Cowboys (TV series)

For US TV series, see The Cowboys (TV series).

Cowboys
Format	Comedy
Created by	Peter Learmouth
Starring	Roy Kinnear
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer(s)	THAMES
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV
Original run	3 September 1980 (1980-09-03) – 15 December 1981 (1981-12-15)

Cowboys was a British TV sitcom that aired on the ITV network during the early 1980s.

The show was created by Peter Learmouth whom would go on to create Granada TV sitcom "Surgical Spirit and starred Lancastrian Character-actor Roy Kinnear as "Joe Jones" "whose small building firm (Joe Jones Ltd.) hardly seems to do anything right at all" with co-stars David Kelly ("Previously best known for playing one armed dishwasher Albert Riddle in Robin's Nest") as 'Wobbly' Ron, "Oscar-Winning Writer" Colin Welland as Geyser and James Wardroper with Debbie Linden and Janine Duvitski.

However the show didn't have anything to do with the Wild West. Instead, it was based on the British colloquial use of "cowboy" to describe a workman of doubtful professionalism e.g. a "cowboy builder".

Cast

• Roy Kinnear - Joe Jones
• David Kelly - Wobbly Ron
• Colin Welland - Geyser

DVD Release

DVD	Release date
The Complete Series 1	17 January 2011
The Complete Series 2	5 March 2012

External links

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