Pardon the Expression
tv show
36 total episodes
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2 seasons
First Aired June 02, 1965
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Overview
Pardon The Expression! is an ITV sitcom made by Granada Television, that was first broadcast from Wednesday 2 June 1965 to Monday 27 June 1966. The sitcom was one of only four spin-offs from the highly popular soap opera Coronation Street. Pardon the Expression itself had a spin-off: Turn out the Lights broadcast in 1967. There wasn't to be another spin-off until the 1980s with The Brothers McGregor, which reused two characters who appeared in a single episode. Leonard Swindley was the central character. Formerly the manager of the fashion retail store "Gamma Garments" in Coronation Street, in this series he is the deputy manager of the department store Dobson and Hawks. His boss in the series was Ernest Parbold played by Paul Dawkins who was replaced by Wally Hunt played by Robert Dorning in series 2. Other regulars were Betty Driver as canteen lady, Mrs Edgeley and Joy Stewart as Miss Sinclair, the boss's secretary.
Cast
Arthur Lowe
as
Leonard Swindley
Betty Driver
as
Mrs. Edgeley
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Joy Stewart
as
Miss Sinclair
Robert Dorning
as
Wally Hunt
Anthony Sharp
as
Brigadier Hawke
John Le Mesurier
as
Sir Charles Dobson
Paul Dawkins
as
Mr. Parbold
Barbara Young
as
Pam Plummer
Mervyn Johns
as
Jacob Elijah Burgess
Pauline Collins
as
Miss Wainwright
Michael Brennan
as
Joe
Lisa Daniely
as
Maria Solare
Crew
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