Ffizz - ITV1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Ffizz. Image shows from L to R: Griselda (Felicity Montagu), Hugo Walker (Benjamin Whitrow), Jack Mowbray (Richard Griffiths). Copyright: Thames Television

Genre

Sitcom

Broadcast

1987 - 1989

Channel

ITV

Episodes

12 (2 series)

Stars

Richard Griffiths, Benjamin Whitrow, Felicity Montagu, Robin Kermode, Phyllida Law, Peggy Aitchison and George Ballantine

Writers

Richard Fegen and Andrew Norriss

Director

Derrick Goodwin

Producer

Derrick Goodwin

Company

Jack and Hugo are the directors of upper-crust wine merchants Mowbray & Crofts, a long-established company serving London's great and good, from Lords to bankers to embassies.

Work has never been a word they have easily recognised, preferring to drink the stock whenever possible and conduct all other 'business' from a heavy social basis: life for these two is an endless round of exclusive parties!

However, the duo must learn to adapt to a new life when their accountant dies suddenly, exposing a gaping chasm in the firm's finances that leave them with no option than to call in assistance from the bank - who impose a young, go-getting executive, Alan, tasked with turning the business around with a series of new initiatives, cutbacks, and money-making schemes.

The question remains, just how will Jack and Hugo cope with their newfound need to put some actual effort in?

Additional details

Production

Studio

Camera set-up

Multi-camera

Picture

Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Wednesday 9th September 1987 at 8:30pm on ITV1