|1
|1983
|6
|13 August 2007
|-
|bgcolor="#9933ff" height="20px"|
|Series 8 Volume 1
|1
|1985
|6
|19 May 2008
|-
|bgcolor="#ff9900" height="20px"|
|Series 8 Volume 2
|1
|1985
|7
|18 August 2008
|-
|bgcolor="#00cd99" height="20px"|
|Series 9
|1
|1987
|7
|4 May 2009
|-
| style="background:blue;"|
|Complete Collection
|10
|1979–87
|65
|23 October 2017
|-
|}

==References==
;General
*[http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/terry/index.html ''Terry And June''] at British TV Comedy
*[[Mark Lewisohn]], "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003

;Specific
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==External links==
*{{BBC programme}}
*{{British Comedy Guide|tv|terry_june}}
*{{IMDb title|0135736}}

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