Oh Happy Band!

Oh Happy Band!
Animated titlescreen of Oh Happy Band!
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Jeremy Lloyd David Croft
Written by	Jeremy Lloyd David Croft
Starring	Harry Worth Margaret Clifton Jonathan Cecil John Horsley Billy Burden Tom Mennard
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	3 September (1980-09-03) – 8 October 1980 (1980-10-08)

Oh Happy Band! is a BBC television sitcom written by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd. The series ran for six episodes in 1980 on BBC 1, and featured the last screen appearance of comedian Harry Worth. For musical sequences, the series featured the Aldershot Brass Ensemble. Since broadcast, the series has not been repeated or released on any home consumer media.

Plot

Harry (Harry Worth) is the conductor of a brass band in the small (fictional) northern town of Nettlebridge. During the course of the series, he and his fellow band members become involved in a campaign to prevent the building of a new airport over their town.

Cast

• Harry Worth as Mr. Beddington
• Margaret Clifton as Miss Mayhew
• Jonathan Cecil as Mr. Herbert
• John Horsley as Mr. Braithwaite
• Billy Burden as Mr. Sowerby
• Tom Mennard as Mr. Pilgrim
• Tony Sympson as Mr. Giles
• Jan Holden as Mrs. Draper
• Moira Foot as Glenda
• Peggy Ann Clifford as Mrs. Tickford
• Harold Bennett as Vicar

Episodes

1. A Bird in the Bush (3 September 1980)
2. Let Bygones Be Bygones (10 September 1980)
3. A Record to Be Proud of (17 September 1980)
4. Home Cure (24 September 1980)
5. A Song in the Air (1 October 1980)
6. Diplomatic Privilege (8 October 1980)

Reception

Mark Lewisohn, writing in the BBC Guide to Comedy writes: "An odd amalgam of ideas from established sitcom creators Lloyd and Croft...Considering the usual dependability of the major protagonists here, it is fair to say that Oh Happy Band! was flat rather than sharp."

External links

• Oh Happy Band! at IMDb