Ben Travers Farces (1970)
Synopsis
Ben Travers' Farces is a British comedy television series which originally aired on BBC 1. It ran for a single series of seven episodes between 19 September and 31 October 1970. Each was a stand-alone adaptation of a farce by Ben Travers. The first six episodes were adaptations of Aldwych Farces beginning with Rookery Nook while the seventh She Follows Me About was based on his wartime play of the same title.
First Air Date: 1970-09-19
Last Air Date: 1970-10-31
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 7
Created By: Ben Travers
Top Cast
- Arthur Lowe as Clement Peck
- Richard Briers as Charlie Tutt
- Terence Alexander as Charlie
- Jenny McCracken as Barbara Wykeham
- Megs Jenkins as Mrs. Hewlett
- Frank Thornton as Claude Hickett MP
- Polly Adams as Benny
- Tim Barrett as Oswald Veal
- Geoffrey Palmer as Hugh Stafford
- Jessica Benton as Millie
Seasons
Season 1 (1970)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Rookery Nook
A young woman, dressed in pyjamas, seeks refuge from her bullying stepfather at a country house in the middle of the night.
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Ep. 2: A Cuckoo in the Nest
A man and a woman, who are each married to other people. While travelling together, they are obliged by circumstances to share a hotel bedroom. Everyone else assumes the worst, but the two travellers are able to prove their innocence.
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Ep. 3: Turkey Time
Set at Christmas, it centers around a Christmas holiday at the Stoatt household where two guests become entangled with a stranded performer
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Ep. 4: A Cup of Kindness
The son and daughter of two feuding families announce their upcoming marriage, to widespread uproar.
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Ep. 5: Plunder
Two friends commit a jewel robbery, for arguably honourable reasons, with fatal results.
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Ep. 6: Dirty Work
The maladroit but ultimately successful efforts of a shop-walker to outwit a gang of jewel thieves.
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Ep. 7: She Follows Me About
A harassed vicar has to cope with some mischievous girls and a bishop who is not all he seems.
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