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'''''Room at the Bottom''''' is a British [[comedy]] [[television series]] which originally aired as a [[pilot episode|pilot]] in 1966 on the ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]''<ref>Perry p.41</ref> and a single series of seven episodes on [[BBC 1]] the following year. Set in the maintenance department of a large company [[tower block]], it was the first [[sitcom]] by the writing team of [[Esmonde and Larbey|John Esmonde]] and [[Bob Larbey]]. | '''''Room at the Bottom''''' is a British [[w:comedy|comedy]] [[w:television series|television series]] which originally aired as a [[w:pilot episode|pilot]] in 1966 on the ''[[w:Comedy Playhouse|Comedy Playhouse]]''<ref>Perry p.41</ref> and a single series of seven episodes on [[w:BBC 1|BBC 1]] the following year. Set in the maintenance department of a large company [[w:tower block]], it was the first [[w:sitcom|sitcom]] by the writing team of [[Esmonde and Larbey|John Esmonde]] and [[Bob Larbey]]. | ||
==Cast== | ==Cast== |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Written by | John Esmonde Bob Larbey |
Starring | Kenneth Connor Deryck Guyler Brian Wilde |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 7 |
Production | |
Producer | David Askey |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Network | BBC 1 |
Release | 14 March 25 April 1967 | –
Room at the Bottom is a British comedy television series which originally aired as a pilot in 1966 on the Comedy Playhouse[1] and a single series of seven episodes on BBC 1 the following year. Set in the maintenance department of a large company w:tower block, it was the first sitcom by the writing team of John Esmonde and Bob Larbey.
Cast
Main
- Kenneth Connor as Gus Fogg
- Deryck Guyler as Mr. Powell
- Gordon Rollings as Happy Brazier
- Kenny Lynch as Horace Robinson
- Brian Wilde as Mr. Salisbury
- John Horsley as Lord Percy
Guest
- Patrick Newell as Cyril Culpepper
- Yvonne Antrobus as Betty
- Jack Bligh as Uncle Percy
- Richard Coleman as Dillington
- Frances Collins as Miss Edgeworthy
- Eric Dodson as Director
- John Dunbar as Mr. Walpole
- Janina Faye as Gloria
- Wendy Gifford as Miss Bryant
- Bill Horsley as Slocombe
- Len Jones as Boy
- John Scott Martin as Morris Dancer
- Henry McGee as Mr. Hopkins
- Geraldine Newman as Miss Mandrake
- Richard O'Sullivan as The Honourable Tarquin
- Lynn Rainbow as Wendy
- Colin Rix as Hawkins
- Jo Rowbottom as Millie
- Bill Shine as Club Steward
- Thorley Walters as Lord Fareham
References
- ^ Perry p.41
Bibliography
- Perry, Christopher . The British Television Pilot Episodes Research Guide 1936-2015. 2015.
External links
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