Further Adventures of Lucky Jim

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Further Adventures of Lucky Jim
GenreComedy
Based on Lucky Jim
by Kingsley Amis
Written by Dick Clement
Ian La Frenais
Starring Keith Barron
Colin Jeavons
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes7
Production
Producer Duncan Wood
Running time30 minutes
Production company BBC
Original release
Network BBC One
Release2 May (1967-05-02) 
13 June 1967 (1967-06-13)

Further Adventures of Lucky Jim or The New Adventures of Lucky Jim is a comedy television series which first aired on BBC 1 in 1967. [1] [2] Inspired by the novel Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis, it updates the story from the early 1950s of the novel to mid-1960s Swinging London. It stars Keith Barron as the young university lecturer Jim Dixon. The scriptwriters wrote a belated sequel The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim starring Enn Reitel in 1982.

Contents

The majority of the episodes are now considered lost. In 2024 audio recordings were found for several missing episodes from the series. These episodes are entitled 'Jim's In', 'Jim Cleans Up', 'Look Why Don't We Go Back To My Place?' and 'Jim Freaks Out'. [3]

Other actors who appeared in the series include Suzy Kendall, Nerys Hughes, John Le Mesurier, Francis Matthews, Eunice Gayson, John Junkin, Donald Hewlett, William Kendall, Robert Raglan, Felix Bowness, Janina Faye, Patrick Newell, Diana King and Michael Balfour.

Main cast

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References

  1. Pringle p.66
  2. "Further Adventures of Lucky Jim - BBC1 Sitcom". British Comedy Guide .
  3. http://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/8031/bbc-sitcom-recordings-found-clement-la-frenais/

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