Romany Jones (1972)

Synopsis

Romany Jones is a British sitcom created and written by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe for LWT. Broadcast between 1973 and 1975, the programme follows the comic misadventures of two layabout families living on a caravan site.

Originally designed as a starring vehicle for James Beck (Dad's Army), the 1972 pilot and 1973 first series centred on Bert and Betty Jones (Jo Rowbottom), newlywed after seven years, who spend their wedding night in their rickety caravan, natural to Bert but distinctly alien to Betty, born and bred in Streatham. Most of the humour focused on life in theirs and a neighbouring caravan housing Lily and Wally Briggs (Queenie Watts and Arthur Mullard, although Arthur English was cast in the pilot).

Following Beck's death after completion on the second series, Bert and Betty were written out, and replaced with a city gentleman and his debutante wife, both of whom remain blissfully oblivious to the Briggs' antics.

Distribution

• Queenie WattsLily Briggs
• Arthur MullardWally Briggs
• Maureen SweeneyVal Finch
• James BeckBert Jones
• Jo RowbottomBetty Jones
• Jonathan CecilJeremy Crichton-Jones
• Gay SoperSusan Crichton-Jones
• Kevin BrennanMr Gibson
• Alan FordKen
• Brenda CowlingBetty's Mother
• Peter DavidsonSid Finch
• Anne JamesonMiss Roth
• Lally BowersMiss Hicks
• David AllisterJulian Preston-Campbell
• John BarronMr Ruskin
• William F. SullyMr Hodges
• Pamela VezeyHousewife
• Terence DaviesHusband

Mots-clés

Saisons

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  Saison 17 épisodes · 1973
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  Saison 26 épisodes · 1973
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  Saison 37 épisodes · 1974
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  Saison 46 épisodes · 1975