Marjorie and Men

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Marjorie and Men
GenreSitcom
Written byJohn Gorrie
Peter Spence
Directed by John Gorrie
Starring Patricia Routledge
Patricia Hayes
James Cossins
Composer Richard Harvey
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducerJohn Rosenberg
Running time30 minutes
Production company Anglia Television
Release
Original network ITV
Original release28 June (1985-06-28) 
2 August 1985 (1985-08-02)

Marjorie and Men is a British comedy television series which originally aired on ITV in 1985. [1] A recently divorced woman tries to revive her love life while living with her meddling mother.

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