An Actor's Life For Me - BBC1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

An Actor's Life For Me. Image shows from L to R: Sue Bishop (Gina McKee), Robert Neilson (John Gordon Sinclair). Copyright: BBC

Genre

Sitcom

Broadcast

1991

Channel

BBC 1

Episodes

6 (1 series)

Stars

John Gordon Sinclair, Gina McKee and Victor Spinetti

Writer

Paul Mayhew-Archer

Director

Bryan Izzard

Producer

Bryan Izzard

Company

Robert Neilson is a struggling thespian with a vivid imagination; he longs to play Hamlet but will settle for any job. He believes that his big break is just around the corner and manages to get himself in to terrible messes because he is so desperate to act. His fiancée, Sue, is always willing to give him encouragement, even though she doesn't share his confidence, while Desmond, his agent, tries to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Additional details

Production

Studio

Camera set-up

Multi-camera

Picture

Colour

Soundtrack

The theme tune, An Actor's Life For Me, was performed by Nick Curtis.

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Thursday 14th November 1991 at 8:30pm on BBC One