Time Gentlemen Please

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show_name = Time Gentlemen Please


caption = Season 1 cast of "Time Gentlemen Please"
genre = Situation comedy
camera = Multi-camera
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runtime = 30 minutes
creator = Al Murray and Richard Herring
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producer = Richard Boden
Phil Bowker
executive_producer = Al Murray
Richard Herring
Jon Thoday
Richard Allen-Turner
Mark Freeland
Sara Geater
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starring = Al Murray
Phil Daniels
Julia Sawalha
Emma Pierson
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theme_music_composer = Grand Western
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country = flagcountry|United Kingdom
location = London
language = English
network = Sky One
first_aired = 2000
last_aired = 2002
num_series= 2
num_episodes = 37
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"Time Gentlemen Please" is a British sitcom. Commissioned by Sky One, it was primarily written by Richard Herring and Al Murray and ran for two seasons between 2000 and 2002.

Premise and characters

The show is set in a run-down pub whose xenophobic landlord, 'The Governor' (or 'Guv'), has some very old-fashioned views on how a pub should be run. The Governor is an evolution of Al Murray's stage persona 'The Pub Landlord', which he had used in stand up since 1994.

Behind the bar Guv has help from Steve, a rather useless young lad, and Janet, a loud-mouthed Australian who is drawn to the job, for as the 'Guv' says Australians are "bred for bar work; it's instinct... instinct!". At the end of Season 1 Janet leaves to return to her homeland and in Season 2 is replaced by Connie, a young student who had previously been employed by Guv's arch-rival Greg Thompson.

The co-author, Richard Herring makes an occasional appearance as Mike the bad-tempered postman.

The pub has a loyal but minimal clientele:
*Terry Brooks, the pub's regular alcoholic with an overactive (although rarely fulfilled) sex drive and a bad case of flatulence. A running joke in most episodes is that Terry has sneaked back into the pub after being barred for various pranks on Gary, the pub's dog.
*Prof (real name "Algernon"), a confirmed bachelor with an overbearing mother, he gained his nickname for his pseudo intellectual comments and his skill on the pub's punningly named quiz machine (Fact Hunt). It is often strongly implied that the Prof is both the "notorious railway station flasher" and a gay serial killer.
*Pops is a filthy old man with his regular table and rarely enough money for another drink. He also proclaims to be immortal, but says it's more of a curse than a blessing.
*Leslie is a huge biker type who sits in the corner, with his comparatively diminutive girlfriend Lesley. He never speaks but will growl at those who upset him.

The pub is owned by a brewery whose rep, Ms Jackson, is often looking for ways to increase the number of customers in the pub.

The Guv's greatest dream is to be a member of The Grand Order of the Barstewards, whose membership includes:
*"Uncle" Barry, a recovering sexaholic, who is often hinted to be the Guv's real father. He later fathers a baby with ms. Jackson.
*Mike and Dave, a pair of landlords who are always seen together. Mike is somewhat of a fool who always embarrassing Dave. It is often implicated that the two are in a homosexual relationship.
*Greg Thompson, currently holds the title of "King Barsteward".

Cast List

*Al Murray - 'Guv'
*Phil Daniels - Terry Brooks
*Julia Sawalha - Janet (series 1)
*Jason Freeman - Steve Crosby
*Andrew Mackay - Professor
*Rebecca Front - Vicky Jackson
*Roy Heather - Pops
*Marc Bannerman - Greg Thompson
*Emma Pierson - Connie (series 2)
*Jeff Rudom - Leslie
*Janine Buckley - Lesley
*Barrie Gosney - Uncle Barrie
*Richard Herring - Mike the Postie

Episode list

The first six episodes have been released on DVD as 'Volume 1'. However, disappointing sales mean it unlikely that further 'volumes' will follow in the near future. The "disappointing sales" are more than likely to do with the fact that the disc retailed at £19.99. Presumably, many would-be purchasers thought this too steep for just 6 episodes & held out for a complete series set. Had a complete series set been released, it would probably have fared better.

eason one

#A Woman's Place
#Never Confused
#Hoppy Birthday
#Monkey's Uncle
#King Barsteward
#Date with Density
#Getting Diggy with It
#The Pub That Forgot Time
#Fawkes/Off
#Help! The Aged
#More Tea Vicky?
#Day of the Trivheads
#Greetings Stout Yeoman
#Only When I Laugh
#Playing Silly Buggers
#Bar Humbug
#New Year's Steve
#The Return of Martin Greer
#Jukebox Fury
#Farts of Darkness
#A Dave, A Dave-O
#All the World's a Stag

Christmas 2001

*It's a Wonderful Pint

eason two

#The Man in the Iron Cask
#Got the Painters In
#Wishing on a Bar
#The Harder They Crawl
#Landlord of the Giants
#Beer Necessities
#Game for a Gaff
#Speed the Ploughmans
#Optics Wide Shut
#Storming Up a Cook
#Of Mice and Mentallists
#The Slopranos
#This Vale of Beers
#Entente Lime Cordial

External links

*imdb title|id=0260658|title=Time Gentlemen Please
* [http://www.tv.com/time-gentlemen-please/show/5915/summary.html TV.com Guide to the Show]