Arthur Lowe
as Clement Peck
Ben Travers Farces
1970
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Comedy
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60m
GB
• English
Ben Travers' Farces is a British comedy television series which originally aired on BBC 1. It ran for a single series of seven episodes between 19 September and 31 October 1970. Each was a stand-alone adaptation of a farce by Ben Travers. The first six episodes were adaptations of Aldwych Farces beginning with Rookery Nook while the seventh She Follows Me About was based on his wartime play of the same title.
Cast
Episodes
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Rookery Nook
E1 60mA young woman, dressed in pyjamas, seeks refuge from her bullying stepfather at a country house in the middle of the night.
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A Cuckoo in the Nest
E2 60mA man and a woman, who are each married to other people. While travelling together, they are obliged by circumstances to share a hotel bedroom. Everyone else assumes the worst, but the two travellers are able to prove their innocence.
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Turkey Time
E3 60mSet at Christmas, it centers around a Christmas holiday at the Stoatt household where two guests become entangled with a stranded performer
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A Cup of Kindness
E4 60mThe son and daughter of two feuding families announce their upcoming marriage, to widespread uproar.
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Plunder
E5 60mTwo friends commit a jewel robbery, for arguably honourable reasons, with fatal results.
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Dirty Work
E6 60mThe maladroit but ultimately successful efforts of a shop-walker to outwit a gang of jewel thieves.
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She Follows Me About
E7 60mA harassed vicar has to cope with some mischievous girls and a bishop who is not all he seems.
