Please Sir! - ITV1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

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Please Sir!. Image shows from L to R: Dennis Dunstable (Peter Denyer), Bernard Hedges (John Alderton). Copyright: London Weekend Television

Genre

Sitcom

Broadcast

1968 - 1972

Channel

ITV

Episodes

55 (4 series), plus 2 short specials

Creators

John Esmonde and Bob Larbey

Stars

John Alderton, Deryck Guyler, Noel Howlett, Joan Sanderson, Richard Davies, Erik Chitty, Jill Kerman, Richard Warwick and more

Writers

John Esmonde, Bob Larbey, Geoff Rowley, Andy Baker and Tony Bilbow

Directors

Mark Stuart, Philip Casson and Howard Ross

Producers

Mark Stuart and Philip Casson

Company

Bernard Hedges is a newly qualified teacher who takes up his first post at Fenn Street Secondary School. He's put immediately in charge of 5C, the most notorious and troublesome class the school has to offer; his near-unwavering naivety and optimism somehow steer him through!

However, Hedges' attachment to 5C is too strong, and when they leave for jobs in the big wide world at the end of Series 3, he finds Fenn Street an unhappy place without his former charges, and quits just a few days into the next term.

Additional details

Production

Studio

Camera set-up

Multi-camera

Picture

Black and white / Colour

Soundtrack

The theme tune was composed by Sam Fonteyn.

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Friday 8th November 1968 at 8:30pm on ITV1

Recording details