Casanova '73 - BBC1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Casanova '73. Image shows from L to R: Carol Newhouse (Jan Holden), Henry Newhouse (Leslie Phillips). Copyright: BBC

Genre

Sitcom

Broadcast

1973

Channel

BBC One

Episodes

7 (1 series)

Stars

Leslie Phillips and Jan Holden

Writers

Ray Galton and Alan Simpson

Director

Harold Snoad

Producer

Harold Snoad

Company

Henry Newhouse - who works in PR - is wealthy, successful, and loves his wife Carol (Jan Holden) - but can't help being a serial womaniser.

In order to keep his marriage together, Henry (Leslie Phillips) leads a double life, but never manages to avoid the most awkward, farcial situations imaginable.

Additional details

Tagline

The Adventures of A 20th-Century Libertine

Production

Studio

Camera set-up

Multi-camera

Picture

Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Thursday 13th September 1973 at 8pm on BBC One