Blind Men

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Blind Men
Genre Sitcom
Written by Chris England
Nick Hancock
Directed by Tony Dow (ep. 1)
David Askey
(eps. 2–6)
Starring Jesse Birdsall
Roger Blake
Tamsin Greig
Theme music composerSimon Webb
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producer Humphrey Barclay
ProducerMark Robson
Running time30 minutes
Production company LWT
Original release
Network ITV
Release21 November 1997 (1997-11-21) 
2 January 1998 (1998-01-02)

Blind Men is a British television sitcom produced by LWT and transmitted on the ITV network between 21 November 1997 and 2 January 1998.

Contents

Written by the duo Chris England and Nick Hancock, the series starred Jesse Birdsall and Roger Blake as Phil Carver and Bob as the window blind salesmen and Graham Holdcroft (Jeremy Swift) is a hard-working but not too successful window blinds people. Rival salesmen Tony, Neil and Bob compete with him for sales, encouraged by their young and verbally abusive boss Ian Stapleton. Things go downhill for the team when wonder-salesman Phil Carver is transferred in and the rivalry really intensifies. The show's theme tune was a cover of the ABBA hit single from 1980 called The Winner Takes It All . [1]

Cast

Episodes

#TitleAirdate
1"The Winner Takes It All"21 November 1997 (1997-11-21)
2"The House-Warming"28 November 1997 (1997-11-28)
3"Sneaking the Sneck"5 December 1997 (1997-12-05)
4"Strap Me Vitals"12 December 1997 (1997-12-12)
5"Blood Letting"19 December 1997 (1997-12-19)
6"Ready When You Are, Graham and Phil..."2 January 1998 (1998-01-02)

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References

  1. "Blind Men – Sitcom – British Comedy Guide". Comedy.org.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2021.