The Worker - ITV1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Key details

Genre

Sitcom

Broadcast

1965 - 1978

Channel

ITV1

Episodes

36 (5 series)

Stars

Charlie Drake, Percy Herbert and Henry McGee

Writers

Charlie Drake and Lew Schwarz

Directors

Shaun O'Riordan, Stuart Allen, Paul Annett and John Scholz-Conway

Producers

Alan Tarrant and Shaun O'Riordan

Companies

Charlie's visits to the Labour Exchange are a regular part of his week. In twenty years he has had 980 jobs and few have lasted more than a day. Somewhere out there is the perfect job for him but who will employ him? Mr Pugh, at the Labour Exchange, is a ticking timebomb - on the outside patient and professional but on the inside a volcano of frustration having to deal with the worst worker in the world!

Additional details

Production

Studio

Picture

Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Saturday 27th February 1965 at 8:25pm on ITV1