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

Potter. Redvers Potter (Arthur Lowe). Copyright: BBC

Genre

Sitcom

Broadcast

1979 - 1983

Channel

BBC 1

Episodes

20 (3 series)

Stars

Arthur Lowe, Robin Bailey, Noel Dyson, John Barron, John Warner, Honor Shepherd, Brenda Cowling, Harry H. Corbett and more

Writer

Roy Clarke

Director

Bernard Thompson

Producers

Peter Whitmore and Bernard Thompson

Company

The time has come for Redvers Potter to relinquish his role as head of the family confectionary firm, Pottermints - his company has been taken over and he is now going into enforced retirement. His wife, Aileen, is not too happy about having her husband under her feet either, but Potter is determined to make the most of his retirement. He decides he will give people the benefit of his managerial experience - even if they don't want it.

Additional details

Production

Studio

Picture

Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Thursday 1st March 1979 at 8:30pm on BBC One