Bloomers (TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = Bloomers


caption =
genre = Sitcom
camera =
runtime = 30 minutes
writer = James Saunders
starring = Richard Beckinsale
Anna Calder-Marshall
Paul Curran
David Swift
country = UK
network = BBC Two
first_aired = 27 September
last_aired = 25 October, 1979
num_episodes = 5
imdb_id = 0078577

"Bloomers" was a short-lived British sitcom starring Richard Beckinsale that was aired in 1979. It was in production in 1979 but only five episodes were made before Beckinsale died suddenly from a heart attack just before a planned rehearsal for the sixth and final episode of the first series. "Bloomers" was immediately shelved, though the five completed episodes were broadcast later in the same year.

Cast

*Richard Beckinsale - Stan
*Anna Calder-Marshall - Lena
*Paul Curran - George
*David Swift - Dingley
*Pat Gorman - Pub Landlord

Plot

Stan is a worker for a small London flower business. The humour centred on the relationships between the workers and the scrapes they got into doing odd jobs in the gardens of houses in the district. Beckinsale's character, Stan, was apt to wind up in bed with lonely housewives, and equally apt to spend time with said housewives musing on philosophy and the pointlessness of life.

Episodes

References

*Mark Lewisohn, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003

External links

*bbc.co.uk|id=comedy/guide/articles/b/bloomers_7770805.shtml|title="Bloomers"
*imdb title|id=0078577|title=Bloomers
* [http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/bloomers/index.html "Bloomers"] at Phill.co.uk