Pardon My Genie - ITV1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Key details

Genre

Sitcom

Broadcast

1972 - 1973

Channel

ITV1

Episodes

26 (2 series)

Stars

Hugh Paddick, Arthur White, Ellis Jones and Roy Barraclough

Writer

Bob Block

Directors

Daphne Shadwell, Robert Reed and Vic Hughes

Producer

Daphne Shadwell

Company

A hardware shop assistant polishes up an old oil-lamp and inadvertently summons up a genie. Consequent weird and wonderful events cause the shop owner, unaware of the genie's existence, to think he's going mad.

This sitcom was made for Children's Hour in the 1970s, although appealed to adults too. Creator Bob Block later created Rentaghost.

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Broadcast details

First broadcast

Monday 10th April 1972 at 5:20pm on ITV1