A Bit of a Do
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A Bit of a Do
| A Bit of a Do | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy drama |
| Starring | David Jason Gwen Taylor Nicola Pagett |
| Theme music composer | George Melly Ray Russell |
| Country of origin | Great Britain |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Vernon Lawrence |
| Producer(s) | David Reynolds |
| Location(s) | Knaresborough, North Yorkshire |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original run | 13 January 1989 – 1 December 1989 |
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| Website | |
A Bit of a Do was a British comedy drama series based on the books by David Nobbs. The show starred David Jason and was aired on ITV in 1989. It was made for the ITV network by Yorkshire Television.
The show was set in a fictional Yorkshire town. Each episode took place at a different social function and followed the changing lives of two families, the working-class Simcocks (David Jason, Gwen Taylor, David Thewlis and Wayne Foskett) and the middle-class Rodenhursts (Nicola Pagett, Paul Chapman, Sarah-Jane Holm and Nigel Hastings), together with their respective friends, Rodney and Betty Sillitoe (Tim Wylton and Stephanie Cole), and Neville Badger (Michael Jayston). The series begins with the wedding of Ted and Rita Simcock's son Paul to Laurence and Liz Rodenhurst's daughter Jenny; an event at which Ted and Liz begin an affair. The subsequent fallout from this affair forms the basis for most of the first series.
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Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| David Jason | Ted Simcock |
| Gwen Taylor | Rita Simcock |
| Nicola Pagett | Liz Rodenhurst/Badger |
| Stephanie Cole | Betty Sillitoe |
| Tim Wylton | Rodney Sillitoe |
| Sarah-Jane Holm | Jenny Simcock |
| Wayne Foskett | Elvis Simcock |
| Michael Jayston | Neville Badger |
| Nigel Hastings | Simon Rodenhurst |
| Karen Drury | Carol Fordingbridge |
| Malcolm Hebden | Eric, the barman |
| David Thewlis | Paul Simcock |
| Tracy Brabin | Sandra Pickersgill |
| Paul Chapman | Laurence Rodenhurst |
| Amanda Wenban | Lucinda Snellmarsh |
| Malcolm Tierney | Geoffrey Ellsworth-Smythe |
| Diana Weston | Corinna Price-Rodgerson |
| Keith Marsh | Percy Spragg |
| William Simons | Dale Monsal, the bandleader |
| David Yelland | Gerry Lansdown |
| Philip Bird | Andrew Denton |
| Frank Middlemass | "Uncle" Harvey |
| Fred Pearson | "Monsieur Albert |
Episodes
Series 1
- The White Wedding (13 January 1989)
- The Dentist's Dinner Dance (20 January 1989)
- The Angling Club Christmas Party (27 January 1989)
- The Charity Horse-Racing Evening (3 February 1989)
- The Crowning of Miss Frozen Chicken (UK) (10 February 1989)
- The Registry Office Wedding (17 February 1989)
Series 2
- The Church Wedding (20 October 1989)
- The Christening (27 October 1989)
- The Grand Opening of Sillitoe's (3 November 1989)
- The Farewell Party (10 November 1989)
- The Inauguration of the Outer Inner Relief Ring Road (17 November 1989)
- The Funeral (24 November 1989)
- The Civil Wedding (1 December 1989)
Background
Pat Sandys who had produced one of David Nobbs' plays Cupid's Darts was looking for plays for a series called Love and Marriage. The three ideas put forward by David Nobbs were a dentists' dinner dance, a Miss Ball Bearing competition and a diamond wedding. Though the ideas were not used, David Nobbs came up with the idea of having the same characters in different do's. Casting Gwen Taylor as Rita came first. David Nobbs wanted John Thaw and several others to play Ted Simcock, before David Jason was chosen.[1]
References
- ^ Nobbs, David (2004). I Didn't Get Where I Am Today. Arrow Books. ISBN 978-0-09-942164-1.
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