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	{{Infobox television		{{Infobox television
	\| image = The_Bed-Sit_Girl.jpg		\| image = The_Bed-Sit_Girl.jpg
	\| caption = ''[[Radio Times]]'' cover, April 1966		\| caption = ''[[w:Radio Times\|Radio Times]]'' cover, April 1966
	\| genre = [[Sitcom]]		\| genre = [[w:Sitcom\|Sitcom]]
	\| runtime = 25 minutes (1965)<br />30 minutes (1966)		\| runtime = 25 minutes (1965)<br />30 minutes (1966)
	\| creator =		\| creator =
	\| starring = [[Sheila Hancock]]<br />[[Dilys Laye]]<br />[[Hy Hazell]]<br />[[Derek Nimmo]]		\| starring = [[w:Sheila Hancock\|Sheila Hancock]]<br />[[Dilys Laye]]<br />[[Hy Hazell]]<br />[[Derek Nimmo]]
	\| country = United Kingdom		\| country = United Kingdom
	\| network = [[BBC One\|BBC1]]		\| network = [[w:BBC One\|BBC1]]
	\| first_aired = {{start date\|1965\|4\|13\|df=y}}		\| first_aired = {{start date\|1965\|04\|13\|df=y}}
	\| last_aired = {{end date\|1966\|5\|23\|df=y}}		\| last_aired = {{end date\|1966\|05\|23\|df=y}}
	\| num_series = 2		\| num_series = 2
	\| num_episodes = 12 (all missing)		\| num_episodes = 12 (all missing)
	}}		}}

	'''''The Bed-Sit Girl''''' is a British television [[sitcom]] that aired on [[BBC One\|BBC1]] from 1965 to 1966. Created by [[Chesney and Wolfe]] for [[Sheila Hancock]], ''The Bed-Sit Girl'' aired for two series.		'''''The Bed-Sit Girl''''' is a British television [[w:sitcom\|sitcom]] that aired on [[w:BBC One\|BBC1]] from 1965 to 1966. Created by [[Chesney and Wolfe]] for [[w:Sheila Hancock\|Sheila Hancock]], ''The Bed-Sit Girl'' aired for two series.

	Hancock played Sheila Ross, a typist who lives in a [[bedsit]] and wishes for more in life. In the first series, [[Dilys Laye]] played her air hostess neighbour Dilys, and in the second [[Hy Hazell]] played Sheila's friend Liz. [[Derek Nimmo]] also appeared as her neighbour and boyfriend David in Series Two. All twelve episodes are believed [[Lost television broadcast\|lost]].		Hancock played Sheila Ross, a typist who lives in a [[w:bedsit]] and wishes for more in life. In the first series, [[Dilys Laye]] played her air hostess neighbour Dilys, and in the second [[Hy Hazell]] played Sheila's friend Liz. [[Derek Nimmo]] also appeared as her neighbour and boyfriend David in Series Two. All twelve episodes are believed [[w:Lost television broadcast\|lost]].

	==Production==		==Production==
	''The Bed-Sit Girl'' was created by writing duo [[Chesney and Wolfe\|Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe]] for [[Sheila Hancock]], who had starred in their 1961–1963 sitcom ''[[The Rag Trade]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ronald-wolfe-writer-and-producer-best-known-rag-trade-and-buses-6280279.html\|title=Ronald Wolfe: Writer and producer best known for 'The Rag Trade' and\|date=22 December 2011\|website=The Independent}}</ref> The [[Television producer\|producer]] for the first series was [[Duncan Wood]] while for the second series it was Graeme Muir.<ref name="RT">{{cite book\|last=Lewishohn\|first=Mark \|authorlink=Mark Lewisohn\|title=Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy\|year=2003\|publisher=[[BBC Worldwide]]\|location=[[London]]\|isbn=0-563-48755-0}}</ref> ''The Bed-Sit Girl'' was made in [[black-and-white]].<ref name="RT"/>		''The Bed-Sit Girl'' was created by writing duo [[Chesney and Wolfe\|Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe]] for [[w:Sheila Hancock\|Sheila Hancock]], who had starred in their 1961–1963 sitcom ''[[The Rag Trade]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ronald-wolfe-writer-and-producer-best-known-rag-trade-and-buses-6280279.html\|title=Ronald Wolfe: Writer and producer best known for 'The Rag Trade' and\|date=22 December 2011\|website=The Independent}}</ref> The [[w:Television producer\|producer]] for the first series was [[w:Duncan Wood\|Duncan Wood]] while for the second series it was Graeme Muir.<ref name="RT">{{cite book\|last=Lewishohn\|first=Mark \|authorlink=w:Mark Lewisohn\|title=Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy\|year=2003\|publisher=[[w:BBC Worldwide\|BBC Worldwide]]\|location=[[w:London\|London]]\|isbn=0-563-48755-0}}</ref> ''The Bed-Sit Girl'' was made in [[w:black-and-white\|black-and-white]].<ref name="RT"/>

	==Cast==		==Cast==
	*[[Sheila Hancock]] - Sheila Ross		*[[w:Sheila Hancock\|Sheila Hancock]] - Sheila Ross
	*[[Dilys Laye]] - Dilys ''(series 1)''		*[[Dilys Laye]] - Dilys ''(series 1)''
	*[[Hy Hazell]] - Liz ''(series 2)''		*[[Hy Hazell]] - Liz ''(series 2)''
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	==Plot==		==Plot==
	Sheila Ross is a young [[Data entry clerk\|typist]] who lives in a [[bedsit]] in [[London]].<ref name="Comedy">{{cite web\|url=http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/bedsit/index.html\|title=The Bed-Sit Girl - Summary\|accessdate=2008-03-21\|year=2006\|publisher=British TV Resources}}</ref><ref name="CZone">{{cite web\|url=http://www.comedy-zone.net/tv/programmes/b/bedsit-girl-the.htm\|title=Comedy Zone - The Bed-Sit Girl\|accessdate=2008-03-21\|year=1999–2006\|publisher=Comedy Zone}}</ref> Not entirely happy with her life, Sheila dreams of more and would like a more glamorous job like her neighbour, Dilys, who is an [[Flight attendant\|air hostess]].<ref name="Comedy"/> In the second series, Dilys has moved on, and Sheila's friend Liz appears. The second series also features David, who lives in the bedsit next to Sheila's and becomes her boyfriend.<ref name="TV Heaven">{{cite web\|url=http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/overview2.htm#bedsit\|title=OVERVIEW [B]\|accessdate=2008-03-23\|year=2007\|publisher=Television Heaven}}</ref>		Sheila Ross is a young [[w:Data entry clerk\|typist]] who lives in a [[w:bedsit\|bedsit]] in [[w:London\|London]].<ref name="Comedy">{{cite web\|url=http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/bedsit/index.html\|title=The Bed-Sit Girl - Summary\|accessdate=2008-03-21\|year=2006\|publisher=British TV Resources}}</ref><ref name="CZone">{{cite web\|url=http://www.comedy-zone.net/tv/programmes/b/bedsit-girl-the.htm\|title=Comedy Zone - The Bed-Sit Girl\|accessdate=2008-03-21\|year=1999–2006\|publisher=Comedy Zone}}</ref> Not entirely happy with her life, Sheila dreams of more and would like a more glamorous job like her neighbour, Dilys, who is an [[w:Flight attendant\|air hostess]].<ref name="Comedy"/> In the second series, Dilys has moved on, and Sheila's friend Liz appears. The second series also features David, who lives in the bedsit next to Sheila's and becomes her boyfriend.<ref name="TV Heaven">{{cite web\|url=http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/overview2.htm#bedsit\|title=OVERVIEW [B]\|accessdate=2008-03-23\|year=2007\|publisher=Television Heaven}}</ref>

	==Episodes==		==Episodes==
	The first series, of six 25-minute episodes, aired from 13 April to 18 May 1965 on Tuesday evenings at 8.00pm.<ref name="RT"/><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9f6c20371dad4694bfbb8fe13028fb0c\|title=Broadcast - BBC Programme Index\|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> The second series, of six 30-minute episodes, aired from 18 April to 23 May 1966 on Monday evenings at 7.30pm.<ref name="RT"/> All twelve episodes are missing and are believed [[Lost television broadcast\|lost]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=bd9fbede-0e5d-4bc5-9788-17a329ea9c53\|title=Missing or incomplete episodes for programme THE BED-SIT GIRL\|accessdate=2008-03-23\|year=2006\|publisher=LostShows.com}}</ref>		The first series, of six 25-minute episodes, aired from 13 April to 18 May 1965 on Tuesday evenings at 8.00pm.<ref name="RT"/><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9f6c20371dad4694bfbb8fe13028fb0c\|title=Broadcast - BBC Programme Index\|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> The second series, of six 30-minute episodes, aired from 18 April to 23 May 1966 on Monday evenings at 7.30pm.<ref name="RT"/> All twelve episodes are missing and are believed [[w:Lost television broadcast\|lost]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=bd9fbede-0e5d-4bc5-9788-17a329ea9c53\|title=Missing or incomplete episodes for programme THE BED-SIT GIRL\|accessdate=2008-03-23\|year=2006\|publisher=LostShows.com}}</ref>

	===Series One (1965)===		===Series One (1965)===
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	==''Sorry I'm Single''==		==''Sorry I'm Single''==
	Derek Nimmo's character David was revived by Chesney and Wolfe in their later sitcom ''Sorry I'm Single'' (1967).<ref name="Obit">{{cite news\|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19990226/ai_n14211060/pg_2\|title=Obituary: Derek Nimmo\|first=Anthony\|last=Hayward\|work=[[The Independent]]\|date=26 February 1999}}</ref> In ''Sorry I'm Single'' Nimmo played David, a mature student who shares digs in [[Hampstead]] with three women.<ref name="RT"/> This series is also thought lost, and no episodes have survived.		Derek Nimmo's character David was revived by Chesney and Wolfe in their later sitcom ''Sorry I'm Single'' (1967).<ref name="Obit">{{cite news\|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19990226/ai_n14211060/pg_2\|title=Obituary: Derek Nimmo\|first=Anthony\|last=Hayward\|work=[[w:The Independent\|The Independent]]\|date=26 February 1999}}</ref> In ''Sorry I'm Single'' Nimmo played David, a mature student who shares digs in [[w:Hampstead\|Hampstead]] with three women.<ref name="RT"/> This series is also thought lost, and no episodes have survived.

	==References==		==References==

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{{Infobox television
| image = The_Bed-Sit_Girl.jpg
| caption = ''[[Radio Times]]'' cover, April 1966
| genre = [[Sitcom]]
| runtime = 25 minutes (1965)<br />30 minutes (1966)
| creator =
| starring = [[Sheila Hancock]]<br />[[Dilys Laye]]<br />[[Hy Hazell]]<br />[[Derek Nimmo]]
| country = United Kingdom
| network = [[BBC One|BBC1]]
| first_aired = {{start date|1965|4|13|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1966|5|23|df=y}}
| num_series = 2
| num_episodes = 12 (all missing)
}}

'''''The Bed-Sit Girl''''' is a British television [[sitcom]] that aired on [[BBC One|BBC1]] from 1965 to 1966. Created by [[Chesney and Wolfe]] for [[Sheila Hancock]], ''The Bed-Sit Girl'' aired for two series.

Hancock played Sheila Ross, a typist who lives in a [[bedsit]] and wishes for more in life. In the first series, [[Dilys Laye]] played her air hostess neighbour Dilys, and in the second [[Hy Hazell]] played Sheila's friend Liz. [[Derek Nimmo]] also appeared as her neighbour and boyfriend David in Series Two. All twelve episodes are believed [[Lost television broadcast|lost]].

==Production==
''The Bed-Sit Girl'' was created by writing duo [[Chesney and Wolfe|Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe]] for [[Sheila Hancock]], who had starred in their 1961–1963 sitcom ''[[The Rag Trade]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ronald-wolfe-writer-and-producer-best-known-rag-trade-and-buses-6280279.html|title=Ronald Wolfe: Writer and producer best known for 'The Rag Trade' and|date=22 December 2011|website=The Independent}}</ref> The [[Television producer|producer]] for the first series was [[Duncan Wood]] while for the second series it was Graeme Muir.<ref name="RT">{{cite book|last=Lewishohn|first=Mark |authorlink=Mark Lewisohn|title=Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy|year=2003|publisher=[[BBC Worldwide]]|location=[[London]]|isbn=0-563-48755-0}}</ref> ''The Bed-Sit Girl'' was made in [[black-and-white]].<ref name="RT"/>

==Cast==
*[[Sheila Hancock]] - Sheila Ross
*[[Dilys Laye]] - Dilys ''(series 1)''
*[[Hy Hazell]] - Liz ''(series 2)''
*[[Derek Nimmo]] - David ''(series 2)''

==Plot==
Sheila Ross is a young [[Data entry clerk|typist]] who lives in a [[bedsit]] in [[London]].<ref name="Comedy">{{cite web|url=http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/bedsit/index.html|title=The Bed-Sit Girl - Summary|accessdate=2008-03-21|year=2006|publisher=British TV Resources}}</ref><ref name="CZone">{{cite web|url=http://www.comedy-zone.net/tv/programmes/b/bedsit-girl-the.htm|title=Comedy Zone - The Bed-Sit Girl|accessdate=2008-03-21|year=1999–2006|publisher=Comedy Zone}}</ref> Not entirely happy with her life, Sheila dreams of more and would like a more glamorous job like her neighbour, Dilys, who is an [[Flight attendant|air hostess]].<ref name="Comedy"/> In the second series, Dilys has moved on, and Sheila's friend Liz appears. The second series also features David, who lives in the bedsit next to Sheila's and becomes her boyfriend.<ref name="TV Heaven">{{cite web|url=http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/overview2.htm#bedsit|title=OVERVIEW [B]|accessdate=2008-03-23|year=2007|publisher=Television Heaven}}</ref>

==Episodes==
The first series, of six 25-minute episodes, aired from 13 April to 18 May 1965 on Tuesday evenings at 8.00pm.<ref name="RT"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9f6c20371dad4694bfbb8fe13028fb0c|title=Broadcast - BBC Programme Index|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> The second series, of six 30-minute episodes, aired from 18 April to 23 May 1966 on Monday evenings at 7.30pm.<ref name="RT"/> All twelve episodes are missing and are believed [[Lost television broadcast|lost]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=bd9fbede-0e5d-4bc5-9788-17a329ea9c53|title=Missing or incomplete episodes for programme THE BED-SIT GIRL|accessdate=2008-03-23|year=2006|publisher=LostShows.com}}</ref>

===Series One (1965)===
#"The Italian Pilot" (13 April 1965)
#"The Dress" (20 April 1965)
#"The Medical Stud" (27 April 1965)
#"The Last Half Inch" (4 May 1965)
#"The Air Hostess" (11 May 1965)
#"The Breakfast" (18 May 1965)

===Series Two (1966)===
#"The List" (18 April 1966)
#Episode Two (25 April 1966)
#Episode Three (2 May 1966)
#Episode Four (9 May 1966)
#Episode Five (16 May 1966)
#Episode Six (23 May 1966)

==''Sorry I'm Single''==
Derek Nimmo's character David was revived by Chesney and Wolfe in their later sitcom ''Sorry I'm Single'' (1967).<ref name="Obit">{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19990226/ai_n14211060/pg_2|title=Obituary: Derek Nimmo|first=Anthony|last=Hayward|work=[[The Independent]]|date=26 February 1999}}</ref> In ''Sorry I'm Single'' Nimmo played David, a mature student who shares digs in [[Hampstead]] with three women.<ref name="RT"/> This series is also thought lost, and no episodes have survived.

==References==
;General
*{{cite web|url=http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/bedsit/list.html|title=The Bed-Sit Girl - Episode List|accessdate=2008-03-23|year=2006|publisher=British TV Comedy}}
;Specific
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0162789|The Bed-Sit Girl}}

{{Chesney Wolfe}}

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