Please Sir!

Please Sir!

"Please Sir!" is a London Weekend Television situation comedy created by writers John Esmonde and Bob Larbey and featuring the actors John Alderton, Deryck Guyler, Joan Sanderson, Noel Howlett, Erik Chitty, Richard Davies, David Barry, Peter Cleall and Malcolm McFee. [http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/pleasesir.htm] The series ran for 55 episodes between 1968 and 1972. [http://www.sitcom.co.uk/please_sir/index.shtml]

It was set in Fenn Street school and was noted for featuring several actors older than school age in the roles of the pupils. This was exacerbated as the series progressed, including Penny Spencer who played Sharon in the first three series, and was 23 years old when the programme finished.

The cast included John Alderton as teacher of Class 5C Bernard Hedges, Deryck Guyler as jobsworth caretaker Norman Potter, Joan Sanderson as formidable teacher Doris Ewell, and Richard Davies as the philosophical Welsh teacher Mr. Price. The students were played by actors obviously older than school age, including Malcolm McFee as the smooth Peter Craven, Peter Cleall as the rebellious, wisecracking Eric Duffy, Peter Denyer as the not too bright, but lovable, Dennis Dunstable, David Barry as wannabe tough guy cum mummy's boy Frankie Abbott, Penny Spencer as sexpot Sharon Eversleigh, (played by Carol Hawkins in the movie) and Liz Gebhardt as lovelorn Maureen Bullock, in love with Hedges. Several well-known character actors and actresses formed the supporting cast, including Ann Lancaster as Mrs. Rhubarb in an episode in 1968.

A spin-off series, "The Fenn Street Gang," followed the adventures of a group of former pupils in the adult world after leaving their schooldays behind them. It ran for 47 episodes between 1971 and 1973. [http://www.sitcom.co.uk/fenn_street/] "Bowler" (1973) was a spin-off from the spin-off - following the The Fenn Street Gang crime boss Stanley Bowler played by George Baker; there were 13 episodes. [http://www.sitcom.co.uk/sitcoms/bowler.shtml]

Like most situation comedy of this era a film version was released in 1971 set in an outdoor pursuit centre with most of the TV cast appearing.

References

ee also

* List of films based on British sitcoms

External links

*imdb title|id=0063941|title=Please Sir! (TV series)
*imdb title|id=0067591|title=Please Sir! (film)


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