Pardon the Expression

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Pardon the Expression
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Starring Arthur Lowe
Paul Dawkins
Robert Dorning
Betty Driver
Joy Stewart
No. of series2
No. of episodes36
Production
ProducersHarry Driver (series 1)
Derek Granger
(series 2)
Production company Granada Television
Original release
Network ITV
Release2 June 1965 (1965-06-02) 
27 June 1966 (1966-06-27)
Related
Coronation Street
Turn Out the Lights

Pardon the Expression is a British sitcom made by Granada Television, that was first broadcast from Wednesday 2 June 1965 to Monday 27 June 1966. The sitcom was one of four spin-offs from the soap opera Coronation Street . Pardon the Expression itself had a spin-off: Turn Out the Lights , broadcast in 1967. There was not another spin-off until the 1980s with The Brothers McGregor , which reused two characters (played by different actors) who appeared in a single episode. [1]

Contents

Leonard Swindley, played by Arthur Lowe was the central character. Formerly the manager of the fashion retail store Gamma Garments in Coronation Street, in this series he is the deputy manager of the department store Dobson and Hawks. His boss in the series was Ernest Parbold, played by Paul Dawkins, who was replaced by Wally Hunt, played by Robert Dorning, in series 2. Other regulars were Betty Driver as canteen lady Mrs Edgeley and Joy Stewart as Miss Sinclair, the boss's secretary. Another member of the cast was John Le Mesurier, who later reunited with Arthur Lowe in the classic comedy Dad's Army .

Cast

Episodes

Series 1 (1965)

Series 2 (1966)

Home media

Both series of Pardon the Expression were released (separately) in mid-2009, a six-disc set of the complete series was released on 12 December 2011.

DVDRelease date
The Complete Series 17 May 2009
The Complete Series 23 August 2009
The Complete Series 1 to 2 Box Set12 December 2011

References

  1. "Pardon The Expression". British Comedy Guide. 3 May 2024. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.