Ben Travers Farces
Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 7
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 th...
Episodes(7)
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.
Air Date : 1970-09-19
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.
Air Date : 1970-09-26
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
Air Date : 1970-10-03
4. A Cup of Kindness
The son and daughter of two feuding families announce their upcoming marriage, to widespread uproar.
Air Date : 1970-10-10
5. Plunder
Two friends commit a jewel robbery, for arguably honourable reasons, with fatal results.
Air Date : 1970-10-17
6. Dirty Work
The maladroit but ultimately successful efforts of a shop-walker to outwit a gang of jewel thieves.
Air Date : 1970-10-24
7. She Follows Me About
A harassed vicar has to cope with some mischievous girls and a bishop who is not all he seems.
Air Date : 1970-10-31
Cast
Arthur Lowe
(Clement Peck)
Richard Briers
(Charlie Tutt)
Terence Alexander
(Charlie)
Jenny McCracken
(Barbara Wykeham)
Megs Jenkins
(Mrs. Hewlett)
Frank Thornton
(Claude Hickett MP)
Polly Adams
(Benny)
Tim Barrett
(Oswald Veal)
Geoffrey Palmer
(Hugh Stafford)
Jessica Benton
(Millie)
Elizabeth Knight
(Rhoda Marley)
Irene Handl
(Mrs. Bugle)
Mollie Sugden
(Mona Flower)
Edward Dentith
(Chief Constable Grierson)
Jonathan Cecil
(Aubrey)
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