No Strings (1974 TV series)

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No Strings
GenreSitcom
Written by Carla Lane
Starring Rita Tushingham
Keith Barron
Composer Ken Jones
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes7
Production
Producer John Howard Davies
Running time30 minutes
Production company BBC
Release
Original network BBC 1
Original release4 October (1974-10-04) 
8 November 1974 (1974-11-08)

No Strings is a British television sitcom which aired on BBC1 in one series of six episodes in 1974. [1] Written by Carla Lane, it was spun-off from an episode of the Comedy Playhouse screened in April of the same year.

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Derek (Keith Barron) advertises for a new flatmate, but does not get what he expects when the unusual Leonora (Rita Tushingham) moves in. Actors appearing in individual episodes included Felix Bowness, Brenda Cowling, Jessica Benton, Louis Mahoney, Tommy Godfrey, Alister Williamson, Norman Mitchell and April Walker.

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