The Misfit (TV series)

The Misfit (TV series)

The Misfit was a 13-episode ATV series written by Roy Clarke and broadcast in 1970-71 on Independent Television.__NOTOC__

Premise

Basil Allenby-Johnson ("Badger" for short) returned from a colonial life in Malaya to an England he longer recognised. Each episode explored Badger's response to a different aspect of modern life in a Britain which had just emerged from the Swinging Sixties.

Cast

* Basil "Badger" Allenby-Johnson - Ronald Fraser
* Stanley (his brother) - Patrick Newell
* Ted (his son) Simon Ward
* Alicia (his daughter-in-law) Susan Carpenter

Award

The 1970 Writers Guild Award for the best writer of a British TV series went to Roy Clarke for this series.

Notes

The character of Badger originated a couple of years earlier in an episode of the BBC drama "The Troubleshooters", also written by Clarke.

Ronald Fraser said of the character "He epitomises all that was great about the Edwardian gentleman. Honest as the day is long. Loyal, faithful, loving people whatever their colour or creed, and loved by them. And unable to understand the Permissive Society. I'm absolutely in sympathy with him, except that I'm not quite so square."

External links

* [http://phill.co.uk/comedy/misfit/index.html British TV Resources - The Misfit]


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