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'''Room Service''' is a 1979 [[w:Thames Television|Thames Television]] comedy series written by [[Jimmy Perry]] without his usual writing partner [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]].  It and Perry's other work without Croft, ''[[High Street Blues]]'' (1989, co-written with Robin Carr) "remain contenders for the title of worst British sitcom".<ref>{{cite web|last=Oliver|first=John|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/479645/|title=Croft, David (1922-2011) and Perry, Jimmy (1923-)|work=BFI screenonline|date=2003–14|accessdate=23 October 2016}}</ref>  The cast included [[Penelope Nice]], [[Bryan Pringle]] and [[Matthew Kelly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/service/cast.html|title=British TV Comedy|publisher=TV Comedy Resources|accessdate=21 March 2009}}</ref>
'''Room Service''' is a 1979 [[Thames Television]] comedy series written by [[Jimmy Perry]] without his usual writing partner [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]].  It and Perry's other work without Croft, ''[[High Street Blues]]'' (1989, co-written with Robin Carr) "remain contenders for the title of worst British sitcom".<ref>{{cite web|last=Oliver|first=John|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/479645/|title=Croft, David (1922-2011) and Perry, Jimmy (1923-)|work=BFI screenonline|date=2003–14|accessdate=23 October 2016}}</ref>  The cast included [[w:Penelope Nice|Penelope Nice]], [[Bryan Pringle]] and [[w:Matthew Kelly|Matthew Kelly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/service/cast.html|title=British TV Comedy|publisher=TV Comedy Resources|accessdate=21 March 2009}}</ref>


== DVD release ==
== DVD release ==

Latest revision as of 13:09, 25 February 2023

Room Service
Room Service (British TV series).jpg
GenreComedy
Created byJimmy Perry
StarringBryan Pringle
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes7
Production
Production companyThames Television
Original release
NetworkITV
Release2 January (1979-01-02) –
13 February 1979 (1979-02-13)

Room Service is a 1979 Thames Television comedy series written by Jimmy Perry without his usual writing partner David Croft. It and Perry's other work without Croft, High Street Blues (1989, co-written with Robin Carr) "remain contenders for the title of worst British sitcom".[1] The cast included Penelope Nice, Bryan Pringle and Matthew Kelly.[2]

DVD release

The Complete series was released on DVD on 27 April 2015.

Notes and references

  1. ^ Oliver, John (2003–14). "Croft, David (1922-2011) and Perry, Jimmy (1923-)". BFI screenonline. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  2. ^ "British TV Comedy". TV Comedy Resources. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
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