Mann's Best Friends

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Mann's Best Friends
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GenreSitcom
Written by Roy Clarke
Directed by Derrick Goodwin
Starring Fulton Mackay
Barry Stanton
Bernard Bresslaw
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducerDerrick Goodwin
Running time30 minutes
Production company Thames Television
Original release
Network Channel 4
Release15 April (1985-04-15) 
20 May 1985 (1985-05-20)

Mann's Best Friends is a British television sitcom which first aired on Channel 4 in 1985 [1] It is set in a boarding house where the easy-going landlord fails to control the antics of his chaotic tenants, leading him to seek the assistance of the domineering Hamish James Ordway who has recently retired from the Water Board.

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  1. Maxford p.75

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