bamber 128 Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 Which tv comedy starred a main character called Fletcher and also featured the actor Ken Jones but WASN'T "Porridge"? Cheers, Bamber Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 The Squirrels......??? Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted May 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 Nutz! I can still hum the theme tune from The Squirrels. Cheers, Bamber Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 Nutz!I can still hum the theme tune from The Squirrels. Cheers, Bamber Reminds me of once reading the CV (of a Ph.D!) which claimed he could sing "I'll be coming round the Mountain".......backwards! And he could too; certainly brightened the pages of a rather dreary document. My stab at 'The Squirrels' aided by remembering that Bernard Hepton, a very distant family relation, once portrayed a character named Fletcher. Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mr rob t 11 Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 is it..." going straight "? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 !rulez! Rob237 got it.....The Squirrels... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mr rob t 11 Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 never heard of it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 Neither have I even with the Description? "The Squirrels" (ignore its irrelevant title) was a sitcom running on Britain's ITV channel from 1974-77. In Britain, where it's illegal for a household to receive television transmissions without paying an annual television license, most people hire (rent) their televisions rather than purchasing them outright. This provides part of the premise of "The Squirrels". Most of the action takes place in the accounts department of International Rentals, a television hire company. Bernard Hepton plays Mr Fletcher, the boss, nicknamed "Fletcher the Lecher" because he fancies himself with the ladies ... especially sexy Susan, played by Patsy Rowlands. (Fletcher is also a tyrant, of course.) Ken Jones plays Rex, Fletcher's nervous dogsbody assistant. It was a fairly typical office-setting sitcom. The main characters spent half the time doing everything except their jobs (office intrigue, office romances, skiving off work) and the other half of their time frantically trying to cover up for the cock-ups committed in the rare moments when they actually did their jobs. The cast was excellent, and the 28 half-hour episodes were briskly directed, but the scripts (primarily by Eric Chappell) left much to be desired. Chappell later went on to create "Rising Damp", one of the most popular sitcoms in British tv history ... so "The Squirrels" is still worth a look as an early example of Chappell's work. IMDB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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