Winning Widows

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Winning Widows
GenreSitcom
Written by Sidney Green
Richard Hills
Starring Peggy Mount
Avice Landone
Composer Robert Sharples
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes13
Production
ProducerAlan Tarrant
Running time30 minutes
Production company Associated Television
Original release
Network ITV
Release9 September 1961 (1961-09-09) 
2 November 1962 (1962-11-02)

Winning Widows is a British television sitcom which first aired on ITV between 1961 and 1962. [1] It stars Peggy Mount and Avice Landone as Martha and Mildred, two widowed sisters who move in together.

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Other actors who appeared in the series include Thorley Walters, Carole Shelley, Anthony Sagar, Willoughby Goddard, Harold Goodwin, Hugh Paddick, John Junkin, Davy Kaye, Barbara Hicks, Graham Stark, Joe Melia, Ronnie Stevens, Anneke Wills and Bernard Cribbins.

Only two of the thirteen episodes are known to survive.

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  1. Rhodes & Westwood p.200

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