Bloomers - Richard Beckinsale - 1979 - Episode_04

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 1.4

Dingley is depressed because the Council are about to paint a yellow line outside the
shop and restrict parking. Stan's answer is to give him a book on philosophy called
'Action and Being' but is surprised by how much action he gets.

First Broadcast Details
Date:
Thu 18th October 1979
Time:
9:30pm
Channel:
BBC Two
Length:
30 minutes

Episode 1.4 Cast & Crew

Regular Cast

Richard Beckinsale ... Stan
David Swift ... Dingley
Paul Curran ... George
Pat Gorman ... Pub landlord
Guest Cast
Beryl Nesbitt ... Connie
Kenneth Watson ... Traffic warden
Jane Morant ... Customer
Ralph Watson ... Policeman

Writing Team

James Saunders ... Writer
Production Team
Roger Race ... Producer
Roger Murray-Leach ... Production Design


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