Lame Ducks (TV series)

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Lame Ducks
Genre Comedy
Written by Peter Hammond
Directed byJohn B. Hobbs
Starring John Duttine
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12
Production
ProducerJohn B. Hobbs
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network BBC2
Release22 October 1984 (1984-10-22) 
22 October 1985 (1985-10-22)

A man on the brink of divorce sells his house and moves to the country, taking a motley band of losers with him. [1]

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Lame Ducks is a British television sitcom made by the BBC in 1984 and written by Peter J. Hammond was his first venture into comedy writing having made his name in drama, and being best known for creating Sapphire and Steel. [2]

The series starred John Duttine as Brian Drake, a man who, no longer able to work due to a serious injury after being hit by a truck, decides to head off to live as a hermit. As he goes along, he is joined by various other outcasts, including a woman called Angie (played by Lorraine Chase). The group eventually settle at a derelict railway station.

Later, a private detective called Ansell (played by Brian Murphy), hired by Drake's wife (Primi Townsend), locates the group, but, as an outcast himself, decides to join them.

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References

  1. The Penguin TV Companion by Jeff Evans, page 342
  2. The Penguin TV Companion by Jeff Evans, page 342