Wild, Wild Women

Wild, Wild Women
Title card
Genre	Sitcom
Starring	Barbara Windsor Penelope Keith Pat Coombs Daphne Heard Joan Sanderson Derek Francis Ronnie Stevens Anna Karen Paul Whitsun-Jones
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	7 (6 missing)
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	24 May 1968 (1968-05-24) – 10 February 1969 (1969-02-10)

Wild, Wild Women is a British television sitcom that aired on BBC from 1968 to 1969. Shot in black-and-white, it starred Barbara Windsor and was written by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney.

Cast

Pilot

• Barbara Windsor – Millie
• Derek Francis – Mr Harcourt
• Penelope Keith – Daisy
• Sonia Fox – Ruby
• Jennie Paul – Blossom
• Ronnie Stevens – Clarence
• David Stoll – Lord Hurlingham
• Zena Howard – Lady Hurlingham

Series

• Barbara Windsor – Millie
• Paul Whitsun-Jones – Mr Harcourt
• Pat Coombs – Daisy
• Ken Platt – Albert
• Toni Palmer – Ruby
• Jessie Robins – Blossom
• Daphne Heard – Ginny
• Yvonne Paul – Flo
• Anna Karen – Maude
• Joan Sanderson – Mrs Harcourt

Outline

This period sitcom, set in 1902, was a variation of The Rag Trade, which was also written by Chesney and Wolfe. Barbara Windsor, who also starred in The Rag Trade, played Millie, a cockney woman who led the women in a milliner's shop. The storylines focused around the conflict between the female workers and the management, Mr Harcourt and his apprentice Albert. Reflecting the mood of Britain in the late 1960s, the women adopted a new feisty spirit not seen in most characters in The Rag Trade. In the pilot the women were shown as strong supporters of the suffragette movement, but it was decided not to make much of this in the series.

The series failed to attract the same popularity as The Rag Trade, and was decommissioned after the first series. Only episode 3 still exists.

Episodes

Comedy Playhouse Pilot (1968)

• Pilot (24 May 1968)

Series One (1969)

• Episode One (6 January 1969)
• Episode Two (13 January 1969)
• Episode Three (20 January 1969)
• Episode Four (27 January 1969)
• Episode Five (3 February 1969)
• Episode Six (10 February 1969)

References

Specific

General

• Mark Lewisohn, Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy, BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003

External links

• Wild, Wild Women at IMDb