Ben Travers Farces

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Comedy

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 the same title.

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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Episodes

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Rookery Nook

1970-09-19 · 60m

A young woman, dressed in pyjamas, seeks refuge from her bullying stepfather at a country house in the middle of the night.

A Cuckoo in the Nest

1970-09-26 · 60m

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.

Turkey Time

1970-10-03 · 60m

Set at Christmas, it centers around a Christmas holiday at the Stoatt household where two guests become entangled with a stranded performer

A Cup of Kindness

1970-10-10 · 60m

The son and daughter of two feuding families announce their upcoming marriage, to widespread uproar.

Plunder

1970-10-17 · 60m

Two friends commit a jewel robbery, for arguably honourable reasons, with fatal results.

Dirty Work

1970-10-24 · 60m

The maladroit but ultimately successful efforts of a shop-walker to outwit a gang of jewel thieves.