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	'''''The Frankie Howerd Show''''' is a [[Television in Canada\|Canadian]] comedy television series which aired on [[CBC Television]] in 1976. Howerd was an established British comic who was placed in a Canadian setting for this series.		'''''The Frankie Howerd Show''''' is a [[w:Television in Canada\|Canadian]] comedy television series which aired on [[w:CBC Television\|CBC Television]] in 1976. Howerd was an established British comic who was placed in a Canadian setting for this series.

	==Premise==		==Premise==
	Originally titled ''Oooh, Canada'', Frankie Howerd starred as a Briton living in Toronto who attempted to find work in Canada. He lived in a decrepit Toronto rooming house operated by landlady Mrs. Otterby (Ruth Springford) and her son (Gary Files). Other regular characters were Wally Wheeler ([[Jack Duffy]]), a fugitive from alimony, and Denise (Peggy Mahon), a dancer and model who was often the butt of Howerd's lewd jokes.<ref name=CCF>{{cite web \| url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=1207 \| first=John \| last=Corcelli \| date=August 2005 \| title=The Frankie Howerd Show \| publisher=Canadian Communications Foundation \| accessdate=7 May 2010 }}</ref>		Originally titled ''Oooh, Canada'', Frankie Howerd starred as a Briton living in Toronto who attempted to find work in Canada. He lived in a decrepit Toronto rooming house operated by landlady Mrs. Otterby (Ruth Springford) and her son (Gary Files). Other regular characters were Wally Wheeler ([[w:Jack Duffy\|Jack Duffy]]), a fugitive from alimony, and Denise (Peggy Mahon), a dancer and model who was often the butt of Howerd's lewd jokes.<ref name=CCF>{{cite web \| url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=1207 \| first=John \| last=Corcelli \| date=August 2005 \| title=The Frankie Howerd Show \| publisher=Canadian Communications Foundation \| accessdate=7 May 2010 }}</ref>

	==Scheduling==		==Scheduling==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* {{cite web \| url=http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Fra.html \| first=Blaine \| last=Allan \| title=The Frankie Howerd Show \| publisher=[[Queen's University at Kingston\|Queen's University]] \| year=1996 \| accessdate=7 May 2010 \| url-status=dead \| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311080903/http://www.film.queensu.ca/cbc/Fra.html \| archivedate=11 March 2010 \| df=dmy-all }}		* {{cite web \| url=http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Fra.html \| first=Blaine \| last=Allan \| title=The Frankie Howerd Show \| publisher=[[w:Queen's University at Kingston\|Queen's University]] \| year=1996 \| accessdate=7 May 2010 \| url-status=dead \| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311080903/http://www.film.queensu.ca/cbc/Fra.html \| archivedate=11 March 2010 \| df=dmy-all }}
	* {{IMDb title\|0250857}}		* {{IMDb title\|0250857}}

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'''''The Frankie Howerd Show''''' is a [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] comedy television series which aired on [[CBC Television]] in 1976. Howerd was an established British comic who was placed in a Canadian setting for this series.

==Premise==
Originally titled ''Oooh, Canada'', Frankie Howerd starred as a Briton living in Toronto who attempted to find work in Canada. He lived in a decrepit Toronto rooming house operated by landlady Mrs. Otterby (Ruth Springford) and her son (Gary Files). Other regular characters were Wally Wheeler ([[Jack Duffy]]), a fugitive from alimony, and Denise (Peggy Mahon), a dancer and model who was often the butt of Howerd's lewd jokes.<ref name=CCF>{{cite web | url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=1207 | first=John | last=Corcelli | date=August 2005 | title=The Frankie Howerd Show | publisher=Canadian Communications Foundation | accessdate=7 May 2010 }}</ref>

==Scheduling==
This half-hour series was broadcast on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 26 February to 8 April 1976 then on Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. from 24 April to 5 June 1976.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Fra.html | first=Blaine | last=Allan | title=The Frankie Howerd Show | publisher=[[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]] | year=1996 | accessdate=7 May 2010 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311080903/http://www.film.queensu.ca/cbc/Fra.html | archivedate=11 March 2010 | df=dmy-all }}
* {{IMDb title|0250857}}

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[[Category:CBC Television original programming]]
[[Category:1976 Canadian television series debuts]]
[[Category:1976 Canadian television series endings]]
[[Category:1970s Canadian sitcoms]]