As Time Goes By - BBC1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
Genre
Broadcast
Channel
Episodes
66 (9 series), plus 1 highlights special
Creator
Stars
Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer, Moira Brooker, Jenny Funnell and Philip Bretherton
Writer
Director
Producers
Sydney Lotterby, Philip Jones, John Reynolds, Donald Taffner Jr., Trevor McCallum and Clive Hedges
Companies
Lionel Hardcastle, a young man in the army, and Jean Pargeter, a nurse, are madly in love until Lionel is sent away to the Korean War and, through a lost love letter, they lose touch.
Thirty-eight years later Lionel, a curmudgeonly divorcee, is writing a book about his subsequent years spent living in Kenya and Jean, a no-nonsense widow, is running a secretarial agency in London. When Lionel requires a secretary to assist him with his book revisions he unwittingly contacts Jean's agency and the pair are reunited.
Gradually, after some reluctance and hesitation on both sides, Jean and Lionel begin to rekindle their old romance. Alongside this main story a more tempestuous relationship between Jean's daughter Judith and Lionel's publisher Alistair plays out.
This popular BBC sitcom draws humour from the ups and downs of unexpected romance in later life.
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Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Multi-camera
Picture
Colour
Soundtrack
Theme tune is a version of As Time Goes By, originally written by Herman Hupfeld in 1931. This version is performed by Joe Fagin and arranged by David Mackay.
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Broadcast details
First broadcast
Sunday 12th January 1992 at 8:35pm on BBC One
Most recent repeats
- Wednesday 3rd April 2024 at 6:00pm on U&Drama - Series 9, Episode 4
- Tuesday 2nd April 2024 at 6:00pm on U&Drama - Series 9, Episode 3
- Thursday 28th March 2024 at 6:00pm on U&Drama - Series 9, Episode 2