Seven of One
series not in production
Ended
Comedy
Seasons | 1
Episodes | 7
avg.Runtime | 30 min
First EP | 1973-03-25
Last EP | 1973-05-06
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Seven of One was a British comedy series that aired on BBC2 in 1973. Starring Ronnie Barker, 7 of One is a series of seven separate comedies that would serve as possible pilots for sitcoms. Originally it was to be called Six of One, which Barker planned to follow up with another series called Half Dozen of the Other. This was a BBC version of a similar showcase for LWT called Six Dates with Barker created in 1971.
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Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 1973-03-25
1
Open All Hours
1973-03-25
Arkwright, a miserly North-country shopkeeper and his put-upon nephew Granville.
2
Prisoner and Escort
1973-04-01
Norman Stanley Fletcher, a career criminal and his escorts — soft-hearted Mr Barrowclough (Brian Wilde) and authoritarian Mr Mackay (Fulton Mackay) going up to prison.
3
My Old Man
1973-04-08
Sam Cobbett is a cantankerous,retired railwayman whose house is demolished by the council,forcing him to live in a tower block with his daughter Doris and her husband,whom he sees as posh and with whom there is mutual antagonism. Later made into a series by Yorkshire Television, starring Clive Dunn
4
Spanner's Eleven
1973-04-15
The tale of ailing football team Ashfield Athletic and its trainer, local cabbie/hot-dog salesman/chauffeur Norman Spanner.
5
Another Fine Mess
1973-04-22
Ronnie Barker and Roy Castle as two Laurel and Hardy impersonators who become their characters as an evening's farcical events escalate around them.
6
One Man's Meat
1973-04-29
Alan Joyce is a fat,greedy man whose wife devises a plan to keep him off food for a day. She goes out and takes not only all the food from the house but Alan's clothes.
7
I'll Fly You for a Quid
1973-05-06
A Welsh family, the Owens, who bet on absolutely everything and anything, discover that their grandfather backed a winner on the day he died — but where is the betting slip? This pilot gave Ronnie Barker the idea for The Magnificent Evans (1984).
CAST
charactor:
Original: Ronnie Barker
Total EP: 7
charactor:
Original: Leslie Dwyer
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Yootha Joyce
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Roy Castle
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Fulton Mackay
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Bill Maynard
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Prunella Scales
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Margaret John
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: John Rudling
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Keith Chegwin
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Margery Mason
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Barbara New
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Emrys James
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: John Cater
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Brian Wilde
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Christopher Biggins
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Richard O'Callaghan
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Pearl Hackney
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: David Jason
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Glynn Edwards
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Joan Sims
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Talfryn Thomas
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Beth Morris
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Sam Kelly
Total EP: 1
CREW
“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” – Walt Disney