Mulberry - BBC1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Mulberry. Image shows from L to R: Miss Farnaby (Geraldine McEwan), Mulberry (Karl Howman). Copyright: BBC

Genre

Sitcom

Broadcast

1992 - 1993

Channel

BBC 1

Episodes

13 (2 series)

Stars

Karl Howman, Geraldine McEwan, John Bennett, Tony Selby, Lill Roughley and Mary Healey

Writers

John Esmonde and Bob Larbey

Director

John B Hobbs

Producer

John B Hobbs

Company

The story is set around an elderly lady, Miss Farnaby, who lives a dull life in an old manor house.

Wanted: a young person to render general domestic assistance. According to Bert and Alice, the two surly servants who work for the formidable Miss Farnaby (Geraldine McEwan), the notice should read: "Wanted: masochist to be at the beck and call of cantankerous old trout." Fortunately, Mulberry has never met Bert or Alice. In fact, no one knows where he comes from. Out of the blue, he just turns up one day at the family mansion, without a single qualification to his name, and sweet-talks his way into the job.

Suddenly, the dull old house is not dull anymore and Miss Farnaby's life will never be the same again. But who is the mysterious man in black, and what does he want with Mulberry?

Additional details

Production

Studio

Picture

Colour

Soundtrack

The theme is sung by Karl Howman, the music is by Chris Adonis and Chris Nicolaides, arranged by Steve Parr.

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Monday 24th February 1992 at 8pm on BBC One

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