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Arthur Lowe - Television Series Episode Listings

The following listings are for the television series in which Arthur Lowe played a very significant role, and were major steps in his television career. Where possible, episode titles, original broadcast dates, episode plots (if known), the production credits and any other significant notes are listed below.
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Children Of The New Forest
BBC, role unknown, it is unknown whether Arthur was in all six episodes

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Episodes
The Flight                                              
A New Life                                            
Alone                                                     
Hunted                                                   
The Attack                                           
Back To Armwood
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Time Out For Peggy 
ABC, Arthur’s role unknown. Apparently appeared in both series

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Episodes                      

Series One
The Investor                                          
The Boxer                                              
The Safecracker                                      
The Painting                                           
The New Metal                                     
The Robot                                              
The Courtship                                       
The Celebrity                                         
The Mummy                                         
The Borrowers                                       
The Ape                                                 
The Waitress                                          

Series 2
The Soldier                                             
The Greeting Cards                                
The Grosvenor Four                              
The Tramp                                             
The Dress Contest                                 
The Gambler                                          
The Diary                                              
The Birdnapping                                    
The Family                                            
The Duel                                                
The Efficiency Expert                
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Pardon The Expression (Granada, as Leonard Swindley)
The only series ever spun-off Coronation Street, featuring one of its most popular early characters, Leonard Swindley. Having left the street, Swindley is now assistant manager of a northern branch of the department stores Dobson and Hawks. Swindley was the prototype pompous character which Arthur would later stamp on such popular roles as Mainwaring in Dad’s Army, and Potter. Of note, many famous faces popped up in various episodes, including John Le Mesurier, John Laurie and Wendy Richard, who all later joined Arthur in Dad’s Army.
Writers: Harry Driver and various others                               
Producer: Harry Driver (Series One), Derek Granger (Series Two)

Main Cast	Character
Arthur Lowe Betty Driver Paul Dawkins Holly Doone Judith Furse Barbara Young Robert Dorning Joy Stewart	Leonard Swindley Mrs Edgeley Mr Parbold Mavis Foster Miss Buxton Pam Plummer Wally Hunt Miss Sinclair

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Some Episode Details Where Known - based on the Granada Media archive notes and other additional information:

Series One

Episode 1 - ''The First Day' - 2 June 1965
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Paul Dawkins (as Mr Parbold), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), Barbara Young, Holly Doone, Yvonne Antrobus, Ivor Salter, Nellie Hanham and Roy Maxwell
Writer - Harry Driver and Jack Rosenthal
Director - Wally Butler
Producer - Harry Driver

Episode 2 - 'The Headmistress' - 9 June 1965
Mr Swindley tries his hand at super salemanship. His aim is to land a big order for Dobson and Hawks from the headmistress of the local girls school. Swindley's old-world charm has made him a big hit with the ladies of Dobson and Hawks. And so far, the headmistress seems equally impressed. An intimate lunch for two is planned to close the deal. The canteen manageress spares neither care nor money in preparing it. With so much on his mind Swindley finds his first taste of expense account living rather sour. And by the time the coffee comes round he is on the wrong end of the sales line.
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Paul Dawkins (as Mr Parbold), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), and Judith Furse
Writer - Jack Rosenthal
Director - Wally Butler
Producer - Harry Driver

Episode 3 - 'The Trouble With Ada' - 16 June 1965
The listings billed this episode with the plotline, "Mr Swindley plays Solomon while everyone else plays Hamlet"
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Paul Dawkins (as Mr Parbold), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), Elsie Woodhouse, Barbara Young, Betty Hardy, Helen Fraser and Holly Doone
Writer - Jack Rosenthal and Harry Driver
Director - Wally Butler
Producer - Harry Driver

Episode 4 - 'Mannequin Parade' - 23 June 1965
Organising the Chamber of Commerce annual charity "do" sounds an important job. To Leonard Swindley it looks like the perfect chance to ingratiate himself with the President. Swindley's boss, Mr Parbold appoints him social secretary. Swindley is seething with ideas. An evening with Mozart and the Municipal Ladies String Quartet. the Lyceum Mixed Choral Society rendering evergreen favourites like "The Road to Mandalay" and "The Song of the Flea" to name but a few. Parbold and the President find Swindley's suggestions lack one magic ingredient - girls. They would like, in fact they demand, a mannequin parade. Dazzled by the thought of rubbing shoulders with the barons of big business, Swindley continues on his innocent way...
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Paul Dawkins (as Mr Parbold), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), Robert Dorning, Barbara Greenhalgh, Yvonne Walsh, Olive Lucius and Tony Melody
Writer - Jack Rosenthal and Geoffrey Lancashire
Director - Wally Butler
Producer - Harry Driver

Episode 5 - 'The Dance' - 30 June 1965
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Paul Dawkins (as Mr Parbold), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley) and Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair)
Writer - Vince Powell
Director - Wally Butler
Producer - Harry Driver

Episode 6 - 'The Wedding' - 7 July 1965
Mr Swindley becomes a father, but only for the day. one of the schoolgirls at Dobson and Hawks is getting marries and there is nobody to give the bride away. Swindley is equal to the solemn occasion. The smug smile fades when he discovers there is another job for the father of the bride - a quiet word about the facts of life...
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Paul Dawkins (as Mr Parbold), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Gretchen Franklyn, Patricia Clapton, Leslie Lawton and April Wilding
Writer - Jack Rosenthal
Director - Wally Butler
Producer - Harry Driver

Episode 7 - 'The Pensioner' - 14 July 1965
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Mervyn Johns, Margaret Boyd, George Betton, Jack Woolgar and Raymond Young
Writer - Vince Powell
Director - Wally Butler
Producer - Harry Driver

Episode 8 -'The Visitor' - 21 July 1965
Mr Swindley takes over as manager of Dobson and Hawks when Mr Parbold disappears for a day's fishing. It isn't long before poor Swindley finds himself up to his neck in trouble once more. Mr Granger ,the keen-eyed Area Manager, unexpectedly arrives on the scene. Mr Swindley makes desperate attempts to contact the missing Parbold. Will Parbold make it to the store in time?
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Paul Dawkins (as Mr Parbold), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), Reginald Marsh, Helen Fraser, Judith Barker, Jimmy Gay and Nellie Hanham
Writer - Vince Powell
Director - Wally Butler
Producer - Harry Driver

Episode 9 -'Birthday Present' - 28 July 1965
It is Mr Swindley's birthday. And every year an heavy parcel arrives from Great Aunt Ellen - a birthday cake. A quick pay-day whip-round results in enough for the perfect birthday treat for the popular Assistant manager. Mr Parbold springs his own anniversary surprise. The day of Swindley's birthday marks Parbold's 20th year with the firm. And he expects a present too.
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Paul Dawkins (as Mr Parbold), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), Barbara Young, Margery Campi, Holly Doone,
Writer - Harry Driver and Jack Rosenthal
Director - Wally Butler
Producer - Harry Driver

Episode 10 - 'The Little Boy Lost' - 4 Aug 1965
Little Alexander Field is lost or so he tells the staff of Dobson and Hawks when they find him playing bagatelle in the store's toy department. But soon they discover they have been hooked by a 10 year old confidence trickster. The task of looking after him falls to Mr Swindley, who is determined to bring the scoundrel to justice.
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Paul Dawkins (as Mr Parbold), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), Martin Cook, Warren Clarke, Clifford Cox, Fanny Cardie and William Wymar
Writer - Richard Harris and Dennis Spooners
Director - Wally Butler
Producer - Harry Driver

Episode 11 - 'The Old One Two' - 11 Aug 1965
An invitation to dinner from Sir Charles Dobson. Could this be the turning point in Swindley's career? Dobson and Hawks telephone system was changed. Now manager Mr Parbold has Swindley's old number and Swindley has Parbold's. Did Sir Charles intend to invite Swindley or did he mistake him for Parbold.
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Paul Dawkins (as Mr Parbold), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Kynaston Reeves, Margery Campi, Judith Barker, Tony Melody, Geoffrey Reed and Allan Keefe
Writer - Harry Driver and Vince Powell
Director - Wally Butler
Producer - Harry Driver

Episode 12 - 'The Brain Drain' - 18 Aug 1965
This episode suggests that the IQ of the Dobson and Hawk's salesgirls leaves much to be desired. And the girls are just not interested in Mr Swindley's proposition of night school current affairs. But Swindley finds the answer - catch them before they leave school. Swindley tries to induce the High School girls to join Dobson and Hawk - with unpredictable results.
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Paul Dawkins (as Mr Parbold), Judith Furse (as Miss Buxton), Geoffrey Palmer (Mr Bentley of United Petroleum Associated Industries), Helen Cotterill (as Beryl), Jack Austin (as Jimmy Maxwell of International Chemicals) and Penny Ryder (as Mary Clark)
Writer - Geoffrey Lancashire
Designed by Terry Pritchard
Director - Wally Butler
Producer - Harry Driver
Executive Producer - Harry V. Kershaw

 

Series Two

Episode 13 - 'The Economy Drive' - 10 Jan 1966
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), Anthony Sharp (the Brigadier) and Jack Smethurst
Writer - Harry Driver and Vince Powell
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw and Derek Grainger

Episode 14 - 'January Sale' - 17 Jan 1966
Swindley gets himself involved with a married woman and her jealous husband at Dobson and Hawks January sales. It all starts when Swindley sells the managers £75 fur coat for £4 19s 6d in the bargain basement. Swindley attempts to get in back. He finally traces the coat to one of the store's assistants ,but unfortunately for Swindley she has a very large jealous husband. After the encounter Swindley finds he has no permanent injury . At the least the coat has been returned but are Swindley's troubles over?
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), Gwendoline Watts, John Comer, Joe Gladwin, Frederick Abbott and Agnes Laughlan
Writer - Harry Driver and Vince Powell
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw and Derek Grainger

Episode 15 - 'The Resignation' - 24 Jan 1966
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), Anthony Sharp (the Brigadier), Joan Benham and Roger Chapman
Writer - Harry Driver and Vince Powell
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw and Derek Grainger

Episode 16 - 'Self Defence' - 31 Jan 1966
Every time Mr Swindley goes to the bank he is taking his life in his hands. The answer, he decides, lies with judo. But when Mr Swindley tries to throw his weight around he makes trouble for everyone including the vicar. After a few bouts in the stockroom with Mrs Edgeley the canteen manageress, Mr Swindley decides on professional coaching. He enrols with Gerry's Gym and persuades Mr Hunt to join him. Mr Hunt becomes a black belt.
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), Edwin Apps, Joe Robinson and John Woodvine
Writer - Harry Driver and Vince Powell
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw and Derek Grainger

Episode 17 - 'The Stocktaking' - 7 Feb 1966
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), Norman Chappell, Julie Samuel, Judi Bloom and George A. Cooper
Writer - Harry Driver and Vince Powell
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw and Derek Grainger

Episode 18 - 'The Home Help' - 14 Feb 1966
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair) and Norman Chappell
Writer - Harry Driver and Vince Powell
Director - Wally Butler
Producer - Harry Driver

Episode 19 - 'Big Hotel' - 21 Feb 1966
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), Avis Burnnage, Geoffrey Palmer, Christine Hargreaves, Geraldine Moffatt and Joseph McKeown
Writer - John Finch
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw and Derek Grainger

Episode 20 - 'The Gaol Birds' - 28 Feb 1966
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Mervyn Johns, Colin Edwynn, Hazel Hughes, Barbara Mitchell and Marie Hoops
Writer - Harry Driver and Vince Powell
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw and Derek Grainger

Episode 21 - 'Night To Remember' - 7 Mar 1966
The house is being decorated and the hotels are fully booked. Mr Hunt has a gruesome choice of accommodation for the night - his mother-in-law or Mr Swindley. he chooses the lesser of the two evils or so he thinks.
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt),Dandy Nicholls and Dilys Watting
Writer - Harry Driver and Vince Powell
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw and Derek Grainger

Episode 22 - 'Whose Baby Are You?' - 21 Mar 1966
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), Amanda Barrie, Julian Holloway, Angela Crow, Lisa Peake and Anna Sweeney
Writer - Harry Driver and Vince Powell
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw and Derek Grainger

Episode 23 - 'The Take-Over Bid' - 28 Mar 1966
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), John le Mesurier (as Sir Charles Dobson), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), Warren Mitchell, Tracey Rogers and Henry Mason
Writer - Christopher Bond
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw and Derek Grainger

Episode 24 - 'Between The Cover' - 4 Apr 1966
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), Nora Nicholson, Aimee Delamain, Margaret Boyd, Julie Goodyear, Ivor Dean, Rex Boyd andJack Austin
Writer - Charles Hart and Peter Bishop
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw and Derek Grainger

Episode 25 - 'Heads Down' - 11 Apr 1966
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), Helen Fraser, Larry Dann, Milo O'Shea, Richard Godden, Danny Green, John Woodvine, Raymond Young
Writer - Charles Hart and Peter Bishop
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw and Derek Grainger

Episode 26 - 'A Sheik in the Night' - 18 Apr 1966
Charity balls are not easy to organise as Mr Swindley finds out when he volunteers to organise the annual ball. Problems beset him from the word go. He is suspected of having an affair with canteen manageress Mrs Edgeley when he invites her to star in the cabaret. then he is caught red0handed with a wife of Sheik Harun El Kebir who is staying at the hotel. to make matters worse an attempt is made on his life with poisoned Turkish Delight. But Mr Swindley manages to outwit the would-be murder and put the Sheik forever in his debt.
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), Anthony Sharp (the Brigadier), Jerry Desmonde, John Barrard, Norman Chappell, Leon Greene and Jimmy Gay
Writer - Christopher Bond
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw and Derek Grainger

Episode 27 - 'Rustle of Spring' - 25 Apr 1966
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), Julian Holloway, Fanny Carly, John Laurie and Wendy Richard
Writer - Harry Driver and Vince Powell
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw and Derek Grainger

Episode 28 - 'The Ghost of Batsworth Castle' - 2 May 1966
Swindley goes ghost-hunting. Dobson and Hawks staff outing begins harmlessly as a day trip to a stately home. But when Swindley and Hunt are mistakenly invited to spend a weekend at the castle, events take a turn for the worse. After a sumptuous dinner, the two guests retire to their chambers with a nightcap and an attack of nerves... A storm rages outside. The scene is set. Swindley and Hunt recall that Sir Percy Batsworth came to a horrible end in the 15th century, flung into the moat in full armour. They say that on certain nights he emerges from the moat an walks into the east wing of the castle. Could this be the night?
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), John Later, Denis Chinnery, Geoffrey Sumner, Duncan Taylor
Writer - Charles Hart and Peter Bishop
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw and Derek Grainger

Episode 29 - 'The Sailor Home From The Sea' - 9 May 1966
Leonard Swindley has never been allowed to forget that Leading Seaman Bell once saved his life. But he sets out to repay the debt. Mr Swindley has just been installed in Dobson and Hawks show-flat when Bell decides to pay him a visit. With him comes trouble. Brigadier Hawk is on his way to inspect the fault when Mrs Bell arrives to stay with her husband. Swindley worries when a second Mrs Bell turns up. How can he keep the two women apart and out of the brigadier's sight?
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), Anthony Sharp (the Brigadier), George Moon, Barbara Mitchell, Jessie Evans, Gita Denise and Jack Greave
Writer - Christopher Bond
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw and Derek Grainger

Episode 30 - 'The Dinner Party' - 16 May 1966
Mr Swindley plays the Power Game with dinner parties, intimate candlelight and he hopes witty conversation. The reason for subtle bribery, promotion. The manager of Dobson and Hawks biggest store is leaving. If Swindley can get Hunt into the vacancy, he will be hot favourite himself for Hunt's old job. A quiet dinner party for the chairman of Dobson and Hawks, Lord Penge and his lady, should do the trick. There is one problem. Mrs hunt can't cook. Swindley has the answer - call in a firm of catering specialists. But is that the answer?
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), J), Shirley Stelfox, Clare Kelly, Joan Haythorne, John Barron, Derek William, Warren Clarke, Roy Curtis and Tony Malloy
Writer - Charles Hart and Peter Bishop
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw and Derek Grainger

Episode 31 - 'Man's Best Friend' - 23 May 1966
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), Julian Holloway, Ruth Holden, Jack Grieve, Ted Morris, William Groasdale, Barbara Hicks, Gordon Gostelow, Graham Serenity
Writer - Harry Driver and Vince Powell
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw and Derek Grainger

Episode 32 - 'Thunderfinger Part One' - 30 May 1966
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), John le Mesurier (Sir Charles Dobson), Anthony Sharp (the Brigadier), Nita Valerie, Michael Robbins, Alexandra Stevenson, Pauline Collins, Lisa Daniely, Ken Parry
Writer - Harry Driver and Vince Powell
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw and Derek Grainger

Episode 33 - 'Thunderfinger Part Two' - 6 June 1966
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), John le Mesurier (Sir Charles Dobson), Anthony Sharp (the Brigadier), Michael Robbins, Roger Chapman, Alexandra Stevenson, Pauline Collins, Lisa Daniely, Michael Brennan, Doel Luscombe
Writer - Harry Driver and Vince Powell
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw and Derek Grainger

Episode 34 - 'The Switched-On Scene' - 13 June 1966
It is the Dobson and Hawks store's 100th anniversary, and Sir Charles Dobson announces they are to have a change of image. He puts Swindley in charge of modernisation.and the launch of a new boutique, which leads to Swindley ordering all the way-out with-it, fab, switched on gear he can find. This leads to him accidentally starting a new fashion trend among teenagers, the Gear Granny look. Mr Edgeley is also put in charge of the new frothy coffee bar, and Swindley books the top band to perform. Hundreds of teenagers mill about outside waiting for the doors to open on the new mod era of Dobson and Hawks. Everything in the garden is swinging or is it?
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), John le Mesurier (as Sir Charles Dobson), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), Ben Kingsley, Pauline Collins, Warren Clarke, Ian Wilson, Arthur Barclay, Rex Deening, Sybil Eubank and Rex Boyd
Writers - Charles Hart and Peter Bishop
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw

Episode 35 - 'The Cup That Cheers' - 20 June 1966
Mr Swindley has won the FA Cup. The FA Cup is supposed to go on show in the sports department of Dobson and Hawks. Mr Swindley is put in charge of its safe-keeping. Which means?
Main Cast:
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), Judith Furse (as Miss Buxton), William Moore, Aubrey Morris, Michael Robbins, Diana Ashley
Writer - Christopher Bond
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw and Derek Grainger

Episode 36 - 'On Health Farm Somet Stir' - 27 June 1966
Leonard Swindley decides to get fit for the summer. He gives up Mrs Edgeley's steak and kidney pudding with dumplings. But he finds it difficult to persuade Wally Hunt that a diet would be good for him. When Mrs Hunt goes away for the weekend, Swindley tricks Wally into spending two days at the Hilton Hydro Health Farm. It is not until the following morning at breakfast - a glass of hot water and lemon - that Hunt realises where he is.
Starring Arthur Lowe (as Leonard Swindley), Robert Dorning (as Wally Hunt), Betty Driver (as Mrs Edgeley), Joy Stewart (as Miss Sinclair), Valerie Van Ost, Paul Whitsun Jones, Nan Munro and John Barron
Writer - Christopher Bond
Director - Michael Cox
Producer - Harry V. Kershaw and Derek Grainger

 

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Ben Travers Farce (BBC-TV)
These were BBC presentations of seven of Ben Travers’ most famous farces, which he originally wrote for the Aldwych Theatre in London. They were adapted for these television specials by Ben Travers himself, then aged 83. Each play starred Arthur Lowe and Richard Briers in the leads. Clive Dunn, Frank Thornton, Irene Handl, Terence Alexander and Megs Jenkins ably supported them in each play. They were in colour and lasted 60 minutes.
Writer: Ben Travers
Producer: Eric Fawcett
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Rookery Nook                                                                                 
A Cuckoo In The Nest        
Turkey Time                        
A Cup Of Kindness
Plunder                                                                                             
Dirty Work                                                                                      
She Follows Me About     
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Doctor At Large (LWT, as Dr Maxwell)
Arthur Lowe joined the cast of this popular, long running series for five episodes in a guest star role as Doctor Maxwell, also known as The Major. The character was very much like Mainwaring, pompous and old fashioned, but when need be, sensitive. Maxwell ran a GP practice where Doctors Michael Upton (the late Barry Evans) and Paul Colllier (George Layton) were taken on as junior partners. However the friction between them all, and Upton’s fondness for Maxwell’s 17 year old daughter Sue, soon saw the two young doctors ‘at large’ again.
Produced by David Askey

 

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Episode                               
You Make Me Feel So Young (b&w)
Upton and Collier arrive at their new practice, but Upton is disheartened to find few of the  patients wish to be treated by   him, because they think he’s too young

Doctor Dish (b&w)           
When administering jabs to teenaged school girls, Upton finds himself the object of their young affections

Modernising Major (b&w)
Mike and Paul try to make The Major more modern.

Congratulations, It’s A Toad (b&w)
Paul Collier starts a pregnancy testing service using toads, but  Dr Maxwell is not amused, as he may lose his license. Featuring Fulton Mackay

Change Your Partners (colour)
Mike Upton’s relationship with Sue maxwell turns sour, and so does his job when he meets a female doctor and is caught kissing her in the surgery by Maxwell. The two doctors once again find themselves out of work

 

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The Last Of The Baskets (Granada, as Redvers Bodkin)                                                  
When the 12th Earl of Clogborough dies, his rightful heir to the stately home Clogborough Hall is traced. He turns out to be Clifford Basket (played by Ken Jones), an uncouth factory worker. He and his mother (Patricia Hayes) move into the mansion with the snooty butler Redvers Bodkin (played by star Arthur Lowe).
Writers:   John Stevenson (12) and Andy Maher (1)
Director:  Bill Podmore
Producer: Bill Podmore
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Series One
End Of The Peer    
Well Done, Good And Faithful Servant   
I Gotta Horse        
For I’m To Be Queen Of The May   
For Richer, For Poorer 
Do Onto Others

Series Two
It’s A Living 
Since Then I Have Used No Other 
Good Queen Bess Slept Here  
A Chip Off The Old Block 
The Hound Of The Baskets    
Nice Work If You Can Get It   
A Tisket, A Tasket 
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It’s Murder. But Is It Art? (BBC, as Phineas Drake)
Six part series. A pretty girl named Tina Kent has been murdered. The police are convinced that Brigadier Binghop is the culprit. Drake thinks they have the wrong man so he sets out to find the real murderer.
Writers:       David Pursall and Jack Seddon
Producer:    Graham Muir

 

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Episodes                                                                                                     

Mr Drake Takes A Hand 
Mr Drake Goes To Jail  
Mr Drake And Ars Gratia Artis 
Mr Drake Has Visitors 
Mr Drake Asks Questions      
Mr Drake Reveals All     
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Dates

23 March 1972
30 March 1972
6 April 1972
13 April 1972
20 April 1972
27 April 1972

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Bill Brand, Prime Minister
(Thames, as Watson, I am unsure which episodes Arthur Lowe appeared in, but this is the entire series listing)

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Bless Me Father
LWT, as Father Charles Duddeswell
Television adaptations of the famous books by Peter De Rosa, following the lives of the Irish priest Father Charles Duddeswell, his curate Father Neil Boyd and their housekeeper, Mrs Pring. A classic comedy, and one of Arthur Lowe’s best performances ever. The character was Arthur’s favourite from his career, alongside his other favourite, Mainwaring in Dad’s Army.
Starring: Arthur Lowe (Father Duddeswell), Daniel Abineri (Father Neil), Gabrielle Daye (Mrs Pring) in all episodes
Writer: Peter De Rosa   
Director/ Producer: David Askey 

     

                                          

Series One

Baptism Of Fire - 24 September 1978            
Father Duddeswell welcomes his new curate, the recently ordained Father Neil, with a teasing baptism of fire, which opens the young priest’s eyes to the complex nature of his parish duties and responsibilities.
Guests: Kevin Collins (Jeremy), Susan Sheridan (child at confession), Patrick McAlinney (Dr Daley)

The Bells Of St Jude - 1 October 1978
Father Duddeswell’s parish church, St Jude, acquires a new bell – to ring the angelus morning, noon and night. His neighbour is not at all happy about it.
Guests: David Ryall (Billy Buzzard), Derek Francis (Bishop O’Reilly) Oliver Maguire (Monsignor), Patrick McAlinney (Dr Daley)

The Parish Bazaar - 8 October 1978
Father Neil discovers that Father Duddeswell has his own way of ensuring perfect weather for the Parish Bazaar
Guests: Ann Wrigg (Susan Sneezum) James Duggan (Tim Fogarty), David Gross (George Lloyd), Nora Connolly (Maureen), Neil Haydon (Little Boy), Patrick McAlinney (Dr Daley), David Ryall (Billy Buzzle)
 
The Doomsday Chair - 15 October 1978                                                      
Father Duddeswell is determined to stamp out superstitions in his parish, particularly those surrounding the Doomsday Chair, and attraction at the local pub.
Guests: Peter Bowles (Freddie Bowlby)

Father And Mother - 22 October 1978                                                      
While searching in his attic for a vase, Father Duddeswell accidentally damages a portrait of the Convent’s founder stored there. Under the painting is another, which proves to be valuable – a French masterpiece - and the wrangling begins.
Guests: Derek Francis (Bishop O’Reilly) Clive Swift (Fred Cobie), Timothy Kightly (Auctioneer), Patrick McAlinney (Dr Daley)

The Tennis Match  - 29 October 1978                                                      
Father Duddeswell is anxious to prove that although the new mayor is a catholic, he is never-the-less not in the priest’s pocket. He enters a tennis match against the Anglican clergyman Mr Pinkerton.
Guests: John Ringham (Albert Appleby) Geoffrey Drew (Mr Pinkerton)

The Seal Of Concession - 5 November 1978                                                    
The secrets of the confessional are meant to be shared only by the priest and the penitent. But Father Neil’s well-meant efforts to ensure this at St Jude’s, whilst also modernising the church’s public address system, result in one lady’s secrets being shared by the whole congregation.
Guests: Primi Townsend (Nelly), Jeffrey Segal (Conroy), Patrick Newell (Bottleford), Dorothy Fiere (Miss Flanagan), Pamela Ruddock (Mrs Rollings), Elizabeth Morgan (Mrs Conroy), Patrick McAlinney (Dr Daley)

 

Series Two

Blessings From Heaven - 11 November 1979                                                  
Father Duddeswell finds that a woman who has been unable to conceive is pregnant at last. He thinks this is due to the holy water he brought back from Lourdes, but Mother Stephen claims it was the prayers of her nuns.
Guests: Sheila Keith (Mother Stephen), David Ryall (Billy Buzzle), Patrick McAlinney (Dr Daley), Shay Graham (Canon Mohoney), Rosie Collins (Young Lady)

Father Neil’s First Miracle - 18 November 1979                                                  
Father Neil takes on the responsibilities inherent in the position of Hospital Chaplain and is called upon to perform his first miracle.
Guests: Nicholas Le Provost (Dr. Spinks), David Ryall (Billy Buzzard)

Fatal Lady - 25 November 1979                                                  
Father Neil receives embarrassing attentions from Miss Davenport. He must tolerate it because she is a generous benefactor of the Parish.
Guests: Barbara Young (Miss Davenport)

The Heart Of A Curate  - 9 December 1979                                                     
A beautiful young nurse helps Father Neil to recover from an appendectomy.
Guests:  unknown (Nurse)

All At Sea - 16 December 1979                                                   
Father Duddeswell is called upon to perform a burial at sea
Guests: John Byrons (Captain Kent), Geoffrey Drew (Pinkerton), Geoffrey Palmer (Freddie Williams), Andrew Down (Skipper), Patrick McAlinney (Dr Daley)  Boats arranged by Stephen Lowe

The Season Of Goodwill - 23 December 1979                                                   
Christmas Special - Even at Christmas Father Duddeswell can’t keep out of trouble.
Guests: Charles Lamb (Mr Wilkins), David Ryall (Billy Buzzle), Patrick McAlinney (Dr Daley)

A Back To Front Wedding - 6 January 1980
Exhausted from performing several marriages, Duddeswell takes Father Boyd to the pictures as a treat – where they are paged to return to the Parish to perform one more forgotten wedding. After placating the angry families and seeing the young couple off on their honeymoon, Duddeswell realises that he performed the ceremony after 6:00pm, and therefore the bride and groom are not legally married.
Guests: Charles Pemberton (Cinema manager), Penny Ryder (Cashier), Derek Hollis (Best Man), Alan Cheeseman (Richard Faber), Rowena Roberts (Wanda French), Anne Robson  (Mrs Faber), Ruth Holden (Mrs French), Poly Miller (Maid), Patrick McAlinney (Dr Daley)

 

Series Three

Things Are Not What They Seem - 5 July 1981                                    
Father Neil offers advice to a woman with marital problems and thereby provides a field day for gossips.
Guests: Michael Troughton, Diana Weston

Women - 12 July 1981    
Plot unknown.
Guests: Carolyn Pickles (Mrs Rollings), David Ryall (Billy Buzzle)

Beddings And Weddings - 19 July 1981    
Plot Unknown. Guests:unknown

Fire And Brimstone - 26 July 1981    
A family deals with an irreverent grandfather.
Guests: Pamela Ruddock (Mrs Rollings), Caroline Goodman (Mrs Hughes), Mark Burdis, Natalie Collins), Joseph Daniels, Sam Davies, David Doyle, Anna Hayes, Mark Luxford, Mark Manero, Digon Murray, Melissa Wilks (all Children in Church), Ernest Jennings (Mr Bingley), Linda Renwick (Mrs Baxter), Gerald Cross (Mr Probble), Geoffrey Drew (Mr. Pinkerton) David Ryall (Billy Buzzle), Sheila Keith (Mother Stephen)

A Legend Comes To Stay - 2 August 1981 
When he was young, Duddleswell was curate to a legendary eccentric. Now, 40 years later, the old man has come to stay just when Father Duddleswell is incapacitated with lumbago, and manages to turn the parish upside down -- including locking Neil in the church with Mother Stephen.
Guests: Peter Copley (Father Abe), Sheila Keith (Mother Stephen), Mischa de la Motte (Lord Mitchin), David Purcell (Fireman), David Ryall (Billy Buzzle), Patrick McAlinney (Dr. Daley )

Porgy And Bess - 9 August 1981 
When Billy Buzzle sets up a pig-sty in his back yard to accommodate Porgy and Bess, two pigs he has received from a defaulting better, the resultant stench proves too much for Father Duddleswell, who desperately resorts to pig-napping, stealing Porgy by dead of night and taking him to a nearby farm. When Porgy subsequently dies, Billy takes Fr. Duddleswell to court, but the judge, while berating Duddleswell for his
transparently dishonest testimony, rules in his favour. Then Bess appears to be succumbing to the same sickness, but Dr. Daley reassures everyone that she is only in labour…
Guests: David Ryall (Billy Buzzle),Dave Calderhead (Greg Summers), Vyvian Hall (Mr Tippett), Arnold Peters (Judge Turnbull), David Beale (Mr Flack), Lennard Pearce (Clerk of the Court), Richard Syms (Mr Banks), Patrick McAlinney (Dr. Daley)

A Mixed Up Marriage - 16 August 1981
Mother Stephen demands an audience with Father Duddleswell over a serious problem: Christine Hammond, a war orphan brought up in the convent, has fallen in love with Isaac Rosen, the elder son of the local rabbi. When the priest and the rabbi meet, they immediately agree that the marriage is impossible; so the young couple decides to ask the Anglican vicar to marry them. When Mr. Pinkerton insists that they wait two weeks before making a decision, the couple come to see Father Boyd, who suggests a "naughty" plan: Christine and Isaac announce that they have already been married in the registry office. Both Duddleswell and Rabbi Rosen are overcome with joy and wish them happiness -- whereupon they confess they were only testing them to see who would treat them with greater kindness. Father Duddleswell invites Rabbi Rosen to dinner (which Mrs. Pring supplies from a local kosher caterer), and we learn that the wedding did indeed take place in the registry office, as Father Boyd leads a toast to the happy couple.
Guests: Cyril Shaps (Rabbi Emmanuel Rosen), Benny Lee (Mr Goldman), Julia Chambers (Christine Hammond), Gary Brown (Isaac Rosen), Sheila Keith (Mother Stephen), Geoffrey Drew (Mr Pinkerton)

 

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Potter
(BBC, as Redvers Potter – Series 1 and 2 only)
When Redvers Potter retires after a career in the family confectionary business, Potters Mints (The Hotter Mints), he must find activities to occupy his free time. So he decides to help his friends and neighbours in whatever ways he can. However his meddling in other peoples’ affairs is often unwanted. Another classic starring role. Following Arthur’s death, a further series was made with Robin Bailey in the role of Potter.
Writer: Roy Clarke
Producer: Peter Whitmore

 

 

Series One

Episode One - 1 March 1979                  
Redvers Potter has now retired from the family firm and is embarking on anew career of interfering in other people’s lives.

Episode Two - 8 March 1979                  
A typical Potter day. He helps his neighbours, has a word with the Vicar and greets his sister, who has just arrived on an unwelcome visit. All the while wreaking havoc where peace and tranquility once reigned.

Episode Three - 15 March 1979                
Another bad day, Potter’s sister Harriet and the dreaded Willy have to extend their visit.

Episode Four - 22 March 1979                
Potter spends his day helping others with problems they did not know existed until he came to lend a hand.

Episode Five - 27 March 1979                
Potter tries to apply his experience in marketing Pottermints to selling valuable paintings in his neighbor’s antique shop.

Episode Six  - 5 April 1979

Series Two

Episode Seven   - 27 February 1980            
The Local Vicar’s wife is in hospital, so Potter invites himself round to help out at the vicarage

Episode Eight - 4 March 1980

Episode Nine - 11 March 1980

Episode Ten - 18 March 1980

Episode Eleven - 25 March 1980

Episode Twelve - 2 April 1980

Episode Thirteen - 9 April 1980

 

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A.J. Wentworth B.A. (Thames, as A.J. Wentworth)                   
Arthur Lowe’s last ever sitcom, made just before his death, and screened after he died. He played a maths teacher in a 1940’s school
Creator: H.F. Ellis         
Adaptor/Writer: Basil Boothroyd         
Director/Producer: Michael Mills
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A Day In The Life...  
Mud Larks 
Problems, Problems 
IIIA Goes To War
Founder’s Day
The Outsider  
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12 July 1982 
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26 July 1982
2 Aug 1982
9 Aug 1982
16 Aug 1982