Take My Wife (1979 TV series)

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Take My Wife
Genre Comedy
Starring Duggie Brown
Elisabeth Sladen
Victor Spinetti
Toni Palmer
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production company Granada Television
Original release
Network ITV
Release17 January (1979-01-17) 
7 March 1979 (1979-03-07)

Take My Wife is a British television sitcom produced by Granada Television. It ran for a single series of six episodes in 1979.

The cast included Duggie Brown as Harvey Hall, a northern stand-up comic, and Elisabeth Sladen as Josie, his higher-born wife. The series was written by Anthony Couch, directed by Gordon Flemyng and produced by John G. Temple. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Take My Wife at IMDb OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Take My Wife - ITV Sitcom". British Comedy Guide.