My Pal Bob

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My Pal Bob
Genre sitcom
Written by Bob Monkhouse
Denis Goodwin
Starring Bob Monkhouse
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes10
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network BBC Television
Release17 January 1957 (1957-01-17) 
7 April 1958 (1958-04-07)

My Pal Bob was a United Kingdom television sitcom originally shown in ten episodes from 1957 to 1958. Written by Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin, the show starred Bob Monkhouse and narrated by Denis Goodwin. [1] All recorded episodes were thought to have been destroyed until it was discovered that Monkhouse had kept a number episodes from shows including "My Pal Bob" in his own private archive. [2]

Contents

Main cast

Episodes

SeriesEpisode No.Episode TitleOriginal Broadcast Date
11Episode 1 17 January 1957 [3]
2Episode 2 31 January 1957 [4]
3Episode 3 14 February 1957 [5]
4Episode 4 28 February 1957 [6]
21Episode 1 28 January 1958 [7]
2Episode 2 11 February 1958 [1]
3Episode 3 25 February 1958 [8]
4Episode 4 11 March 1958 [9]
5Episode 5 25 March 1958 [10]
6Episode 6 7 April 1958 [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 "BOB MONKHOUSE in MY PAL BOB BBC Television, 11 February 1958". BBC. 11 February 1958. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  2. Young, Kevin (12 December 2008). "Bob's full house yields TV treasure". BBC . Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  3. "Bob Monkhouse in MY PAL BOB BBC Television, 17 January 1957". BBC. 17 January 1957. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  4. "Bob Monkhouse in MY PAL BOB BBC Television, 31 January 1957". BBC. 31 January 1957. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  5. "Bob Monkhouse in MY PAL BOB BBC Television, 14 February 1957". BBC. 14 February 1957. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  6. "Bob Monkhouse in MY PAL BOB BBC Television, 28 February 1957". BBC. 28 February 1957. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  7. "MY PAL BOB' BBC Television, 28 January 1958". BBC. 28 January 1958. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  8. "BOB MONKHOUSE in MY PAL BOB BBC Television, 25 February 1958". BBC. 25 February 1958. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  9. "BOB MONKHOUSE in MY PAL BOB BBC Television, 11 March 1958". BBC. 11 March 1958. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  10. "BOB MONKHOUSE in MY PAL BOB BBC Television, 25 March 1958". BBC. 25 March 1958. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  11. "BOB MONKHOUSE In MY PAL BOB BBC Television, 7 April 1958". BBC. 7 April 1958. Retrieved 7 November 2014.