Bloomers - Richard Beckinsale - 1979 - Episode_01

Bloomers is a short-lived British sitcom starring Richard Beckinsale that was aired in 1979.
It was in production in 1979 but only five episodes were made before
Beckinsale died suddenly from a heart attack just before a planned rehearsal for the
sixth and final episode of the first series. Bloomers was immediately shelved, though
the five completed episodes were broadcast later in the same year.

Stan is a worker for a small London flower business. The humour centred on the
relationships between the workers and the scrapes they got into doing odd jobs in
the gardens of houses in the district. Beckinsale's character, Stan, was apt to wind
up in bed with lonely housewives, and equally apt to spend time with said
housewives musing on philosophy and the pointlessness of life.


Episode 1.1

After another argument with Lena about work, Stan decides it's time to get a job.
As luck would have it he meets Dingley and they strike up a friendship which result
in them going in to partnership in his Florist shop.

First Broadcast Details
Date:
Thu 27th September 1979
Time:
9:30pm
Channel:
BBC Two
Length:
30 minutes
Episode 1.1 Cast & Crew

Regular Cast

Richard Beckinsale ... Stan
Anna Calder-Marshall ... Lena
June Ritchie ... Diana
David Swift ... Dingley
Paul Curran ... George
Pat Gorman ... Pub landlord

Writing Team
James Saunders ... Writer

Production Team
Roger Race ... Producer
Roger Murray-Leach ... Production Design


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