Room at the Bottom (1967 TV series)

For the later series, see Room at the Bottom (1986 TV series).

Room at the Bottom
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 (1967-03-14) – 25 April 1967 (1967-04-25)

Room at the Bottom is a British comedy television series which originally aired as a pilot in 1966 on the Comedy Playhouse 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

Bibliography

• Perry, Christopher . The British Television Pilot Episodes Research Guide 1936-2015. 2015.

External links

• Room at the Bottom at IMDb