Bloomers - Richard Beckinsale - 1979 - Episode_05

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The final episode of the only series.


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 1.5

When Dingley calls at Stan's flat he is surprised to hear that his next job is working
in Dr Lamb's garden, Lena's psychiatrist...

First Broadcast Details
Date:
Thu 25th October 1979
Time:
9:35pm
Channel:
BBC Two
Length:
30 minutes

Episode 1.5 Cast & Crew

Regular Cast

Richard Beckinsale ... Stan
Anna Calder-Marshall ... Lena
David Swift ... Dingley
Guest Cast
Declan Mulholland ... O'Shaughnessy
Vernon Dobtcheff ... Dr Lamb
Glory Annen ... Dr Lamb's daughter

Writing Team
James Saunders ... Writer

Production Team
Roger Race ... Producer
Tim Gleeson ... Production Design


From VHS