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	The show used "[[minced oath\|pseudo-profanity]]". Like the later show ''[[Porridge (TV series)\|Porridge]]'', its characters would be expected to swear frequently, but at the time most swear words were forbidden in scripts, especially sitcoms. The characters frequently used the word "piggin'" and the phrase "bog off", as an all purpose substitute for swearing, just as characters in ''Porridge'' used the word "naff". There was almost more controversy over this than over actual swearing, with accusations of cowardice on the one hand, and complaints about the "made up" swear words on the other.		The show used "[[minced oath\|pseudo-profanity]]". Like the later show ''[[Porridge (TV series)\|Porridge]]'', its characters would be expected to swear frequently, but at the time most swear words were forbidden in scripts, especially sitcoms. The characters frequently used the word "piggin'" and the phrase "bog off", as an all purpose substitute for swearing, just as characters in ''Porridge'' used the word "naff". There was almost more controversy over this than over actual swearing, with accusations of cowardice on the one hand, and complaints about the "made up" swear words on the other.

	In the closing credits of the television series, the [[ITV Granada\|Granada Television]] "G-arrow" logo appears in black on a light coloured background (later blue on yellow) before rapidly expanding, switching to its usual "negative" colours and returning to normal size. This would appear to be the only instance of the Granada logo being toyed with in this way, since Granada reportedly disapproved of anything that might appear to trivialise its corporate image. Instances where an ITV franchise logo would be incorporated into an opening or closing sequence would later be used by [[Yorkshire Television]] in their programme [[3-2-1]], and also [[ITV Central\|Central]]'s ''[[Bullseye (UK game show)\|Bullseye]]'', however.~~{{Citation needed\|date=March 2012}}~~		In the closing credits of the television series, the [[ITV Granada\|Granada Television]] "G-arrow" logo appears in black on a light coloured background (later blue on yellow) before rapidly expanding, switching to its usual "negative" colours and returning to normal size. This would appear to be the only instance of the Granada logo being toyed with in this way, since Granada reportedly disapproved of anything that might appear to trivialise its corporate image. Instances where an ITV franchise logo would be incorporated into an opening or closing sequence would later be used by [[Yorkshire Television]] in their programme [[3-2-1]], and also [[ITV Central\|Central]]'s ''[[Bullseye (UK game show)\|Bullseye]]'', however.

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'''''The Dustbinmen''''' is a British [[television]] [[sitcom]] made by [[ITV Granada|Granada Television]] for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]], which starred [[Bryan Pringle]], [[Trevor Bannister]], [[Graham Haberfield]] and [[Tim Wylton]]. The show was a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] from a one-off 90-minute [[television film]] ''There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah'' (1968) written by [[Jack Rosenthal]] and directed by [[Michael Apted]]. This led to the sitcom which ran for three series between 1969 and 1970.

Rosenthal wrote all of the episodes of the first series and, according to the insert in the Network DVD release, all the episodes of the second series too. However, the title credits for Episode 6 of Season 2 name the writers as Tom Brennand and Roy Bottomley.

== Main characters ==
Cheese and Egg, Heavy Breathing, Winston Platt and Eric are the crew of dustcart 'Thunderbird 3' of the Corporation Cleansing Department—the name obviously an ironic reference to the spacecraft in ''[[Thunderbirds (TV series)|Thunderbirds]]''. Also known as 'Number 3 Gang', throughout the day they collect dustbins and treat each other, or anyone else, with rudeness and disdain. Cheese and Egg, whose real name is C. E. Petty, is a fervent [[communism|communist]] and the natural-born leader of the gang; with his knowledge, the gang can escape sticky situations if they are lucky. Heavy Breathing, "the one with the good looks", is obliged to spend much of his time pleasuring housewives—something he finds quite annoying when he would prefer to be resting. Winston Platt, a die-hard fan of [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], views player [[Colin Bell (footballer, born 1946)|Colin Bell]] as a god. [[Welsh people|Welsh]] Eric, the more sensitive ''[[Coronation Street]]''-fan, spends most of the time talking about television and saving to buy a colour TV for his mother.

== Other characters ==
The Cleansing Department's inspector is always known as Bloody Delilah regardless of who he is. He keeps the nickname because, according to Cheese and Egg in episode 2.1, "They're all bloody Delilahs". Another character, who appeared in all 20 episodes, was Smellie Ibbotson.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0057179/ "John Barrett (III)" at imdb.com]</ref> He starts as the scavenger on the tips but is later promoted to be Bloody Delilah's lapdog, reporting on who was skiving and what they are up to. Not everyone likes Smellie, not just because he was smelly, but also because he is difficult to understand (as he has no teeth).

== Episodes ==

=== Series 1 (1969) ===
*Beside the Seaside (23 September 1969)
*Banned from the Football? (30 September 1969)
*The 500,000th Bin (7 October 1969)
*Fog (14 October 1969)
*The Annual Election (21 October 1969)
*One Woman Resists Heavy Breathing (28 October 1969)

=== Series 2 (1970) ===
*Cheese and Egg in Charge (24 Mar 1970)
*Winston's Debt (31 March 1970)
*Thunderbird 3 in a NHS Ward (7 April 1970)
*Miss Potter and the English Lessons (14 April 1970)
*Eric in Love (21 April 1970)
*Cheese and Egg Becomes Holy (28 April 1970)
*Delilah's Stag Party (5 May 1970)

=== Series 3 (1970) ===
*Up For Auction (20 Jul 70)
*Eric Llewellyn For Mayor (27 Jul 70)
*Sir Henry's Funeral (3 Aug 70)
*Deputy Inspector Ibbotson (10 Aug 70)
*A Military Exercise (17 Aug 70)
*Stolen Wages (24 Aug 70)
*Contraband (31 Aug 70)

==Cast==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Character !! ''There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah'' !! '''Series 1'''!! '''Series 2'''!! '''Series 3'''
|-
| C.E. "Cheese & Egg" Petty || {{center|[[Jack MacGowran]]}}|| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | [[Bryan Pringle]]
|-
| Heavy Breathing || {{center|[[Harold Innocent]]}} || colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | [[Trevor Bannister]]
|-
| Winston Platt || colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | [[Graham Haberfield]]
|-
| Eric Llewellyn || {{center|[[Henry Livings]]}} || colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | [[Tim Wylton]]
|-
| Bloody Delilah || {{center|Trevalyan Sinclair ([[Frank Windsor]])}} || {{center|Mr Sinclair ([[John Woodvine]])}} || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Bernard Pooke ([[Brian Wilde]])
|-
| Smellie Ibbotson || colspan="4"| {{center| [[John Barrett (actor)|John Barrett]]}}
|}

== Links with other programmes ==
The Dustbinmen has links with other programmes, many of which were also made by Granada Television.

''[[Coronation Street]]'' was mentioned a few times by Eric; Graham Haberfield, aka Winston once played Jerry Booth in the show. [[Julie Goodyear]] appeared in two episodes as a housewife; she later played [[Bet Lynch]]. [[Barbara Knox]] (at that time Mullaney) who later played [[Rita Fairclough|Rita Littlewood/Fairclough/Sullivan/Tanner]] played a housewife who read tea leaves. [[Jill Summers]] ([[Phyllis Pearce]]) played a cleaner in one episode. [[Peter Dudley]] ([[Bert Tilsley]]) appeared as a man in a hospital corridor in one episode and [[Bryan Mosley]] ([[Alf Roberts]]) once appeared as a doctor. Furthermore, the opening and closing titles contain a recurring motif of a flower in a discarded beercan; "[[Newton and Ridley]]" (the Rovers Return brewers) is printed on this beercan.

Jack Rosenthal left the show to concentrate on developing another Granada sitcom, ''[[The Lovers (TV series)|The Lovers]]'', which co-starred [[Paula Wilcox]]. She appeared in two episodes of ''The Dustbinmen'' as Naomi, Winston's girlfriend.

There are links with ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' too. Brian Wilde, who played the final Bloody Delilah, played Walter Foggy Dewhurst in the programme. [[John Comer]] who played Sid in the programme, once played a policeman in ''The Dustbinmen'' and Trevor Bannister has a recurring role as the golf club captain Toby Mulberry Smith. Also, Trevor Bannistor would later appear (1972-1979) in ''[[Are You Being Served?]]''.

In 1988 Brian Wilde starred with Trevor Bannister in the BBC1 show ''[[Wyatt's Watchdogs]],'' a short-lived sitcom about bickering neighbours trying to run a [[Neighbourhood Watch]] scheme.

== Preservation and DVD release ==

*The original play was shot on [[black and white]] film, apparently [[16mm film|16mm]].
*Except for the animated titles, series 1 was shot entirely on black and white [[405-line]] [[videotape]].
*All subsequent episodes, including a short Christmas sketch, were made on colour videotape with exterior scenes shot on 16mm.
*Only the first episode of series 2 has survived in its colour version; the rest of the 6 episodes of series 2 are preserved on black and white 16mm [[telerecording]]s with optical sound. These were obviously made for overseas sales, since the opening Granada Television logo is replaced with the logo screen and copyright for Granada Television International.
*Except for two episodes believed [[Wiping|wiped]], Series 3 and the Christmas sketch survive on colour videotape stock of widely varying quality.

In 2005 the sole surviving material was released on Region 2 [[DVD]] by Network DVD.

== Trivia ==
The show used "[[minced oath|pseudo-profanity]]". Like the later show ''[[Porridge (TV series)|Porridge]]'', its characters would be expected to swear frequently, but at the time most swear words were forbidden in scripts, especially sitcoms. The characters frequently used the word "piggin'" and the phrase "bog off", as an all purpose substitute for swearing, just as characters in ''Porridge'' used the word "naff". There was almost more controversy over this than over actual swearing, with accusations of cowardice on the one hand, and complaints about the "made up" swear words on the other.

In the closing credits of the television series, the [[ITV Granada|Granada Television]] "G-arrow" logo appears in black on a light coloured background (later blue on yellow) before rapidly expanding, switching to its usual "negative" colours and returning to normal size. This would appear to be the only instance of the Granada logo being toyed with in this way, since Granada reportedly disapproved of anything that might appear to trivialise its corporate image. Instances where an ITV franchise logo would be incorporated into an opening or closing sequence would later be used by [[Yorkshire Television]] in their programme [[3-2-1]], and also [[ITV Central|Central]]'s ''[[Bullseye (UK game show)|Bullseye]]'', however.{{Citation needed|date=March 2012}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0159868|title=The Dustbinmen}}

{{Jack Rosenthal}}
{{Michael Apted}}

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